If you haven't, I would retry burning the install cd - since the reboot is not an ubuntu message, but a system message, your drive is probably is not seeing the boot part of the cd. I have had strange problems with Memorex and Maxell CD's (usually the ones on sale!)
<br><br><p><DEFANGED_div><DEFANGED_span class="gmail_quote">On 5/14/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Bob Kline</b> <<a href="mailto:bob.kline@gmail.com">bob.kline@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</DEFANGED_span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" DEFANGED_style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-left: 0.80ex; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex">
<p><DEFANGED_div>The "live" version came up on an older machine, but <br>was indeed too slow to be interesting. On a newer<br>machine it comes up to a point, and then I get display<br>problems.<br><br><br>The "install" version results in the endless "Press a key
<br>to reboot" messages. I'm repeating myself a bit here,<br>but just to be clear, it is the "install" version that I am<br>really interested in. The "live" version can't be taken<br>seriously except as a demo vehicle.
<br><br><br>I suspect Ubuntu has to work better than this, given its<br>reputation, which is why I brought up the possibility that<br>there might be some kind of "burn" issue, even though<br>just what escapes me. The DVD/CD device works fine
<br>in all other respects. I routinely use it for backups.<br><br><br>Now, my machine is a home rolled unit too, so I really<br>can't go and say to anyone "Ubuntu doesn't work on an X."<br></p><DEFANGED_div><p><DEFANGED_div><DEFANGED_span class="sg">
<br><br> -Bob<br><br><br></DEFANGED_span></p><DEFANGED_div><p><DEFANGED_div><DEFANGED_span class="q">On 5/14/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Bill Creswell</b> <<a href="mailto:billcreswell@gmail.com" target="_blank" DEFANGED_onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
billcreswell@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</DEFANGED_span></p><DEFANGED_div><p><DEFANGED_div><DEFANGED_span class="e" id="q_10b343e90128e31a_4"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" DEFANGED_style="border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.80ex; padding-left: 1ex">
<p>With any distro I have tried, I have varied success and failures with boot and display on different machines. You will find the Ubuntu live too slow to be interesting on any machine.<br><br>(For live CD's I like SLAX and Austrumi
1.2, both based on slackware, and fast enough to be useful).<br><br>I have several of the distributed CD's if you want one. And several other distro's you could try. (anybody want to start a library somewhere)<br><br>If it came up on the older machine, I would probably rule out CD write issues.
<br><br></p><p>On 5/14/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Bob Kline</b> <<a href="mailto:bob.kline@gmail.com" target="_blank" DEFANGED_onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">bob.kline@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</p><p>
<font size="4">I downloaded the "live" and "install" versions of<br>Ubuntu 5.10, and then "burned" the image on to an<br>R/W CD using Nero.<br><br>The live version comes up, but eventually gets
<br>in to trouble with the display. I get a rather confused<br>looking display, and for all practical purposes the <br>system is wedged. I ran the same CD on a much <br>older machine. It came up fine, but was far too
<br>slow to be interesting.<br><br>The install CD and a blank hard drive results in <br>"Press a key to reboot." I press a key, and get back<br>to the same message. As many times as I care to play.<br>This also occurs on the older machine.
<br><br>I'm mostly interested in the install. Does anyone <br>have any thoughts on what might be going on here? <br>Just for kicks, I tried the "make bootable disc" option<br>on Nero, but the result is the same. Is there anything
<br>more to making the CD than using the "burn image"<br>option? Might there be any conceivable issue in <br>using an R/W media? <br><br> -Bob<br><br></font></p><br><p>_______________________________________________
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