On Tuesday 08 September 2009, Easwar Hariharan wrote: > On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 8:45 PM, jtd<[email protected]> wrote: > > Wanted to give ubuntu a spin. So downloaded the > > ubuntu-9.04-desktop-i386.iso and burned to cd. Then booted. Splash screen > > comes up with the language option followed by Try Ubuntu without any > > change to your computer. Then nothing. > > Hit enter. > > still nothing > > Check all the options and try to edit the command line. > > No go. > > > > Same with karmic Koala Alpha4 > > > > so what witch craft is needed to proceed beyond the splash screen? > > Probably the standard advice everyone is doled out on Ubuntu Forums. :P > 1]Check the CD for errors
None > 2]If faulty, burn at slow speed, <8x if possible > 3]Do a test of memory Mem is ok. The machine is my working amd lenny / etch / sarge/ woody and boots from cd / usb / hardisk without a hitch. And since it was two distros and two different cds i thought it might be something special. Tried it on another machine. Tried it on a laptop. No go. And a thoroughly scratched 2 year old super grub boot disk works on all the machines like a charm. So if nobody's complaining about LTS9.04 or KK Alpha4 and there is no magic spell, it must be a hex on the cd blanks. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
