scprotz
May 17th, 2010, 03:11 AM
I think the title is fairly self explanatory, but let me give details:
Currently I run 9.10 x64 on my Lenovo W500 laptop. It runs just fine (aside from the issues of dealing with the 32 bit commercial world vs 64 bit OSS world - but thats another thread).
I went out and got a clean 500 GB harddrive to install 10.04 on it (I don't want to touch my current installation as it is still usable - but I'd really like to move back to 32 bit...what can I say..I need the commercial software for work).
I've downloaded Ubuntu 10.04 desktop x86 32bit (from both torrent and direct download....and verified via MD5 that it is indeed the right file, etc...)
I put the newly minted CD into the reader and try to install. I get the ISOLinux flash past..then i get this screen that looks...i don't know...like a "Ruler == Little Man" logo <= if someone can explain what that is..that would be great....
At this point, if i do nothing..the machine is locked up (though CTRL-ALT-DELETE still works).
If I catch it at the beginning quick enough - then i can hit ESC or SPACE and get to the menu, but if I make any selection, it just locks the computer up (or the ESC option brings me to the menu, i make a selection, then it says "Loading" and hangs indefinitely.
I can't even seem to get any kind of output to determine what is even the problem. I don't think it has anything to do with hardware, as I've tried doing similar livecd/installs on other Lenovo laptops with the same results. I have downloaded the image multiple times on different computers...I've burned using different programs (Brasero and Nero on WinXP) so I'm fairly positive the media is correct.
I'm at a loss. Any suggestions would be very helpful (even if it is just getting console output - and yes...i tried to add the 'console' keyword to the boot line in grub, but got nothing...)
Thanks for your input...
Currently I run 9.10 x64 on my Lenovo W500 laptop. It runs just fine (aside from the issues of dealing with the 32 bit commercial world vs 64 bit OSS world - but thats another thread).
I went out and got a clean 500 GB harddrive to install 10.04 on it (I don't want to touch my current installation as it is still usable - but I'd really like to move back to 32 bit...what can I say..I need the commercial software for work).
I've downloaded Ubuntu 10.04 desktop x86 32bit (from both torrent and direct download....and verified via MD5 that it is indeed the right file, etc...)
I put the newly minted CD into the reader and try to install. I get the ISOLinux flash past..then i get this screen that looks...i don't know...like a "Ruler == Little Man" logo <= if someone can explain what that is..that would be great....
At this point, if i do nothing..the machine is locked up (though CTRL-ALT-DELETE still works).
If I catch it at the beginning quick enough - then i can hit ESC or SPACE and get to the menu, but if I make any selection, it just locks the computer up (or the ESC option brings me to the menu, i make a selection, then it says "Loading" and hangs indefinitely.
I can't even seem to get any kind of output to determine what is even the problem. I don't think it has anything to do with hardware, as I've tried doing similar livecd/installs on other Lenovo laptops with the same results. I have downloaded the image multiple times on different computers...I've burned using different programs (Brasero and Nero on WinXP) so I'm fairly positive the media is correct.
I'm at a loss. Any suggestions would be very helpful (even if it is just getting console output - and yes...i tried to add the 'console' keyword to the boot line in grub, but got nothing...)
Thanks for your input...