10.04 UNR USB Install Woes

[solidus126]

Hello all,

I have tried using UNetbootin to install Ubuntu Netbook Remix (Lucid) on my Toshiba NB205 and am having no luck. Both it and Kubuntu NR will boot from live USB and seemingly install successfully, but when I select the Ubuntu option, it hangs and drops me down to BusyBox with initramfs.

When UNR was distributed as a .img file, I could use Canonical's USB image .exe to prepare the USB drive and it always worked like a charm, but now UNetbootin fails me all too often. I don't really have access to another Ubuntu box to run usb-creator with, so has anyone had any success with any other install method?

I am dual booting with Windows 7.

Sincerely,

-solidus126

[solidus126]

SOLVED!

The specific problem I was experiencing is detailed in this bug report:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+bug/571364

The measure that fixed it for me was adding "nohz=off" to the end of my grub menu entries, as can be read about here in the Kernel Boot Fix section:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport/Machines/Netbooks/ToshibaNB205

Hope this helps!

-solidus126