Greetings all. Pretty disappointed in how things look so far with trying to install Gutsy.
System #1:
Dell Inspiron 6000 notebook [stock hardware]
incl. 1GB RAM / 100GB PATA hdd / ATI mobile 300-something graphics
This is a pretty vanilla notebook.
Booting from CD reaches a screen reading:
I've searched for the same and keep finding others [most also with notebooks] who reach this screen with an error saying it can't reach TTY, but that isn't happening here. I've tried a few of the proposed solutions [including forcing use of the generic IDE driver] to no avail.
Disabling "quiet" in the custom boot options reveals that the stoppage occurs when trying to mount the root filesys.
Note that the machine already has kubuntu 7.04 installed. I was not attempting to upgrade, I was simply going to wipe the sys partition and start from scratch [because it usually works far better than an in-place upgrade].
System #2:
handbuilt desktop
1.75GB RAM / Nforce2-based MSI mobo / Athlon XP 2500+ / Highpoint ATA133 adapter /
Revo 7.1 PCI sound / 2 DVD-writers / 2 80GB ATA100 hdd's / Nvidia 5200FX AGP graphics / etc. etc.
this has a somewhat strange arrangement of hardware but has not had problems
with linux in the past.
The problem here is evidently with the Nvidia [ASUS] graphics adapter.
Booting normally from the install disk reaches X with corrupted graphics [flashing random squares on screen].
Booting in safe-mode graphics causes my CRT [yes, a real CRT] to act as though a signal with out-of-range sync is present.
I can probably fix this by forcing options at the boot prompt, but I must say that I'm deeply saddened by it not working from the get-go
I have been using Kubuntu on both machines since v6.04 with no major issues [other than the broken GART component in ATI's older drivers with the notebook].
[edit]
I am downloading the alternate install CD to try instead. If I find a solution with either machine [the notebook is higher priority to me] I will post it.
[edit]
There may be more to this than just some hardware oddities.
The first CD I burned isn't even "checkable" on the notebook, and the desktop checks it fine. The notebook when booted into 7.04 sees the disc as "Blank CD-R" ..
The second CD [burned with a different drive at slower speed] is booting perfectly fine on the notebook, though I'll note that from 7.04 it sees the disc label but no contents when mounted.
This appears to be simply because of an iffy burn.
[edit]
Irony: now it stalls at 82% as others have been reporting. MD5 is fine but I'm trying to redownload. This is just plain silly now. :P
System #1:
Dell Inspiron 6000 notebook [stock hardware]
incl. 1GB RAM / 100GB PATA hdd / ATI mobile 300-something graphics
This is a pretty vanilla notebook.
Booting from CD reaches a screen reading:
Code:
BusyBox v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-5ubuntu7) Built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. (initramfs)
Disabling "quiet" in the custom boot options reveals that the stoppage occurs when trying to mount the root filesys.
Note that the machine already has kubuntu 7.04 installed. I was not attempting to upgrade, I was simply going to wipe the sys partition and start from scratch [because it usually works far better than an in-place upgrade].
System #2:
handbuilt desktop
1.75GB RAM / Nforce2-based MSI mobo / Athlon XP 2500+ / Highpoint ATA133 adapter /
Revo 7.1 PCI sound / 2 DVD-writers / 2 80GB ATA100 hdd's / Nvidia 5200FX AGP graphics / etc. etc.
this has a somewhat strange arrangement of hardware but has not had problems
with linux in the past.
The problem here is evidently with the Nvidia [ASUS] graphics adapter.
Booting normally from the install disk reaches X with corrupted graphics [flashing random squares on screen].
Booting in safe-mode graphics causes my CRT [yes, a real CRT] to act as though a signal with out-of-range sync is present.
I can probably fix this by forcing options at the boot prompt, but I must say that I'm deeply saddened by it not working from the get-go
I have been using Kubuntu on both machines since v6.04 with no major issues [other than the broken GART component in ATI's older drivers with the notebook].
[edit]
I am downloading the alternate install CD to try instead. If I find a solution with either machine [the notebook is higher priority to me] I will post it.
[edit]
There may be more to this than just some hardware oddities.
The first CD I burned isn't even "checkable" on the notebook, and the desktop checks it fine. The notebook when booted into 7.04 sees the disc as "Blank CD-R" ..
The second CD [burned with a different drive at slower speed] is booting perfectly fine on the notebook, though I'll note that from 7.04 it sees the disc label but no contents when mounted.
This appears to be simply because of an iffy burn.
[edit]
Irony: now it stalls at 82% as others have been reporting. MD5 is fine but I'm trying to redownload. This is just plain silly now. :P
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