Hi guys, I wanted to share a solution to a problem I had while trying to install the 10.04 LiveCD to a new clean hard drive.
First, I downloaded the ISO file and verified the MD5 checksum. I then burned the LiveCD ISO image to a CD. The problem came when I tried to boot from the LiveCD. The behavior was sporadic. Sometimes it would boot fine, whereas othertimes it would hang, and still other times it would boot, but I'd get dialog box error messages toward the end of the boot process. These error messages were related to "GNOME - FastSwitchingApplet", or something similar. Sometimes, I would get 3 of these errors, other times, more than 6. I have a rather old 8X CD rom drive, and it seemed like it took a long time to complete the boot - like 15 minutes. So I sought another approach. Using this program: http://sourceforge.net/projects/unetbootin/files/UNetbootin/Custom/unetbootin-eeeubuntu-windows-276.exe/download I was able to burn the ISO image to a USB Flash drive. Now, after configuring my PC's BIOS to boot from a USB drive, I proceeded with the install, and all went well. I hope this helps others. BTW, do any of you Linux/GNOME gurus know what the above errors mean? Tony ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
