Live CD Installer freezes on Packard Bell MH35 (Tutorial Added)

[drakwen]

Hi everyone!

Computers:
Packard Bell Laptop MH35 U-057 Intel Dual Core T2330, 3GB RAM, SIS 671/72
Desktop: Intel Pentium IV 2.4 GHz, 1 GB RAM, Asus P4-800-MX (or something like that can't rermember accurate numbers)

Situation:
I have 2 samples Ubuntu 8.04 (beta testing) Kubuntu 8.04 Rock Solid. Both work on Desktop and none on Laptop.

Problem:
While trying to install, verify or launch Live CD, the linux kernel loads, but stacks on splash image.

Solution:
Could it be possible to burn them slower in order to solve this?

Additional Help:
http://ubuntu.c3sl.ufpr.br/releases/...sktop-i386.iso
I used this version to create the CD

If you need any other info, do not hesitate, just ask.

Thanks.

PS: I also tried Ubuntu 7.04 and Linux Mint KDE and GNOME, none worked, all stack.

[drakwen]

Re: Installer freezes

OK UPDATE!!

I have re downloaded Kubuntu 8.04 KDE 4 Remix, installed thorugh WUBI, and discovered that it can't pass forward the splash because of my partition or some sort of problem related to it (i believe it cannot understand my partition table, so i will be checking it and come back with the result)

[drakwen]

Re: Installer freezes

I fixed up my partition table, now it looks this way:

• Primary NTFS
• Logical:
  • NTFS
  • Swap
  • EXT3

While installing Kubuntu using 'noapic' and 'pnpbios=off', I get the following error:

Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unkown-dock (104,1)

How do I fix this mistake?

[dibl]

Re: Installer freezes (Found exact Problem, need solution)

I'm skeptical that the boot options are related to the error, but it probably is related to your partitioning scheme. Are you sure you pointed the root filesystem to the ext3 partition when you installed it, and also set the swap partition correctly?

If you are only using 4 partitions, they could all be primary partions, btw.

[drakwen]

Re: Installer freezes (Found exact Problem, need solution)

dibl

I can't install it, while running the livecd it freezes on the splahs, while running installer with boot options it freezes.

[drakwen]

Re: Installer freezes (Found exact Problem, need solution)

Final solution: Here is what I did.


Pre-Installation

• Backup all data in an external disk or disks
• Kill the whole disk.
• Create 4 Partitions
  • Installed XP
  • Partition NTFS for Documents and copy them from ext. disk
  • Swap
  • Ext3

Installation

• Run Linux Mint / Kubuntu LiveCD (tried both).
• Tap F6 and replace the "--" at the end for "noapic nolapic acpi=off"
• Install and Boot.

First Time Running Linux Mint/Kubuntu

• On Grub Loader step on the first option press 'e' for edit the line.
• At the end of the line re-type "noapic nolapic acpi=off"
• Linux SHOULD run

Inside Linux Mint/Kubuntu

• Start the console
• Type: sudo edit /boot/grub/menu.lst (remember to change edit for the editor you have, gedit, kate, etc
• Type your account password
• Search for word title and Search next until you find something like

title		Linux Mint 4.0 KDE CE, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
root		(hd0,6)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=/dev/sda7 ro quiet splash
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
boot

• Replace

kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=/dev/sda7 ro quiet splash

for

kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=/dev/sda7 ro quiet splash noapic nolapic acpi=off

• Save and Exit.
• With this done you don't have to write noapic nolapic acpi=off everytime you boot.

I hope this helps everyone with the same problem that I have.

Best Regards,