Konstanty
October 14th, 2010, 07:36 PM
Help, please! I've been trying for three days to install Ubuntu 10.10 on a Dell GX240, with no luck.
Each and every time, I boot from the Live CD and get as far as the language selection screen. I click "Forward," and the little gearwheel spins...
...and spins...
...and spins...forever. Or until I power the machine down, whichever comes first.
The BIOS is at its latest level (A05), and it's in original factory configuration -- I haven't made any modifications to it. I've also tried booting into "Try Ubuntu without installing," and running "Install Ubuntu" from within that environment, with the same non-results. After a minute or so, the machine becomes completely unresponsive and I have to power down and start all over again.
I've done a lot of prowling the web to find answers, most of which recommend adding "acpi=force" to the boot options. Unfortunately, that doesn't work for me. Nor have any of the various acpi/apic options.
I don't think this is a hardware problem, since I am able to install and run XP on this machine without any problems whatever.
Specs for the machine are:
256M memory, at 133Mhz
CPU speed 1.7 GHz, Pentium 4
I'd much prefer running Ubuntu on this machine than anything from Microsoft, but unless I can find a workaround, I'll have no choice. Ideas, anyone?
Thanx in advance.
Each and every time, I boot from the Live CD and get as far as the language selection screen. I click "Forward," and the little gearwheel spins...
...and spins...
...and spins...forever. Or until I power the machine down, whichever comes first.
The BIOS is at its latest level (A05), and it's in original factory configuration -- I haven't made any modifications to it. I've also tried booting into "Try Ubuntu without installing," and running "Install Ubuntu" from within that environment, with the same non-results. After a minute or so, the machine becomes completely unresponsive and I have to power down and start all over again.
I've done a lot of prowling the web to find answers, most of which recommend adding "acpi=force" to the boot options. Unfortunately, that doesn't work for me. Nor have any of the various acpi/apic options.
I don't think this is a hardware problem, since I am able to install and run XP on this machine without any problems whatever.
Specs for the machine are:
256M memory, at 133Mhz
CPU speed 1.7 GHz, Pentium 4
I'd much prefer running Ubuntu on this machine than anything from Microsoft, but unless I can find a workaround, I'll have no choice. Ideas, anyone?
Thanx in advance.