Ubuntu installation: Day 1

Most people probably won't have an epic saga on their hands when they go to install Ubuntu, but nothing with my computer is ever as easy as it ought to be. (Alineen is named after a contentious gnomish sorceress I once played, and has lived up to her name since Day 1.) So I present to you, gentle reader, my Ubuntu Installation Log, entry 1.

A feat that should have been completed in a matter of an hour or two, Installation Day One sees our heroine thwarted by her computer's absolute refusal to connect to any USB device, thus rendering all attempts at backing up vital data completely futile. After many different devices had been attempted, several reboots had been initiated, and an expedition into the junked electronics box had been launched, an old, crappy 3 gig Windows drive from my college years was accepted. Sadly, three gigs won't get you very far in this day and age and a good deal of music could not be transfered. Thankfully, most of it is stuff I burned to MP3 from my own personal cd collection and can be retrieved either from my iPod or from the shelf behind me.

This victory was swiftly overshadowed by the fact that our heroine has never had much experience with iso images and so burned the wrong file to cd. After some laughter and an equal amount of swearing, Jared took the incorrect disk home and will have a correct disk ready for me about lunchtime tomorrow. Details to follow.