Kubuntu 8.04 has issues. While I can run it off a live DVD, if I install it to a hard drive, it doesn't work.
When I install Kubuntu, I only have one hard drive in the system. It's an 80 GB (nominal, works out to around 60 GB actual) Maxtor IDE. I've tried both Manual config and letting Kubuntu figure out the partitioning - doesn't matter, same result.
After the (very lengthy!) install completes, and I reboot, I get
GRUB Loading stage1.5.
GRUB loading, please wait...
Error 15
and then nothing else happens. I don't even get a bash prompt - things just stop cold. I can type stuff but can't execute any commands, so I have to reboot.
The system is a fairly old one (Athlon XP 3200-based, 1 GB DDR RAM, Radeon X1650 video card, Abit NF7-S 2.0 motherboard) and the only previous version of Kubuntu I've had any luck with was 7.04. 7.10 and 8.40 will both run off a live DVD, but so far only 7.04 produces a usable installation.
FWIW, I've tried this both by overwriting a previous failed install of Kubuntu (that is, keeping the partitions) and also reformatting the partitions.
What's going on here? I can't believe there have been two successive updates to Kubuntu which simply don't work! I have just wasted several hours on the agonizingly slow installation process on both 7.10 and 8.04, so it would be nice if I could somehow "rescue" the Kubuntu 8.04 install I just did.
Fortunately, I have another machine, plus a Windows XP boot volume in a removable hard drive, to use so I can post & read responses in the meantime.
When I install Kubuntu, I only have one hard drive in the system. It's an 80 GB (nominal, works out to around 60 GB actual) Maxtor IDE. I've tried both Manual config and letting Kubuntu figure out the partitioning - doesn't matter, same result.
After the (very lengthy!) install completes, and I reboot, I get
GRUB Loading stage1.5.
GRUB loading, please wait...
Error 15
and then nothing else happens. I don't even get a bash prompt - things just stop cold. I can type stuff but can't execute any commands, so I have to reboot.
The system is a fairly old one (Athlon XP 3200-based, 1 GB DDR RAM, Radeon X1650 video card, Abit NF7-S 2.0 motherboard) and the only previous version of Kubuntu I've had any luck with was 7.04. 7.10 and 8.40 will both run off a live DVD, but so far only 7.04 produces a usable installation.
FWIW, I've tried this both by overwriting a previous failed install of Kubuntu (that is, keeping the partitions) and also reformatting the partitions.
What's going on here? I can't believe there have been two successive updates to Kubuntu which simply don't work! I have just wasted several hours on the agonizingly slow installation process on both 7.10 and 8.04, so it would be nice if I could somehow "rescue" the Kubuntu 8.04 install I just did.
Fortunately, I have another machine, plus a Windows XP boot volume in a removable hard drive, to use so I can post & read responses in the meantime.
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