cant get my labtop to use kubuntu live cd

[leumas]

im new to linux and not quite sure what im doing

i have been trying to install a version of kubuntu on my labtop. I was goiing to start with kubuntu 6.06 LTS, but the live cd wouldnt load did not want to work it was something about acpi or apic but this didnt work so i tried a few of the fixes i saw on here "nolapci" "noapic" and some others, im not sure if i put them in the right place though. there was also something about syncrinizing with the system clock

this seemed to be getting me nowhere, so i downloaded the Gusty live cd. it was going father into boot than LTS was. but after it go alot farther through the screen went black and then white lines start to appear but after a few minutes this fade out to black and then nothng hapens

i have tried to start both in safe graphics mode but that dosnt work ether
it is a compaq with a AMD Anthlon X2 processor and 1 gb of ram
it is a Nvidia 6000 graphics card
i want to dual boot and my other OS is Vista

[Snowhog]

Re: cant get my labtop to use kubuntu live cd

With Vista as the OEM OS, you need to review the procedures for How to dual-boot Vista with Linux (Vista installed first) before you go any further.

[toad]

Re: cant get my labtop to use kubuntu live cd

Hm, that link is for 7.04, will it hold for 7.10?

I have also heard of the http://wubi-installer.org/ which is seems to be a really nice project. However, suspend and hibernate is not supported

[Snowhog]

Re: cant get my labtop to use kubuntu live cd

Hm, that link is for 7.04, will it hold for 7.10?

Yup. The necessary steps to take, when considering installing Linux as an additional OS on a PC with Vista pre-installed (OEM), are addressed in the link.