Hi Neil, Thanks for the response.
> Einstein said doing the same thing and expecting different results was a > sign of madness - but then he didn't like quantum mechanics and had no > experience of PCs! Ha, i prefer the mantra: 'Never underestimate the power of a reboot'. > I think there might be a wiki page with a list of boot options you can try > if your boot freezes, but I can't remember where it is. Try google with the > site: option? I think that i found the site that you mentioned, but it didn't seem to provide a complete solution. What it did do however was prompt me to set the boot option to 'nomodeset' (press F6 at install options screen), which gives me a readout of the error. So now the problem appears to be with the proprietary wireless driver as the error message reads as follows: [ 48.753669] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found [ 48.753687] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found [ 48.753698] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this site. This is the wireless driver which i have always installed using a wired connection once i've booted to the install. I am not sure either why this is proving a problem while trying to run a live session, nor what i am meant to do about it. Am i supposed to somehow get the wireless driver onto the live USB? On that note the website (http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware), mentioned in the error, doesn't work. It seems that it should read: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware. >From the website i can't seem to work out what to do. When it says 'toggle line numbers', i am not sure of the file in which i am meant to be toggling them. I am also guessing, if its the case that I need to add a line saying: sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer, i need to be connected to the internet on a wired connection while i try and boot to the live USB (i have tried that already and it doesn't resolve the error). If anyone knows what i need to do that'd be great. Also if someone can tell me whether it is in fact a bug (both that this presents as a problem on the live usb and that the website address provided by the error seems to be incorrect) ,i'll file it as such. Thanks, j -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
