While being in Greece (2, 3 weeks ago), my nephew asked if I could install Ubuntu on his desktop. His desktop already contained Windows Vista Home Edition and I was not so sure if it would work to install a dual boot environment. I had ordered, a while ago, via the Ubuntu web site 2 CD’s of Ubuntu 7.10 via their “ShipIt” service. One for me and one for my nephew. So, after pointing out the re-partitioning risks involved, I tried my luck installing the Ubuntu 7.10 version. We de-fragmented the disk and split up the disk in two partitions via the build-in partitioner program.

It went like a breeze but then half-way installing the Ubuntu 7.10 distribution we got a read error… After double checking the CD, via the check CD option in the start-up menu, and after retrying several times, we didn’t manage to pass beyond the read error. Stuck. We decided to download the new 8.0.4 distribution and burn it on CD so we could continue our exercise the day after.

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