I sent in several updates via email but they haven't appeared so I will
repeat them here:
Today I have tested another DVD burnt under Windows on a modern Dell laptop.
I checked the md5 sum.
Same result as all the other tests.
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When I boot the latest DVD on my laptop I get unexpected results:
On the laptop it briefly shows the grey screen with the keyboard icon at the
bottom but then takes ages to start and then presents a full desktop and the
installer asking whether you want try or install.
Whereas on the HP ML115 it gets quickly to a language selection screen and then
the install, test, check disk, boot from 1st hard disk screen.
Further testing shows that if you press keys early in the boot sequence
then you go straight to the language screen. This explains my finding on
the HP ML 115 which I had not realised was by design
Testing my various DVDs on the windows laptop gives the following
results:
1) Ubuntu Gnome Beta2
- disk check reports no errors found
- boots direct to full desktop
2) Saucy daily build
3) Ubuntu beta2 desktop 64 bit
- disk check reports no errors found
- boots direct to full desktop
4) ubuntu beta2 desktop 32bit
- disk check reports no errors found
- boots direct to full desktop
5) ubuntu gnome beta2 (burnt on windows laptop)
- boots directly to full desktop
- disk check reports no errors found
SUMMARY
Multiple DVDs, all integrity checked and md5 verified fail to work properly on
my HP ML115
These include DVDs burnt at different speeds and on different machines.
This includes DVDs burnt at 4x and 8x in Brassero (and verified) on the HP115
itself. This suggests that the DVD writer is working correctly.
Does the beta2 DVD work on other HP ML 115 machines?
Next step: test live usb instead of burning to disk
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I have now caught up with the 21st century and made a Live USB instead of DVD.
The result is the same.
If you leave the system to boot by itself, or you intervene and choose "Try
without installing" etc, it always fails at the same point:
BusyBox v1.20.2 (Ubuntu 1:120.0-8.1ubuntu1) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands
(initramfs)
Have you been able to test this on another HP ML115 machine?
Thanks
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