Installing xubuntu 606

Hello,

my system is currently running with ubuntu 5.10. 

I'm trying to upgrade to xubuntu 606 because the machine ist
to small for gnome. The download of the file
xubuntu-6.06.1-alternate-i386.iso is burned on  cd-rom. 

Upgrade via the upgrade manager does not work as it does not
recognize the disk.

So I tried a complete new installation by rebooting with the
disk inserted. But the the system (IBM Aptiva Intel Pentium
III, 256 MB, 10GB HD, Floppy Drive, CD-ROM) does not boot
the CD. It always boots the Version 5.10. Copying the
sbm.bin file to the  
floppy disk did not work as well (the system does not
recognize the floppy drive. So i mounted it manually by
using sudo an copied it the same way)

However rebooting the System with a Slackware iso-image
works.

What am I doing wrong?

1) Has the the iso-image to be changed before burning it to
disk?
2) How can the floppy drive used properly under ubuntu?
3) Has the BIOS to be changed (but why does Slackware boot
without change)?
4) Is there any shortut for installing and using xfce under
5.10

Best wishes for the next year.

Norbert

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On 12/31/06, napait-np.de <napait-np.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> my system is currently running with ubuntu 5.10.
>
> I'm trying to upgrade to xubuntu 606 because the
machine ist to small for gnome. The download of the file
xubuntu-6.06.1-alternate-i386.iso is burned on  cd-rom.
>
> Upgrade via the upgrade manager does not work as it
does not recognize the disk.
>
> So I tried a complete new installation by rebooting
with the disk inserted. But the the system (IBM Aptiva Intel
Pentium III, 256 MB, 10GB HD, Floppy Drive, CD-ROM) does not
boot the CD. It always boots the Version 5.10. Copying the
sbm.bin file to the
> floppy disk did not work as well (the system does not
recognize the floppy drive. So i mounted it manually by
using sudo an copied it the same way)
>
> However rebooting the System with a Slackware iso-image
works.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> 1) Has the the iso-image to be changed before burning
it to disk?
> 2) How can the floppy drive used properly under ubuntu?
> 3) Has the BIOS to be changed (but why does Slackware
boot without change)?
> 4) Is there any shortut for installing and using xfce
under 5.10
hi,

Did you check your boot CD Xubuntu on another PC? are you
sure it is OK?
>
> Best wishes for the next year.
Thanks! the same to you.

Guillermo Garron
"Linux IS user friendly... It's just selective about
who its friends are."
(Using FC6, CentOS4.4 and Ubuntu 6.06)
http://www.go2linux.org

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