mattxc
February 13th, 2009, 02:45 AM
DISCLAIMER: I have never, ever worked with linux. i am relatively experienced with computers, most especially windows.
on to the issue.
i found an older (maybe 1-3 years after xp's release) laptop that works in xp pretty well for itself despite being rather skimpy on the performance end:
compaq presario 1700t
intel pentium III 1000Mhz
256mb RAM
yadda yadda yadda.
i have burnt several copies of ubuntu 8.10 using infrarecorder to burn an iso, the discs all checked out ok, no errors. the laptop boots into the cd fine, but when i get to the splash where i can select wheter to try ubuntu without installing, install it, check the cd, and a few other sundry items, i can select any one of these. but when i hit ENTER on the one i want, well, i hear the cd drive start spinning, the computer chugs away for 30 sec (during which i have no control of anything on the screen), the cd drive stops. then i am restored control of which option i want. this happens on each item, every time.
so i decided to try pressing escape and going into the text-based shell (boot: ) and typed in various items i have found on this forum and others that have supposedly worked for other issues. every single time, i get the error: "invalid or corrupt kernel image"
the command that got closest to working (i.e. took the longest to process) was
/casper/vmlinuz noapic nolapic
followed again, by "invalid or corrupt kernel image"
so basically i cannot even run the live version of ubuntu, any advice? i understand that i did not explain this very well but i am in need of some help. please ask questions, i will answer them as well as i can
tia!
matt
on to the issue.
i found an older (maybe 1-3 years after xp's release) laptop that works in xp pretty well for itself despite being rather skimpy on the performance end:
compaq presario 1700t
intel pentium III 1000Mhz
256mb RAM
yadda yadda yadda.
i have burnt several copies of ubuntu 8.10 using infrarecorder to burn an iso, the discs all checked out ok, no errors. the laptop boots into the cd fine, but when i get to the splash where i can select wheter to try ubuntu without installing, install it, check the cd, and a few other sundry items, i can select any one of these. but when i hit ENTER on the one i want, well, i hear the cd drive start spinning, the computer chugs away for 30 sec (during which i have no control of anything on the screen), the cd drive stops. then i am restored control of which option i want. this happens on each item, every time.
so i decided to try pressing escape and going into the text-based shell (boot: ) and typed in various items i have found on this forum and others that have supposedly worked for other issues. every single time, i get the error: "invalid or corrupt kernel image"
the command that got closest to working (i.e. took the longest to process) was
/casper/vmlinuz noapic nolapic
followed again, by "invalid or corrupt kernel image"
so basically i cannot even run the live version of ubuntu, any advice? i understand that i did not explain this very well but i am in need of some help. please ask questions, i will answer them as well as i can
tia!
matt