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hello i was wondering if anyone could help me with a linux/ubuntu problem.
i have been having alot of problems trying to install ubuntu onto my computer but i have made a little progress. my 750 gb seagate barracuda sata drive wasnt being detected when trying to install but i followed this guide and it has helped me a little:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6525236&postcount=18

following this made it possible for me to detect the hard drive and follow the installation but once its installed and i reboot the computer goes into busybox instead of ubuntu saying it has given up trying to load the root device. ive rebooted several times with no luck and when running the live cd it doesnt detect my hard drive either, even though i have installed it onto the drive. im not sure what to do, any advice would be helpful, thank you

also, these are the specs of my PC
Asus A8V-x MoBo
AMD athlon 64 X2 processor
GEforce 6800 Graphics Card
1gb RAM

Hello everyone. Recently I got a computer (Dell that must be as old as the Sun) and it runs Windows 98. It works just fine and I like it. Although I do not like Windows 98. Can anyone tell me how to install Linux on the computer using a live CD? Thank You to who ever contributes their answer!

I used a live cd with Slax on it and I went to add modules and cannot access their website. Does anyone know if it is still on the web and active?

And let me warn you, I don’t want anyone throwing snide comments about the damn OS war. I just want to give Linux a shot. I downloaded the live CD ISO of the website, but when I boot from the disk, the menu comes up, and I’ll click an option, and the hard drive light will flash for about 5 seconds, and then nothing… Help?

What are the steps?
•Task 1: Configure and access an NFS share.
Procedure
1. Boot from the Live CD and log on to the system.
2. Go to Applications> System Tools> Terminal.
3. Gain root user privileges with the su – command.
4. Use vi to edit the file /etc/exports with the command vi /etc/exports. The file should be empty.
5. Add the line /home/share *(ro) to share a directory called share to every client with read-only permissions. Save and exit vi.
6. Make the directory /home/share with the command mkdir /home/share.
7. Use the command ps aux > /home/share/data.txt to use the output of the ps command to create a file called data.txt in your new share directory.
8. Start the NFS service with the command service nfs start.
9. Use the command exportfs –a to enable the share:
10. Create a directory called shared in /root with the command mkdir /root/shared.
11. Connect to the NFS share with the command mount –t nfs localhost:/home/share /root/shared. This will access the NFS share in the same way Linux might access a Universal Serial Bus (USB) drive. The NFS directory structure will now be under the /root/shared directory.
12. Use the command df –h to list the filesystems currently being accessed. Record the output of this command for your lab report.
Note: The line that has localhost:/home/share is on the far left of the line and /root/shared is on the far right of the same line.

13. Verify that you have accessed the share by comparing the output of ls –l /root/shared/data.txt to the output of ls –l /home/share/data.txt:
14. Use the command showmount –a localhost to list the NFS shares on your PC. Record the output of this command for your lab report.
Note: Localhost is the nickname of the PC and uses the local loopback 127.0.0.1.
15. To stop accessing that share, use the command umount /root/share:
16. Stop the NFS service with the command service nfs stop. The lab is now complete.
17. Log off Fedora and reboot the PC normally.