Dear friends,
First I'd like to say this is my first time on a Discussion Forum and my first time trying out Linux. I hope I am doing this right...
So, Vista is coming, new year is coming, I say to myself: lets switch to Linux. Well, I will still need XP because I use a highly specialized software for my job and it's only available in Windows. So I'll need dual boot.
I spent a few hours going from website to website, looking for the best way to get started, learning the Linux basics, picking the right distro for me, etc, I'm sure you know the drill.
So here I am picking Kubuntu. Downloaded the iso file. Burnt it to a CD, at 2x. DID NOT burn back the iso on the CD, but really unpaked it. I actually did this 4 times, because so far, my install is not working, I thought there could be a burning issue, but alas, the result never changes.
I downloaded version 6.10 Edgy, as far as I know, my system is working perfectly (including my burner, I just burnt audio CDs for my car, and they play fine).
My system is a stock HP Pavilion 520n. Specs here:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/g...bph07044&lc=en
+ LCD screeen NEC 1530V
My computer ability: I consider myself a pretty savvy user : I built my own web page, I use TrueCrypt, Firefox with lots of extensions, I know how to partition a hard drive, I use Acronis (drive image) to reinstall my system every 4-5 months, I configured uTorrent (port forwarding) and Tor server on my system, I installed by myself a USB 2.0 card in my computer, I added an external hard drive with automated, encrypted, back-up schedule, etc.
What it does:
It starts to boot from the CD drive, I get to the "Welcome to Kubuntu" screen, with the blue Kubuntu logo, I either just press "Enter" to start the normal LiveCD, or I also have tried several boot options from the help menu like boot: live asic lasic (or something like it). It then starts reading the CD, I hear it humming away kind of nicely and then, my screen "flashes" it's like a funky, rough, grid appears and flashes for 3 to 8 seconds then, depending of the options selected, the CD will go through another reading cycle (about 30-45 sec) or just "drop dead" there (well, the inactive LED on the CD lights up).
I tried installing or starting the LiveCD of several other Linux distros, SimplyMEPIS, Yopper, Puppy and Freespire among others, and a similar behavior occurs... Or more often just nothing (Mepis and Linspire notably, the MBR picks up the CD but does nothing).
So, I was told Linux is so great, that it had come a long way, improving, Ubuntu, easy install, dual boot, yadda, yadda, but so far the cost of getting started on Linux is piling up. Personally, I don't work extra hours under 70$ per hour. I estimate I have already spent something like 15-20 hours (that would be about $1500, and I do have work to do at that rate) trying to get started and I am just about to give up.
Anybody has ever encountered this?
Thanks,
Patrick
First I'd like to say this is my first time on a Discussion Forum and my first time trying out Linux. I hope I am doing this right...
So, Vista is coming, new year is coming, I say to myself: lets switch to Linux. Well, I will still need XP because I use a highly specialized software for my job and it's only available in Windows. So I'll need dual boot.
I spent a few hours going from website to website, looking for the best way to get started, learning the Linux basics, picking the right distro for me, etc, I'm sure you know the drill.
So here I am picking Kubuntu. Downloaded the iso file. Burnt it to a CD, at 2x. DID NOT burn back the iso on the CD, but really unpaked it. I actually did this 4 times, because so far, my install is not working, I thought there could be a burning issue, but alas, the result never changes.
I downloaded version 6.10 Edgy, as far as I know, my system is working perfectly (including my burner, I just burnt audio CDs for my car, and they play fine).
My system is a stock HP Pavilion 520n. Specs here:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/g...bph07044&lc=en
+ LCD screeen NEC 1530V
My computer ability: I consider myself a pretty savvy user : I built my own web page, I use TrueCrypt, Firefox with lots of extensions, I know how to partition a hard drive, I use Acronis (drive image) to reinstall my system every 4-5 months, I configured uTorrent (port forwarding) and Tor server on my system, I installed by myself a USB 2.0 card in my computer, I added an external hard drive with automated, encrypted, back-up schedule, etc.
What it does:
It starts to boot from the CD drive, I get to the "Welcome to Kubuntu" screen, with the blue Kubuntu logo, I either just press "Enter" to start the normal LiveCD, or I also have tried several boot options from the help menu like boot: live asic lasic (or something like it). It then starts reading the CD, I hear it humming away kind of nicely and then, my screen "flashes" it's like a funky, rough, grid appears and flashes for 3 to 8 seconds then, depending of the options selected, the CD will go through another reading cycle (about 30-45 sec) or just "drop dead" there (well, the inactive LED on the CD lights up).
I tried installing or starting the LiveCD of several other Linux distros, SimplyMEPIS, Yopper, Puppy and Freespire among others, and a similar behavior occurs... Or more often just nothing (Mepis and Linspire notably, the MBR picks up the CD but does nothing).
So, I was told Linux is so great, that it had come a long way, improving, Ubuntu, easy install, dual boot, yadda, yadda, but so far the cost of getting started on Linux is piling up. Personally, I don't work extra hours under 70$ per hour. I estimate I have already spent something like 15-20 hours (that would be about $1500, and I do have work to do at that rate) trying to get started and I am just about to give up.
Anybody has ever encountered this?
Thanks,
Patrick
In window with your Record Now app you could right click and burn iso.
but Vista is just RAWR. The requirements (just to keep the OS afloat) are inane, and you don't gain anything, except the chance to be spied on by MS, and let 
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