Installing Ubuntu 7.04 on Mini PC was full of problems.
Originally the computer had installed Redhat on it. While I was trying to overwrite it with Ubuntu I got two error messages:
- 168.704000] Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0
- 206.912000] Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0
I ignored both errors, successfully entered the Ubuntu installation wizard and finished all seven steps of the installation. However, the partitioner failed to create SWAP partition. I quite the installation, and tried to do it one more time from the very beginning. All the above errors occurred again. I decided to search Ubuntu forums for some hints, and I found out that many other Ubuntu users had problems with installing the OS on their Mini PCs. Their solution was to install previous version - Ubuntu 6.10 - first, and then make an upgrade. I decided to try it. I installed Ubuntu 6.10 - installation of this older version did not cause me any problems with partitioning the hard drive. I updated the OS (there was 188 updates available) and after Ubuntu 6.10 was up to date I upgraded it to version 7.04. The upgrade process was very easy. You have to do the following: System -> Administration -> Update Maneger. From here it is pretty straight forward - you just have to choose the available OS.
