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[Tom <question78747@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #78747 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/78747

Tom proposed the following answer:
First step is alway to try booting up from the LiveCd by just putting the Cd in the cd/dvd-drive and reboot the machine.  I think you get a menu with the option to "Try Ubuntu without making changes to this machine", this guide might help
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromCD

Note that Ubuntu Server Edition does not have a graphical desktop on the
grounds that a real server doesn't really need one and having one is
just one whole bunch of things that could go wrong.  So after install
you might want to just install gnome or KDE or something - or else start
with Desktop Edition and add some extra server functionality to it.

If you booted into a desktop edition then get to a command-line by going
up to the top taskbar and click on

Applications - Accessories - Terminal

and give us the results of

sudo fdisk -l

where "-l" is a lower-case "-L", this should show us the internal
addresses of your drives and partitions which should help later.  Also
please let us know the size of your ram as that indicates how large and
how important your swap partition is

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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