Re: Ubuntu 8.04.01 Live CD hangs up.

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Jonathan Hartzell <lexicom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've been looking forward to stepping up to Ubuntu from XP Pro SP3... (XP
has served me well and stably for years now, but I'm definitely drawn to the
overall philosophy and enthusiasm of the Linux community spirit and goals).

I downloaded the Live CD yesterday, taking the best care I could, verifying
a checksum match on the ISO image, burning the CD at anly 4X speed, then
verifying the resulting CD integrity.

I then booted with the CD, and selected the "Try Ubuntu" (the option that
doesn't yet make system changes). The "Loading Linux Kernal" progress
indicator finished at 100%, then the Ubuntu logo appeared along with an
activity indicator featuring a yellow-orange rectangle sweeping back and
forth. PROBLEM: The activity stopped within about 1 minute. Nothing
happened after that. Several subsequent attempts with same result.

QUESTION: Do I suck as a newbee? Or is this a problem others have had to
deal with, too? 4 gigs RAM, and Intel Dual Core processor 2.2 GHz.

Hi there - it always sucks when your media fails to boot.

Things to try:
1. When activity stops, press CTRL-ALT-F1 and see if there is an error
reported. Try CTRL-ALT-F2, CTRL-ALT-F3, and so on. When you get to
CTRL-ALT-F7 you should see the progress bar again. I'd go all the way
to F9 looking for something like a fatal error message (sorry - I
don't remember exactly which of those screens might show an error).

2. Maybe a Knoppix CD would be useful for testing. Knoppix is a
live-cd based linux, and can be downloaded here:
http://www.knoppix.net/get.php
If Knoppix won't boot either, it might be report more about the
problem - and it's probably going to be hardware-related. If Knoppix
boots OK, then there is an ubuntu-specific problem somewhere.

3. Try the Ubuntu 8.10 beta CD? I have not upgraded yet, so I can't
give a recommendation to install it, but if the 8.10 CD boots OK, then
there was a bug somewhere in the 8.04 CD that has already been fixed.
The official release of 8.10 should happen in 9 days. The beta CD can
be found here:
http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/intrepid/beta

Good luck!
Chris

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