Can't Install ANY Distro of Linux

**Pumalite** · June 2nd, 2008

This is an HP thread that might explain some of the problems:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=582220

**pentiumwetwired** · June 2nd, 2008

Originally Posted by alzie

Its been a while since I used wubi...

I searched around and the HP Pavilion a705w does seem to have issues, the workaround is to add the parameter " acpi=off " (without the quotes)

From the wubiguide
You should be able to set acpi=off there.

Link to wubi guide is : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide#he...c9b0f3860f194b

Link to the wubi forums is :http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=234

I recommend the wubi forums, the people there do a great job.

I hope this helps you

I just tried this option just 5 minutes ago and got a "Bad string or file command" or something of the sort

Originally Posted by alguin2

Have you tried the Live CD (HH 8.04), just to check if Ubuntu can boot? That's how I installed Ubuntu. I think that there's an option of installing Linux within the Windows filesystem from the LiveCD. I myself installed by creating a real partition.

Try booting from a cold powerdown, safe graphics, etc, if the default LiveCD boot doesn't work.

Good luck.

I've tried every option on the esc menu including the live CD, no dice

Originally Posted by Pumalite

This is an HP thread that might explain some of the problems:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=582220

That thread is about laptops, this is a desktop.

I think I'm stuck, I'm giving up unless someone has a fix I haven't tried. Thanks for all your help everyone.

**sparo007** · June 4th, 2008

Bump. He may have given up, but I sure haven't, I will continue to bump this thread until someone answers my cries for help or this forum shuts down.

**pentiumwetwired** · June 4th, 2008

Good luck sparo007, I'm just gonna install it on another computer I have laying around. I have this thread subscribed so if it ever gets solved I'll be sure to change the title to reflect its status.

**alzie** · June 6th, 2008

I've been googling. I did find this link:
http://www.uluga.ubuntuforums.org/sh...d.php?t=799725

It was suggested to the poster to try and install ubuntu using vmware. The poster was able to but was unable to work with wubi or from the live cd.

Another poster, Ago said

If you have the same problems when you boot from live CD it is not wubi related. It is unlikely that you have a bad ISO since wubi checks the md5.

The fact that you can install to vm suggest that it might be an incompatibility with your hardware. There are workarounds for that via boot parameters like xforcevesa or acpi=off or irq=poll.

Such workarounds can be enabled from the Live CD (see boot options) or Wubi (press esc at boot). You will have to search for the make and model of your machine to find the appropriate parameters to use.

Also, if you do not find any existing bug in launchpad, open a new one, reporting your hardware issues, so that it can be addressed for good.

I'm hoping this will help. If you think you've found a bug, report it and you help others.

**Luser2** · June 23rd, 2008

Originally Posted by sparo007

Bump. He may have given up, but I sure haven't, I will continue to bump this thread until someone answers my cries for help or this forum shuts down.

I'm trying to run 8.04 from the disk on an HP Pavilion a705w as well. No answers yet, and it's fair to guess by my user name that I may not be the one to solve the problem.

The latest message I got was:

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/etc/init.d/rc: 317: sed: not found (<--- this one over and over)
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on hitting <enter> I got:

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init: Unable to execute "/bin/sh" for rc-default: No such file or directory
init: rc-default main process (7572) terminated with status 255
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Just another data point. I will work on figuring out how to implement the suggestions mentioned in messages above. Of course, any help is gratefully received...