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June 9th, 2012, 11:14 AM
hello forum,
i have an i7-asus P8H67-V machine which i plan to build a triple boot system containing win7, ubuntu studio 12.04 and mint 13.
win7 is installed with an usb stick and have been working fine by now.
today, i burned the ubuntu studio and mint 13 iso's to the dvd's and i couldn't boot into the live systems or the installers.
in both dvd's i could be able to reach the installation menu and be able to choose to boot into the live system or install directly. (or test memory which works fine)
but when i choose live or install, all i get is a black screen with a blinking cursor. i measured the intervals between the blinks for 15 minutes and the result is cons...(what the??) anyway looking at the blinking cursor for a few minutes gave me an idea (eventually) so i burned the iso to usb stick with the universal usb installer 1.9 and visited the (holy) efi bios.
in the efi bios (which seems like a normal bios with fancier design and mouse control)
i was able to choose between two options; to boot the usb drive or to (die!) boot the efi:usb drive (hmm)
-booting the usb option took me to the same menu as the dvd and the same blinking cursor eventually (intervals were the same so i was very comfortable. it was like seeing an old friend)
-booting the efi:usb took me to grub menu and i was able to reach the same blinking cursor of mine (oh yeah)
after a little debate with the blinking cursor, i decided to change the monitor cable from hdmi to vga (the cursor gave me this idea) and guess where i reached by selecting "install ubuntu" from the grub menu........black screen with no blinking cursor!!.....
now my dear friends, i feel not far from the solution but i cannot produce any ideas at this stage of installing. if you can help me at this point, please don't hesitate to offer.
thank you
i have an i7-asus P8H67-V machine which i plan to build a triple boot system containing win7, ubuntu studio 12.04 and mint 13.
win7 is installed with an usb stick and have been working fine by now.
today, i burned the ubuntu studio and mint 13 iso's to the dvd's and i couldn't boot into the live systems or the installers.
in both dvd's i could be able to reach the installation menu and be able to choose to boot into the live system or install directly. (or test memory which works fine)
but when i choose live or install, all i get is a black screen with a blinking cursor. i measured the intervals between the blinks for 15 minutes and the result is cons...(what the??) anyway looking at the blinking cursor for a few minutes gave me an idea (eventually) so i burned the iso to usb stick with the universal usb installer 1.9 and visited the (holy) efi bios.
in the efi bios (which seems like a normal bios with fancier design and mouse control)
i was able to choose between two options; to boot the usb drive or to (die!) boot the efi:usb drive (hmm)
-booting the usb option took me to the same menu as the dvd and the same blinking cursor eventually (intervals were the same so i was very comfortable. it was like seeing an old friend)
-booting the efi:usb took me to grub menu and i was able to reach the same blinking cursor of mine (oh yeah)
after a little debate with the blinking cursor, i decided to change the monitor cable from hdmi to vga (the cursor gave me this idea) and guess where i reached by selecting "install ubuntu" from the grub menu........black screen with no blinking cursor!!.....
now my dear friends, i feel not far from the solution but i cannot produce any ideas at this stage of installing. if you can help me at this point, please don't hesitate to offer.
thank you