middleofnowhere
September 13th, 2010, 12:55 AM
I currently run Ubuntu Linux 10.04 on my Dell laptop. It work great and I want to install it on an old laptop I have. It is a PlaidBook by Daktech. I first attempted to install by CD. After changing the settings to boot directly from the CD rom it loaded a screen with the Ubuntu logo with a little progress indicator. This screen will show for several minutes before the screen goes blank and no commands will change this. Tried burning a new CD from a new download -- same problem. Made a USB jumpdrive to load it and got more progress. After the same load screen in opens to a DOS like screen that says exactly this:
Linux ubuntu 2.6.32-24-generic #39-Ubuntu SMP (then the days date) UTC 2010 i686
GNU/Linux
Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Welcome to Ubuntu!
* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ bn
from here I can type commands which bring up a help screen that is not helpful at all. I'm an absolute newb at this sort of thing and any help would be much appreciated.
Linux ubuntu 2.6.32-24-generic #39-Ubuntu SMP (then the days date) UTC 2010 i686
GNU/Linux
Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Welcome to Ubuntu!
* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ bn
from here I can type commands which bring up a help screen that is not helpful at all. I'm an absolute newb at this sort of thing and any help would be much appreciated.