[GRLUG] Ubuntu live and install issues

[Bob Kline]

I ran Caldera ( a long time ago! ) on the old
box.  Nothing on the newer box,  but will be trying
some others.  Both boxes run windoz fine -
fine considering windoz anyway.


 I'll try the vesa driver on the new machine.  As
 mentioned,  the "live" CD runs on the old machine,
 albeit quit slowly.  Too slowly to be interesting.


 Manually resetting the machine?   I don't follow.


 "Check the MD5 / SHA1 signature of the ISO?"  How
 do I do that?


 The motherboard is an ASUS  A7A266.  About
  5 or 6 years old.  The display card is an ATI
  "Rage Fury Pro."   32MB of memory.


 I'll try a CD-R rather than a CD-RW at some point
 with the "install" version.  Seems far fetched,  but
 nothing else is making much sense at this point.


    -Bob



On 5/14/06, Tim Schmidt <timschmidt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/14/06, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The "live" version came up on an older machine, but
> > was indeed too slow to be interesting.   On a newer
> > machine it comes up to a point,  and then I get display
> > problems.
>
> Have you given other recent Linux distributions a shot on the same
> hardware?  You could also try specifying the vesa display driver,
> which should work on any graphics hardware.
>
> > The "install" version results in the endless "Press a key
> > to reboot" messages.   I'm repeating myself a bit here,
> > but just to be clear,  it is the "install" version that I am
> > really interested in.   The "live" version can't be taken
> > seriously except as a demo vehicle.
>
> Sounds like either a bad CD, a funky ACPI setup, or some other odd
> problem.  Have you tried manually resetting the machine?
>
> > I suspect Ubuntu has to work better than this,  given its
> > reputation,  which is why I brought up the possibility that
> > there might be some kind of "burn" issue,  even though
> > just what escapes me.   The DVD/CD device works fine
> > in all other respects.  I routinely use it for backups.
>
> Check the MD5 / SHA1 signature of the ISO?
>
> > Now,  my machine is a home rolled unit too,  so I really
> > can't go and say to anyone "Ubuntu doesn't work on an X
>
> So are all mine...  motherboard and graphics card make and model might
> help.
>
> --tim
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