[GRLUG] Ubuntu installation problem

[Don Wood]

Welcome home and a big thank you!

I had something similar with an older laptop with ubuntu. I ended up
installing Debian etch from a net install disc.


On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 14:01 -0500, Jorge La wrote:
> I just recently return home from active duty and bought a Presario
> F700. I tried to install Ubuntu 7.10 on it, but the live CD does not
> boot correctly. I tried other older distros that I had laying around
> the house before I left. None of them worked except for DSL and Slax-I
> was kind of surprised. After some research, I found that this laptop
> has ACPI problems with linux. I'm not the only one who has problem
> with Linux on this laptop. 
> 
> I even try to boot with noacpi and acpi off but it still does not boot
> correctly. Single user and failsafe mode does not boot also. I am very
> confused. I can install Ubuntu with the Alt installer, but I can not
> log in, text or GUI mode. 
> 
> any help? (I got home 3 days after the install fest :-/)
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