frogo
June 2nd, 2011, 06:33 PM
Hello,
I'm wondering which, if any, are the important boot options in the live CD to address the sort of problem I meet with my failed installation. Are there any of these options I could/should tweak in order to load as safely and minimally as possible or in order to accommodate the crappiness of my machine?
I'm quite useless so I probably look for a magical answer here. Pointers to documentation relevant to the problem is most welcome (I couldn't find any that seemed specifically and immediately applicable or if I did, I didn't realize or understand). I'm happy to provide any information I can gather although I'll probably need guidance in order to obtain them.
Problem:
when trying to run, without installing, Ubuntu from a Live CD, the machine turns off after 5 to 30 secs of displaying the screen with the ubuntu logo --- it never goes beyond that screen (I'm talking about the screen that is *after* the boot menu screen, I don't know if it has a name).
Versions I tried to install:
- Ubuntu 10.04: In addition to the systematic shutdown, the screen is very badly scambled, all lines are elongated, thick and diagonal (looks like children drawing). If I press keys, the screen seems to change to a page of zeros (it's unreadable but it looks like a blurred HEX editor screen)
- Ubuntu 11.04: Here I can see more or less normally, although the resolution gives a bit of a late 80's impression.
- Xubuntu 11.04: Same as 11.04, although in the few runs I tried it seemed to shutdown faster.
- I've tried burning a Lubuntu CDs but they all seem bad.
Background:
I am trying to install Ubuntu (any ubuntu that will work really) on the following machine:
Acer Aspire 1350 (ca. 2003)
AMD Mobile Athlon XP 2600+
512MB RAM (the BIOS says 447MB if that changes anything)
The hard drive is new: Samsung IDE HD 120Gb
The use of the live CD is slightly complicated by the fact that the internal CD drive is not reliable, although it works 2/3 of the time. The machine can't boot from USB and it doesn't boot well from an external CD drive (at the moment, less reliably than with the crappy internal one).
The machine is not broken, as I could install Windows 98 (if that proves anything...).
Apologies:
This question follows from a thread on the range of available means for installing ubuntu on an old laptop: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1772583 and I am in the process of exploring suggestions. I know it is bad forum practice to have closely related threads, but i find the question asked here to be distinct enough from the more general one I asked in the previous thread.
many thanks in advance for any input/pointer/suggestion or clarification question
I'm wondering which, if any, are the important boot options in the live CD to address the sort of problem I meet with my failed installation. Are there any of these options I could/should tweak in order to load as safely and minimally as possible or in order to accommodate the crappiness of my machine?
I'm quite useless so I probably look for a magical answer here. Pointers to documentation relevant to the problem is most welcome (I couldn't find any that seemed specifically and immediately applicable or if I did, I didn't realize or understand). I'm happy to provide any information I can gather although I'll probably need guidance in order to obtain them.
Problem:
when trying to run, without installing, Ubuntu from a Live CD, the machine turns off after 5 to 30 secs of displaying the screen with the ubuntu logo --- it never goes beyond that screen (I'm talking about the screen that is *after* the boot menu screen, I don't know if it has a name).
Versions I tried to install:
- Ubuntu 10.04: In addition to the systematic shutdown, the screen is very badly scambled, all lines are elongated, thick and diagonal (looks like children drawing). If I press keys, the screen seems to change to a page of zeros (it's unreadable but it looks like a blurred HEX editor screen)
- Ubuntu 11.04: Here I can see more or less normally, although the resolution gives a bit of a late 80's impression.
- Xubuntu 11.04: Same as 11.04, although in the few runs I tried it seemed to shutdown faster.
- I've tried burning a Lubuntu CDs but they all seem bad.
Background:
I am trying to install Ubuntu (any ubuntu that will work really) on the following machine:
Acer Aspire 1350 (ca. 2003)
AMD Mobile Athlon XP 2600+
512MB RAM (the BIOS says 447MB if that changes anything)
The hard drive is new: Samsung IDE HD 120Gb
The use of the live CD is slightly complicated by the fact that the internal CD drive is not reliable, although it works 2/3 of the time. The machine can't boot from USB and it doesn't boot well from an external CD drive (at the moment, less reliably than with the crappy internal one).
The machine is not broken, as I could install Windows 98 (if that proves anything...).
Apologies:
This question follows from a thread on the range of available means for installing ubuntu on an old laptop: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1772583 and I am in the process of exploring suggestions. I know it is bad forum practice to have closely related threads, but i find the question asked here to be distinct enough from the more general one I asked in the previous thread.
many thanks in advance for any input/pointer/suggestion or clarification question