ubuntu 10.10 and ubuntu 11.04 b installation problem

[vshs]

6 months since i am facing this problem.. ubuntu 10.04 work flawlessly on my system . i have sony vgn-n110e. 1.5ghz with 1gb ram.
whenever i boot with a cd or usb disk to install ubuntu 10.10 or 11.04 a black dos screen appread describing the software and some one by the name of " peter irwin" after that nothing happens. it is a black screen with few lines writeen about the above guy.
i hve tired every thing but i cannot proceed from there. i hve tried using on other laptop. i got the same problem. i hve tried downloading the imge from other mirrors but still same problem. the other ubuntu 10.10 based distros are not woking with same problem.
please help me out. i feel this is the end of my ubuntu journey.
any help will be appreciated.
i am novice user of ubuntu.
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[Dutch70]

Hi and welcome to UF

Although I recommend staying with 10.04 as it is the current LTS (Long Term Release) and is supported until April 2013.
10.10 is only supported until April 2012.

You may want to try the alternate cd install.

[vshs]

Hi and welcome to UF

Although I recommend staying with 10.04 as it is the current LTS (Long Term Release) and is supported until April 2013.
10.10 is only supported until April 2012.

You may want to try the alternate cd install.

yeah thank you for your reply.
i can install and use 10.04 but the problem is persisting with 11.04 beta also. and its scraing me what if i cant use any of the version which is released after 10.04..
i have tried alternate cd install. i havent tried wubi becasue i have only 10gig of hdd space reserved for ubuntu and dual boot will require a lot more space.

[Dutch70]

10.04 is good for 2 more years. That's longer than 10.10 or 11.04.

10.04 is supported until April 2013
10.10 is supported until April 2012
11.04 is supported until October 2012

If you're worried about that, you're trying to install the wrong one.
Stick with 10.04. I don't think I'd be worried about something 2 years from now.

[samacaster]

Dutch70 hit the nail on the head. Stick with what works. If 10.04 is working for you, keep it.

If you want install 10.10, 11.04, burn the image at the slowest speed possible. Make certain that your drive is clean as is the disc. I have had a few disc hang at the "Peter Irwin" and after a quick wipe off and cleaning of the drive they worked.

PS: its Peter Anvin!

[hlj]

hi I am trying to remove 11.04, and revert back to 1010 I installed via update manager how do i roll back please

[vshs]

Dutch70 hit the nail on the head. Stick with what works. If 10.04 is working for you, keep it.

If you want install 10.10, 11.04, burn the image at the slowest speed possible. Make certain that your drive is clean as is the disc. I have had a few disc hang at the "Peter Irwin" and after a quick wipe off and cleaning of the drive they worked.

PS: its Peter Anvin!


thanks for correcting me.

[Dutch70]

hi I am trying to remove 11.04, and revert back to 1010 I installed via update manager how do i roll back please

You'll have to reinstall 10.10, but please start your own thread when you have a question.
That's what the forums are for.