[ubuntu-uk] My new computer won't boot Ubuntu ....

2013-02-05 Thread Barry Drake
Hi there I've just got my new computer from pcspecialist. I can't get it to boot with any version of Ubuntu later than 10.04. It also won't boot with the latest version of Mint although a Jan 2011 download boots OK. The motherboard is ASUSĀ® F1A55-M LK R2.0: FM1 A-SERIES, SATA 3.0GB/s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My new computer won't boot Ubuntu ....

2013-02-05 Thread Dave Rice
Hi Barry, I've just seen your post on the pcs forum too, I'm awaiting a new Optimus IV laptop! Have you tried booting the live cd in text only mode? on the grub menu, edit the boot command and either change the splash to nosplash or put nosplash at the end before the double minus signs. hit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My new computer won't boot Ubuntu ....

2013-02-05 Thread Dave Morley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/02/13 19:23, Dave Rice wrote: Hi Barry, I've just seen your post on the pcs forum too, I'm awaiting a new Optimus IV laptop! Have you tried booting the live cd in text only mode? on the grub menu, edit the boot command and either

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My new computer won't boot Ubuntu ....

2013-02-05 Thread alan c
On 05/02/13 17:33, Barry Drake wrote: Hi there I've just got my new computer from pcspecialist. I can't get it to boot with any version of Ubuntu later than 10.04. It also won't boot with the latest version of Mint although a Jan 2011 download boots OK. The motherboard is ASUSĀ® F1A55-M

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My new computer won't boot Ubuntu ....

2013-02-05 Thread Barry Drake
On 05/02/13 19:28, Dave Morley wrote: Barry if you hit any key as soon as you see the keyboard that the bottom of the screen you will see a menu and along the bottom you should see some boot options try flipping a few of those and see if it boots. The other thing you can try is enable legacy

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My new computer won't boot Ubuntu ....

2013-02-05 Thread Kris Douglas
On 5 February 2013 23:16, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: On 05/02/13 19:28, Dave Morley wrote: Barry if you hit any key as soon as you see the keyboard that the bottom of the screen you will see a menu and along the bottom you should see some boot options try flipping a few of