Noraf83
November 1st, 2009, 09:46 PM
Hello all
Here is the story
I am trying to upgrade from winxp pro to ubuntu 9.10 on my laptop. my primary methods of installation have been through booting through a flash drive, and wubi (the cd drive has a bad laser). both have roughly the same result. at some point between the part where i tell it to Install Ubuntu, and generally the end of the ubiquity installer, the system does a full freeze, not even the mouse pointer moving. its not gradual, the freeze comes all at once, and at seemingly random points during the installation. I have tried both the i386 version, as well as the amd64 version, both with the same results. On one occasion, after several freezes, i was able to get wubi to reach 100%, at this point, it said it would restart the system, ubiquity finished up its cleanup, and a list of operations were conducted with the last one stating, "system will restart NOW" or something like that. but it did not restart. after i rebooted it, and chose ubuntu from the boot selection screen, GRUB loaded, and told me that no kernal was loaded. exactly this persons situation:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1308460&highlight=stuck+grub
I have not yet tried the ubuntu recovery method that he used with the alternate install disk.
some noteworthy information
my computer is a gateway ML3109 from 2007
Celeron M 520 (this is a 64 bit cpu)
2gb ram
ABIT RADEON 9600XT-VIO
this long and somewhat dated post documents some issues with the ATI drivers. i believe most of the other issues mentioned here have been resolved in recent distributions, and otherwise, do not apply to my problem.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=511876
The computer uses a notorious Phoenix Technologies BIOS
there are two versions of it: 8305 for vista and 8310 for XP. i am running 8310
more information on this BIOS can be found here
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/general-10/warning-there-is-windows-in-my..-bios-544779/
here is a copy of my computer profile from device manager in XP
Resource Summary Report - Page: 1 ******************** SYSTEM SUMMARY ******************** Windows Version: Windows 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600) Name: UNIMATRIX007 Machine Type: AT/AT COMPATIBLE System BIOS Version: GATEWA - 6040000 System BIOS Date: 07/03/07 Processor Type: x86 Family 6 Model 22 Stepping 1 Processor Vendor: GenuineIntel Number of Processors: 1 Physical Memory: 1983 MB ******************** DISK DRIVE INFO ******************** Drive C: Type: Fixed disk drive Total Space: 80,015,491,072 bytes Free Space: 18,165,047,296 bytes Heads: 255 Cylinders: 9729 Sectors Per Track: 63 Bytes Per Sector: 512 ******************** IRQ SUMMARY ******************** IRQ Usage Summary: (ISA) 0 System timer (ISA) 1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard (ISA) 8 System CMOS/real time clock (ISA) 12 PS/2 Compatible Mouse (ISA) 13 Numeric data processor (ISA) 14 Primary IDE Channel (PCI) 16 Microsoft UAA Bus Driver for High Definition Audio (PCI) 17 ABIT RADEON 9600XT-VIO (PCI) 19 Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller (PCI) 19 Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller (PCI) 19 Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller (ISA) 21 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System (PCI) 22 Realtek RTL8185 54M Wireless LAN Network Adapter ******************** DMA USAGE SUMMARY ******************** DMA Usage Summary: 4 Direct memory access controller ******************** MEMORY SUMMARY ******************** Memory Usage Summary: [00000000 - 00000FFF] System board [000A0000 - 000BFFFF] PCI bus [000A0000 - 000BFFFF] PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge [000A0000 - 000BFFFF] ABIT RADEON 9600XT-VIO [000D0000 - 000D3FFF] PCI bus [000D4000 - 000D7FFF] PCI bus
Things i have not tried:
Installing from the Alternate Installer version of 9.10, or using the recovery method from the Alternate Installer mentioned in one of the previous posts, on the wubi installation that did make it to 100%
Installing a previous version of ubuntu (or any linux distro for that matter).
Changing the BIOS to the supposed "vista BIOS", because i have read more than once that people have pretty much bricked my particular model of laptop by doing that.
I have copies of 9.10 i386 and amd64 on hand, and if needed, i can download the alternate installer.
Windows XP is still running fine on this computer, and has never experienced a freeze.
The computer only has 1 partition.
any indication of things to try, or where to go from here would be greatly appreciated.
I am certainly willing to settle for 9.04 if it comes down to a distro specific problem that can not be resolved, but if i can get 9.10 to work, that would be great.
I owe at least one beer to any and all people who can help send me on my way. thanks a bunch. awaiting further instructions...
Here is the story
I am trying to upgrade from winxp pro to ubuntu 9.10 on my laptop. my primary methods of installation have been through booting through a flash drive, and wubi (the cd drive has a bad laser). both have roughly the same result. at some point between the part where i tell it to Install Ubuntu, and generally the end of the ubiquity installer, the system does a full freeze, not even the mouse pointer moving. its not gradual, the freeze comes all at once, and at seemingly random points during the installation. I have tried both the i386 version, as well as the amd64 version, both with the same results. On one occasion, after several freezes, i was able to get wubi to reach 100%, at this point, it said it would restart the system, ubiquity finished up its cleanup, and a list of operations were conducted with the last one stating, "system will restart NOW" or something like that. but it did not restart. after i rebooted it, and chose ubuntu from the boot selection screen, GRUB loaded, and told me that no kernal was loaded. exactly this persons situation:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1308460&highlight=stuck+grub
I have not yet tried the ubuntu recovery method that he used with the alternate install disk.
some noteworthy information
my computer is a gateway ML3109 from 2007
Celeron M 520 (this is a 64 bit cpu)
2gb ram
ABIT RADEON 9600XT-VIO
this long and somewhat dated post documents some issues with the ATI drivers. i believe most of the other issues mentioned here have been resolved in recent distributions, and otherwise, do not apply to my problem.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=511876
The computer uses a notorious Phoenix Technologies BIOS
there are two versions of it: 8305 for vista and 8310 for XP. i am running 8310
more information on this BIOS can be found here
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/general-10/warning-there-is-windows-in-my..-bios-544779/
here is a copy of my computer profile from device manager in XP
Resource Summary Report - Page: 1 ******************** SYSTEM SUMMARY ******************** Windows Version: Windows 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600) Name: UNIMATRIX007 Machine Type: AT/AT COMPATIBLE System BIOS Version: GATEWA - 6040000 System BIOS Date: 07/03/07 Processor Type: x86 Family 6 Model 22 Stepping 1 Processor Vendor: GenuineIntel Number of Processors: 1 Physical Memory: 1983 MB ******************** DISK DRIVE INFO ******************** Drive C: Type: Fixed disk drive Total Space: 80,015,491,072 bytes Free Space: 18,165,047,296 bytes Heads: 255 Cylinders: 9729 Sectors Per Track: 63 Bytes Per Sector: 512 ******************** IRQ SUMMARY ******************** IRQ Usage Summary: (ISA) 0 System timer (ISA) 1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard (ISA) 8 System CMOS/real time clock (ISA) 12 PS/2 Compatible Mouse (ISA) 13 Numeric data processor (ISA) 14 Primary IDE Channel (PCI) 16 Microsoft UAA Bus Driver for High Definition Audio (PCI) 17 ABIT RADEON 9600XT-VIO (PCI) 19 Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller (PCI) 19 Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller (PCI) 19 Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller (ISA) 21 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System (PCI) 22 Realtek RTL8185 54M Wireless LAN Network Adapter ******************** DMA USAGE SUMMARY ******************** DMA Usage Summary: 4 Direct memory access controller ******************** MEMORY SUMMARY ******************** Memory Usage Summary: [00000000 - 00000FFF] System board [000A0000 - 000BFFFF] PCI bus [000A0000 - 000BFFFF] PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge [000A0000 - 000BFFFF] ABIT RADEON 9600XT-VIO [000D0000 - 000D3FFF] PCI bus [000D4000 - 000D7FFF] PCI bus
Things i have not tried:
Installing from the Alternate Installer version of 9.10, or using the recovery method from the Alternate Installer mentioned in one of the previous posts, on the wubi installation that did make it to 100%
Installing a previous version of ubuntu (or any linux distro for that matter).
Changing the BIOS to the supposed "vista BIOS", because i have read more than once that people have pretty much bricked my particular model of laptop by doing that.
I have copies of 9.10 i386 and amd64 on hand, and if needed, i can download the alternate installer.
Windows XP is still running fine on this computer, and has never experienced a freeze.
The computer only has 1 partition.
any indication of things to try, or where to go from here would be greatly appreciated.
I am certainly willing to settle for 9.04 if it comes down to a distro specific problem that can not be resolved, but if i can get 9.10 to work, that would be great.
I owe at least one beer to any and all people who can help send me on my way. thanks a bunch. awaiting further instructions...