[GRLUG] Ubuntu live and install issues

[Tim Schmidt]

Looks largely moot now.

--tim

On 5/14/06, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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