Using Live CD Stalls?

[JoeV]

I am trying to use the live cd mode to try Kubuntu. I have the full DVD distro of Kubuntu 6.06.1i. When I reboot with the DVD in the drive, everything starts OK and I select the Start or Install option.

Everything loads OK and the blue Kubuntu logo appears on a black screen. At this point, the system just seems to stall? I have waited for as long as an hour with no joy.

I have verified that the DVD image is good.

Intel P4 Dual Core 2.8 GHz
2 GB RAM
ATI Radeon 9800 256MB
Windows XP SP2 installed


Thanks for any help.

JoeV

[jmanincharlotte]

Re: Using Live CD Stalls?

I had been using the same CD I burned to install Kubuntu successfully on several machines and then it wiould just freeze on a machine I hadn't tried before. I could not get it work; I don't know whether the disc had gotten corrupted somehow or what but the install froze everytime I ran in on that box, always in a different spot.

I downloaded another ISO and burned a new disc and that did the trick - see if that works for you.

[ShangTsungOmega]

Re: Using Live CD Stalls?

I had that problem as well but i only had to use the irqpoll option. Try that as well.

[Snowhog]

Re: Using Live CD Stalls?

When you are at the first menu screen, after booting from the LiveCD/DVD, press esc (I believe that is correct - read the info at the screen bottom) so you can add boot options. Try with acpi=off

[goforthis]

Re: Using Live CD Stalls?

(Radeon card) use I tink it is video safe mode that is what i had to use to get it
to work ( Mine would hang too)

Good Luck