Can't boot to live / installation (9.10 and 10.4)

[nullkuhl]

My notebook is an HP Envy 15 (Core i7 720QM, Intel DMI Host Bridge, PM55)

I have 2 ISO files, Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 and Ubuntu lucid lynx 10.04, both have correct md5sums, i burned each on cd's and flash usb disks ( using unetbootin and lili usb tool ).

However i never had a successful boot, i always reach :
(initramfs) : Unable to find a medium containing a live file system.

Bios of notebook has no settings to tweak regarding HDD

Could this be a sata issue anyway ? I tried searching for this issue on the forums but all the posts were having burn problems, I also tried the flash usb disks on a desktop machine and they boot properly with no problem.

Please Help ! i cant install ubuntu :(

[ssulaco]

Bios of notebook has no settings to tweak regarding HDD(you talking about boot sequence)

I also tried the flash usb disks on a desktop machine and they boot properly with no problem.
Please Help ! i cant install ubuntu :(
Could be boot sequence issue,bad rom drive,and/or bad burn...Ive never done a usb install,here is some info
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick

[nullkuhl]

i have the same problem when booting from cd, its not a USB issue. :'(

[ssulaco]

You said usb boots properly?try the usb install

[nullkuhl]

You said usb boots properly?

usb and cd boots properly on a different machine, however on my notebook hp envy 15, both fails, ending up with the message i wrote above ^^ :(

[ssulaco]

sorry....Have you checked boot sequence

[nullkuhl]

sorry....Have you checked boot sequence

boot sequence ? what do you mean and also how to check it ?

[ssulaco]

read this.........http://www.hiren.info/pages/bios-boot-cdrom
and......https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromCD

[nullkuhl]

read this.........http://www.hiren.info/pages/bios-boot-cdrom

yes yes sorry didnt get what you meant :), use i checked boot sequence and its booting from the usb/cd fine but an error happens, the one i wrote above ^^ !

[ssulaco]

Have you tried the Live (CD) on your desktop?

[nullkuhl]

Have you tried the Live (CD) on your desktop?

yes i tried cd and usb on desktop, both works fine !

[ssulaco]

do you have music cd to check to see if the rom drive is being seen?

[nullkuhl]

do you have music cd to check to see if the rom drive is being seen?

the rom drive is being seens because i can see the ubuntu boot menu list, however when i select try ubuntu without changes or install ubuntu it keeps booting but then i end up with the message i posted earlier !

[ssulaco]

same issue....
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/454158

Try burning Hardy......see what happens
http://releases.ubuntu.com/hardy/

[nullkuhl]

same issue....
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/454158

Try burning Hardy......see what happens
http://releases.ubuntu.com/hardy/

it's worse with hardy , i get a soft bug : cpu 7 stuck for 11s error, i think hardy do not support my core i7 processor

[ssulaco]

Try Jaunty.http://releases.ubuntu.com/jaunty/
if that fails hopefully someone who has seen this will chime in.....goodluck.

Just for the heck of it did you try Hardy in your desktop?