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I know this doesn't help but I'm getting this too and there will be others?

Can anyone point us to a thread which explains how to fix this please (or even what it means?)

Doug

I believe I did switch off and reboot as this happened Friday night so I switched off and tried again Saturday until I was certain that it was impossible (for me) to find a way to fix it.

I will...

Early warning:

Tried to boot from Hardy 8.04 Live CD with "Make no changes to your computer" option.

I had W___________ software RAID 0 (Mediashield array)

Some action then just stopped.
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I continue to watch this thread with interest and again I accept the comments made regarding the limitations/inaccuracy of my simplistic test.

I have also tried some of the other distributions...

Trying to finalise this thread and thank all contributors for valuable thoughts.

1. More RAM always good!?

2. As potential migrator, valuing functionality, customisation and Terminal window...

In that case I may yet try my 1.3 AMD Duron system as dual boot.

As has been said, if it's faster/safer for basic web browisng etc AND you get to learn about it as well, that has to be good.
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Firstly, don't know what Pentium M is in comparison to my test system. Ubuntu at 30s would be GREAT.

We seem to have a reversal of times almost?

As I say, I am searching for comparative info...

Loaded to Hard drive for "fair" comparison.


Previous comments acknowledged and Xubuntu was my preference as it DOES run faster but still poor compared to Windows in my test?

I dislike having...

Firstly, all power and praise to the Ubuntu and Open Source software movement and excuse my simplistic attempts at evaluation.

My experiences with Linux distributions is as follows:
Trialled on...