On 1/22/2015 8:29 AM, Linda wrote:
On 01/21/2015 03:06 PM, John Hupp wrote:
On 1/21/2015 3:45 PM, Linda wrote:
On 01/21/2015 12:53 PM, John Hupp wrote:
On 1/21/2015 1:25 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
Den 2015-01-21 19:16, Linda skrev:
I am trying to boot an old HP Pavillion a1230 n with an AMD
Alhlon 64
processor and 2 GB RAM from a live usb with a view to intstalling
lubuntu on the machine
When I boot it hangs on the splash screen. I tried booting with
quiet
splash removed and I have a infinite loop of the following error
message
ata1.00 status: {DRDY}
ata1.00 hard resetting link
configured for UDMA/33
Device reported invalid CHS sector 0
EH complete
lost interrupt
exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
failed command READ DMA
There were a few other lines but these seems to give the gist of
what is
going on. Any ideas on how I can get this to work.
Thanks
Linda
Hi Linda,
- Did you check with md5sum that the download was good?
- Please tell us which tool you used to make the USB boot drive.
- Did you try if another computer can boot from the USB boot drive?
Best regards
Nio
I'm grasping at straws a bit for the meaning of the errors, but I
wonder if the live usb is tripping over a problem with the hard
drive. I would try temporarily disconnecting the hard drive or
setting the hard drive to None in the BIOS setup.
You could also try booting any other bootable CD that you have,
just for comparison.
When I boot from usb with hard drive connected i get the screen
asking me what language and the menu asking if you want to try,
memory test etc
When I disconnect the hard drive I get a blinking cursorer
Linda
What happens before the blinking cursor -- HP splash screen, Lubuntu
startup messages of any sort, other .....?
I get the HP Splash screen and boot menu that allows you to choose the
usb drive and than a blinking cursor nothing else.
Linda
So with the hard drive disconnected the live usb's boot manager doesn't
load successfully, but the boot manager does load successfully and
reliably with the hard drive connected.
If that's the case, then I would repeat Nio's advice to find out if the
live usb reliably boots some other computer. If no, then his other
advice also applies. If yes, then it seems like there is a BIOS
setting/problem on the old HP.
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