kodrann
January 22nd, 2011, 07:35 PM
the situation:
i had ubuntu installed on my PC up until few days ago and everything worked perfectly. and then my HDD died (it was old Maxtor IDE). i bought new Seagate SATA. connected everything and proceeded with ubuntu installation (fresh 10.10 cd). the computer detects the installation cd and then the screen goes blank with only a line blinking in the top left corner of the screen. i also installed windows xp and tried from there. files from ubuntu cd copy just fine but when i restart to complete the installation the same thing happens. so i downloaded ubuntu 8 and burned it on cd. this time i was able to get a menu on the startup but after i choose anything it freezes again. so i don't know wher the problem is... the cd's were burned with 2 different recorders, they work fine up until the installation is about to begin. only hardware change is the new sata HDD. this is a problem for me since i don't want to use windows in everyday activities... thank you for your help in advance ;)
i had ubuntu installed on my PC up until few days ago and everything worked perfectly. and then my HDD died (it was old Maxtor IDE). i bought new Seagate SATA. connected everything and proceeded with ubuntu installation (fresh 10.10 cd). the computer detects the installation cd and then the screen goes blank with only a line blinking in the top left corner of the screen. i also installed windows xp and tried from there. files from ubuntu cd copy just fine but when i restart to complete the installation the same thing happens. so i downloaded ubuntu 8 and burned it on cd. this time i was able to get a menu on the startup but after i choose anything it freezes again. so i don't know wher the problem is... the cd's were burned with 2 different recorders, they work fine up until the installation is about to begin. only hardware change is the new sata HDD. this is a problem for me since i don't want to use windows in everyday activities... thank you for your help in advance ;)