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1 year and 5 months later :) Due to priorities and other responsibilities, I have been unable to continue the solving of this dilemma until now. Instead of installing Ubuntu 10.10, I am attempting...

I am also trying to install ubuntu 10.10 to my a brand new HDD (WDC WD800AAJB-00J3A0 0.103E01). My BIOS (Award Modular, v6.0PG) for the SOYO SY-K7ADA v1.0-2AA1 recognises that my HDD does exist, but...

Yes, I am not seeing the 'no devices detected' situation. The first of the two options you had presented to me. Sorry, I should have been more descriptive. No worries about dragging it out. I...

I was able to get to the desktop via "Try Ubuntu Before the Installation" with the newly created LiveCD that you had requested me to make. I ran into a problem with the screen getting a bit "funky"...

Well, I learned from this experience. It was unable to boot from the LiveUSB or LiveCD with the different CD image.

On another note,



Since you had given the quickest way to solve this...

Out of curiosity, do you think it would be beneficial to use a Minimal CD Image?

Link: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD

Good news: I had successfully created a LiveUSB to do the installation.

Bad news: My BIOS is not recognizing the USB as an option to boot from.
- I had tried the other options that were...

How large must my usb be in order to proceed?

Thanks Hedgehog1.

I had done as you had told me to, and used the Live CD installation version rather than the alternate. After Ubuntu was preparing to begin the installation process, the screen...

I am attempting to install ubuntu 10.10-alternate-i386 that was burned on a cd.

Motherboard: SOYO SY-K7ADA v1.0-2AA1
Main Processor: AMD Athlon 1700+
Primary Master: WDC WD800AAJB-00J3A0...