only yesterday I downloaded ubuntu 9.04 and worked from a usb on my nephew's lenovo laptop as LiveCD session. No issues at all. jitendra
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 9:32 PM, jtd <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- jitendra -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
