[15:45] <scrads> hi guys im having trouble installing off of a live cd. first time was really slow, next time it nearly finished but crashed. did the same again but sooner, on retry
[16:00] <superm1> scrads, do you have a crash report or logs or anything?
[16:04] <scrads> the only thing i visibly get is "installation has crashed" i have read that you need root access to install, does the live cd give this automaticly.
[16:04] <scrads> sorry if im asking obvioys questions, im complely new to linux
[16:11] <superm1> scrads, the live cd is supposed to be pretty straightforward, no special access or anything
[16:12] <superm1> so to debug, do this: once you get to the first page of installation where it gives you an option to try or install, choose "try"
[16:12] <superm1> then you can invoke the installer from the desktop that comes up
[16:12] <superm1> when it crashes, you just need to right click the desktop and choose "Terminal" and type "ubuntu-bug ubiquity" (no quotes) and it will file a bug for you
[16:14] <scrads> cheers i'll give that a go later then.
[16:16] <scrads> as an aside. ive loaded the cd image on my removeable hdd. can i run the install off that, using livecd to boot into desktop. I can see the files but dont know which/how to run it