JohnnyB98604
June 12th, 2010, 05:52 PM
I'm not as savy as I might need to be so bear wiht me (read that as: Noob)
I'm attempting to install 10.04 desktop via CD (although I've tried via USB to no avail either). On boot, the system see's the CD, begin to load...gives me a quick message about linux then disapears). I see a purple screen with keyboard and person icons at the bottom center. That screen is there for several seconds when the screen goes black and thre's a flashing cursor in the top left of the screen. The drive continues to spin breifly then stops, never to start again. I've left the PC this way for over an hour...just to be certain there wasn't something going on in the background.
The specs on the PC are basic.
Toshiba, NB205-N310BN-G
Intel Atom 1.67 Ghz
160GB HDD
It seems almost like there's an issue with the ISO file that was burned to the CD...or an issue with the CD. When I burned the CD I checked the "Verify disc after burning" just to make sure (that's what the direction on the ubuntu site said to do). I've downloaded the first ISO with Chrome and I'm downloading a second file from IE....just to see if that makes a difference. The second disk just finished burning....I'll try it a post results here shortly. Oh yes, I'm running Win7 Home Premium and using the native burning tool to create the CD's.
Thank you in advance for your responses.
John
I'm attempting to install 10.04 desktop via CD (although I've tried via USB to no avail either). On boot, the system see's the CD, begin to load...gives me a quick message about linux then disapears). I see a purple screen with keyboard and person icons at the bottom center. That screen is there for several seconds when the screen goes black and thre's a flashing cursor in the top left of the screen. The drive continues to spin breifly then stops, never to start again. I've left the PC this way for over an hour...just to be certain there wasn't something going on in the background.
The specs on the PC are basic.
Toshiba, NB205-N310BN-G
Intel Atom 1.67 Ghz
160GB HDD
It seems almost like there's an issue with the ISO file that was burned to the CD...or an issue with the CD. When I burned the CD I checked the "Verify disc after burning" just to make sure (that's what the direction on the ubuntu site said to do). I've downloaded the first ISO with Chrome and I'm downloading a second file from IE....just to see if that makes a difference. The second disk just finished burning....I'll try it a post results here shortly. Oh yes, I'm running Win7 Home Premium and using the native burning tool to create the CD's.
Thank you in advance for your responses.
John