husky55
January 19th, 2009, 04:33 PM
for installing ubuntu 8.10 on my new laptop (see signature).
I installed ubuntu 8.10 on 2 desktops and my dell inspiron laptop without any problem.
But over the holiday I got a new Gateway FX and vista home premium 64 bit. I did check the mdsum of the downloads, used either 32 or 64 bit ubuntu, burn cd at lower speed. All to to no avail.
The live CD works but no connection to the internet via intel wifi mini pci 5100.
Installed ubuntu seems to be ok, but hung on reboot. Over and over again.
I don't know what causes this, pretty sure it's hardware incompatility. Could be the video card (newly introduced), DDR3 ram, or etc.. Since I cannot even get to the boot screen all diagnostic are not available to me.
So I am ready to give up and you are my last hope. If not, I will use my other computers for ubuntu and wait for 6 months for a new revision.
:confused:
I installed ubuntu 8.10 on 2 desktops and my dell inspiron laptop without any problem.
But over the holiday I got a new Gateway FX and vista home premium 64 bit. I did check the mdsum of the downloads, used either 32 or 64 bit ubuntu, burn cd at lower speed. All to to no avail.
The live CD works but no connection to the internet via intel wifi mini pci 5100.
Installed ubuntu seems to be ok, but hung on reboot. Over and over again.
I don't know what causes this, pretty sure it's hardware incompatility. Could be the video card (newly introduced), DDR3 ram, or etc.. Since I cannot even get to the boot screen all diagnostic are not available to me.
So I am ready to give up and you are my last hope. If not, I will use my other computers for ubuntu and wait for 6 months for a new revision.
:confused: