Which version of the live CD were you using, Warty or Hoary?=0A= I haven't used those Live CD's, I have only used the install=0A= cd's for those Distro's.=0A= =0A= The new Dapper Live CD I have used, and have not had any problems.=0A= It has quite a significant feature that the others do not have which=0A= is Esspresso. It basically allows you to do all your installation from=0A= the live CD in a graphical manner :)=0A= =0A= You may want to try the latest release of the Live CD at this url.=0A= http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/dapper/flight-6/=0A= =0A= Here is an overview of the features.=0A= http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/flight6=0A= =0A= Any ideas on where it actually hung? Could have been at the locating NTP se= rver=0A= section, which has a long timeout. If you don't have it plugged into a conn= ection=0A= with internet and DHCP, then it will try and connect for about 2 minutes or= so then fail on older releases. I believe this was fixed on Dapper though.= =0A= =0A= If I can actually make it to this month's meeting I will bring in my laptop= to show off some of the nice new features it offers the users. Most notabl= y in Network Configuration.=0A= =0A= Regards,=0A= Chris Ruschmann=0A= Byte Networking=0A= =0A= ----- Original Message -----=0A= From: juneau-lug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Kevin Miller=20=0A= Sent: Wed, 4/19/2006 10:08am=0A= To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=0A= Subject: [juneau-lug] Re: test=0A= =0A= Chris Ruschmann wrote:=0A= > Lets try this in plain text ;)=0A= >=3D20=0A= > Go with a real Distro ;)=0A= >=3D20=0A= > Use Ubuntu Dapper, I have it on my laptop, and I love it.=0A= > Note, it is still in beta right now, so there are some bugs.=0A= > But I think it is still more complete then any of the other Distro's=0A= > out there.=3D20=0A= =0A= A lug meeting or two ago I grabbed a copy of the Ubuntu disks.=A0=A0The=0A= other day we tried to boot up the live CD on a friends Toshiba laptop.=0A= It hung up part way through.=A0=A0We were in a hurry, so didn't have time= =0A= for multiple tries and such (well, our wives were in a hurry but it=0A= translates the same! <g>).=A0=A0I know it's not much to go on but have you= =0A= encountered any troubles booting it up?=A0=A0If we can get it to come up OK,= =0A= he might be interested in dual booting; XP is currently installed.=A0=A0He= =0A= wants to get more familiar w/Linux, but I hesitate to try an install if=0A= the live CD won't fly...=0A= =0A= ...Kevin=0A= --=3D20=0A= Kevin Miller=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Registered Linu= x User No: 307357=0A= CBJ MIS Dept.=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Network Systems Adm= in., Mail Admin.=0A= 155 South Seward Street=A0=A0=A0=A0 ph: (907) 586-0242=0A= Juneau, Alaska 99801=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0fax: (907 586-4500=0A= ------------------------------------=0A= The Juneau Linux Users Group -- http://www.juneau-lug.org=0A= This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list.=0A= To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the= word unsubscribe in the subject header.=0A= =0A= --=20=0A= =0A= =0A= =0A= --=20=0A= =0A= ------------------------------------ The Juneau Linux Users Group -- http://www.juneau-lug.org This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject header.