pyrocide
November 8th, 2012, 05:40 AM
Hello all.
First off, I am not very new to Linux in general, but newish to Ubuntu.
I am trying to install 12.10 32-bit onto an older laptop with a SSD.
I have a 120GB OCZ Vertex-3 in a Dell Latitude E6500.
Does not matter what SATA operation I choose, IRRT, ACHI, ATA. Every time I get to the point of installing Ubuntu the computer freezes and forces me to shutdown via power button.
I have tried using a unetbootin USB drive to install and a CD to install. I have made sure I am on the most recent BIOS. The drive is obviously good since it has hosted other Linux distros as well as Windows XP/7.
Slackware 13.37, Debian 6.0.5, and Linuxmint install just fine on this laptop with ACHI but for whatever reason Ubuntu will not install. Got any ideas?
Thanks for any help.
P.S. I assume that some of you will wonder why I am moving to Ubuntu rather than sticking to an OS that has proven to work without issue. And well the simple fact is that this has become personal and because I want to install Steam beta on in.
The only reason I have windows is for Steam. Everything else I can do on Windows I can do on Linux.
First off, I am not very new to Linux in general, but newish to Ubuntu.
I am trying to install 12.10 32-bit onto an older laptop with a SSD.
I have a 120GB OCZ Vertex-3 in a Dell Latitude E6500.
Does not matter what SATA operation I choose, IRRT, ACHI, ATA. Every time I get to the point of installing Ubuntu the computer freezes and forces me to shutdown via power button.
I have tried using a unetbootin USB drive to install and a CD to install. I have made sure I am on the most recent BIOS. The drive is obviously good since it has hosted other Linux distros as well as Windows XP/7.
Slackware 13.37, Debian 6.0.5, and Linuxmint install just fine on this laptop with ACHI but for whatever reason Ubuntu will not install. Got any ideas?
Thanks for any help.
P.S. I assume that some of you will wonder why I am moving to Ubuntu rather than sticking to an OS that has proven to work without issue. And well the simple fact is that this has become personal and because I want to install Steam beta on in.
The only reason I have windows is for Steam. Everything else I can do on Windows I can do on Linux.