Well... I did buy my computer refurbished... but it's been in perfect working order ever since the day I bought it. And on another note, I was able to boot a previous version of gOS live on this very computer and it worked fine. I believe it was gOS Space. Thanks for the help you provided though. It might not actually be that much of a problem because this computer isn't the one that I wanted to install it on. I'm planning on installing it on my laptop when it arrives (being shipped from home, I'm in college). So I guess all hope is not lost?
On Oct 16, 9:48 pm, mahjongg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, maybe you are not doing "anything wrong", maybe gOS is > incompatible with something in your computer. > The "busybox" is a "toolkit" of sorts that is launched as a "debugging > tool", just for that kind of cases. That you get it is a sign that gOS > thinks something is wrong with your hardware that cannot be resolved > automatically, and the toolkit is then launched to give an experienced > Linux user a chance to figure out what is wrong, it is the software > equivalent of a "swiss knife". > > Try the disk on another computer an it will probably boot without any > problem. > > Never seen a "busybox" error myself, but it can happen, most often it > is a symptom of a defective hardware component. > > Sorry that I can't help you beyond this, there might be many reasons > that prevents the live CD from booting correctly, only an expert > behind your computer can figure out what the reason is for crashing > into the busybox. > > On 17 okt, 03:22, Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Then wtf are we both doing wrong? > > > On Oct 16, 9:08 pm, "gerardo ortiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ive got the same exact problem > > > > i burned like 5 gos cd's! and it still wnt wrk! > > > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 7:43 PM, Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Whoops... my bad. > > > > > On Oct 16, 7:43 pm, Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Ok well I tried the burn at the slowest possible speed and it does the > > > > > same exact thing when I boot from CD. > > > > > > But I found out what it says when the screen goes black. You know... I > > > > > select "Try gOS without any change to my computer" and then it starts > > > > > to load crap, then it goes black and comes up with this message: > > > > > > "Busy Box v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-5ubuntu12) Built-in shell (ash) > > > > > Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. > > > > > (initramfs)_" > > > > > > The underscore blinks, and I can type different commands, but nothing > > > > > that helps me. Is it possible that the download was corrupted? > > > > > The .iso file is 702,982 KB... so it seems fine. > > > > > > What could possibly be wrong? > > > > > > And another thing... how would I ever be able to install gOS if the > > > > > only option the boot screen gives me is "Try gOS without any change to > > > > > your computer"? > > > > > > On Oct 16, 5:49 am, mahjongg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > You must run the Live CD, and from an Icon on the desktop run the > > > > > > built in installer. There is no option to install from the boot > > > > > > menu. > > > > > > > What happens with booting I can't say, depends on what it says the > > > > > > problem is. > > > > > > > Its still possible you have a corrupted download, or the burn is > > > > > > bad. > > > > > > Burning a Live_CD is tricky, as the tiniest burn error can cause a > > > > > > problem like this. I suggest checking the file size of the .ISO to > > > > > > see > > > > > > if you have the full download, burning the .ISO at the lowest > > > > > > possible > > > > > > speed (4x) and trying if the CD will boot in a different system. If > > > > > > it > > > > > > does not, and stops with the same error, chances are very big you > > > > > > have > > > > > > a bad CD. If it boots on another computer, try to boot with the > > > > > > "save > > > > > > video" mode enabled. > > > > > > Check you have enough RAM, 512MB should work. 256 MB probably not. > > > > > > > On 16 okt, 08:40, Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I downloaded the gOS 3.0 .iso image and burned it directly onto a > > > > CD-R > > > > > > > once it was finished downloading. I then booted my computer from > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > CD drive and the gOS screen comes up where it normally asks what > > > > > > > you > > > > > > > want to do from there. For some reason, it only gives me the > > > > > > > option > > > > to > > > > > > > try it out without installing it (I believe it's called running it > > > > > > > "live")... this is a problem. I want the option to actually > > > > > > > install > > > > > > > the OS. On top of that, once I selected that option, it loaded > > > > > > > some > > > > > > > crap for a few seconds, then goes to a black command screen where > > > > > > > it > > > > > > > says something I don't understand, and it won't get any farther > > > > > > > than > > > > > > > that. > > > > > > > > Am I doing something wrong here? I don't believe there was any > > > > > > > mishap > > > > > > > with the acquisition of the files along with the burning of the > > > > > > > .iso > > > > > > > image. > > > > > > > > Help? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
