Problem after installing any kind of linux distro

[luke-e-]

*Newbie Alert* I have a lenovo B570 notebook, and have run linux distrobutions like elementary os and ubuntu before, but after changing through a few different windows operating systems, i seem not to be able to re-install any linux distro's, i have tried for 2 days solid to install either ubuntu and mint onto the laptop, and it complete's succesfully everytime, the problem is when i then reboot the laptop, it just doesnt boot again, like there is no operating system installed, i have tried to re arange the partitions, use boot repair, grub installer, but all have not worked, i have even swapped out the hard drives and the same thing is happening. If someone could please respond i would be very grateful!

[kerry_s]

lol, sounds like you got a windows virus.

sorry, just couldn't help myself. :)

[luke-e-]

if only it was that simple :mad:

[kerry_s]

how are you installing? cd or usb or other
have you changed the bios boot order?

[luke-e-]

ive tried both, its much quicker of the usb(obviously), so thats how ive managed to run the live cd to try and fix the problem,

Yep, tried that, my bios seems to be really unhelpful!

[kerry_s]

how long did you wait at the black screen, sure it wasn't just booting up slow?

[luke-e-]

after the bios tries to boot from the hard drive, it sorta just gives up then tries my other media (network port etc..) and just loops, its like the files to boot up are missing, one thing i did notice, in gparted, there is a 512mb fat32 partition and that is marked with boot on it,

[kerry_s]

fat32, theres your windows virus. linux wouldn't make or use that in the install.
try formating & creating a new partion table on the whole drive.

[luke-e-]

ive done that endless amount of times! this is my issue, ha! just dont know what else i can do, everytime i wipe the partition, create a new table then set buntu to install, it does exactly the same thing, and thats with mint also

[kerry_s]

if theres a fat32 partition you did not create, then you are not formating the whole drive.

[luke-e-]

is there a terminal command that will format the whole drive completley?

[kerry_s]

of course there is, but if you can see the partition in gparted you should be able to delete it.
using dd wrong can really mess up your day, i consider that a last resort.

[Impavidus]

MBR or GPT partitioning? I was thinking that fat32 partition could be your efi partition.

[luke-e-]

Now MBR was my initial partition.. But I have also tried gtp, this is what confuses me,

[kerry_s]

MBR or GPT partitioning? I was thinking that fat32 partition could be your efi partition.

you sound like you dealt with this before, so i'm going to step back & let you 2 work on it.
good luck to both of you!

[Impavidus]

No, I haven't really dealt with this before. It was just an idea, because I got the impression the discussion was drifting towards tunnel vision. It often happens when just two people are discussing something (especially when they produce 10 posts in 30 minutes), so I thought a fresh idea might help.

I do know that if you use UEFI mode (most common on modern hardware) you have to use GPT partitioning and use a FAT32 EFI partition.

[luke-e-]

Should there be a uefi option into the bios? Because I can't find anything to do with uefi, so if I go for the GPT partition, the fat32 at the start of the partition is correct?

[sudodus]

Please get Ubuntu Boot Repair, but do not let it repair, at least not now. Use it to write its Boot Info summary report and upload it. Post the address in a reply, and we have a chance to learn more about your computer.

Run Boot Repair from a separate drive. See this link

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair

[luke-e-]

Please get Ubuntu Boot Repair, but do not let it repair, at least not now. Use it to write its Boot Info summary report and upload it. Post the address in a reply, and we have a chance to learn more about your computer.

Run Boot Repair from a separate drive. See this link

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair

here you go!

http://paste.ubuntu.com/9698160/

[sudodus]

Now we know it is an UEFI installation with only linux (no Windows is reported by the boot-info script). And the drive is a gpt (GUID partition table) which fits UEFI. Is it correct that you have already tried Boot-Repair (as you wrote in the opening post)? Was it the same version or an older one? If you have the current (newest) version, you might try again to let Boot Repair do its job.

But I must admit, that I'm no expert on UEFI. I know a little about it, but not much enough. Also it differs a lot between computers, because many computer manufacturers and vendors use non-standard UEFI versions (we can guess in order to make it difficult to run other operating systems than Windows). I think oldfred is the best expert here at the Ubuntu Forums. See his tutorial

UEFI Installing - Tips (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2147295)

See also this link and (other) links from it

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick#UEFI

-o-

You have no Windows. Is it by intention or did you overwrite Windows by mistake?

- If you want Windows 8, and want to reinstall it, you need UEFI.

- If you are happy with 'only' Ubuntu, you can change the partition table to the old standard MSDOS (with gparted when booted from an Ubuntu desktop install drive). And then install Ubuntu again. It will be more straight-forward.

Edit:

Please tell us more about your computer. It helps giving more specific advice.

We know the brand name and model, but please also describe

- the graphics chip/card
- the wifi chip/card

[luke-e-]

Computer



Processor
4x Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2330M CPU @ 2.20GHz


Memory
3959MB (1416MB used)


Operating System
Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS


User Name
ubuntu (Live session user)


Date/Time
Fri 09 Jan 2015 02:06:09 PM UTC


Display


Resolution
1366x768 pixels


OpenGL Renderer
Unknown


X11 Vendor
The X.Org Foundation


Multimedia


Audio Adapter
HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH


Input Devices


Lid Switch



Sleep Button



Power Button



AT Translated Set 2 keyboard



SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad



Video Bus



Ideapad extra buttons



Lenovo EasyCamera



Acer BMA150 accelerometer



HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm
3=


HDA Intel PCH Headphone



HDA Intel PCH Mic



Printers


No printers found



SCSI Disks


ATA WDC WD5000BPVT-2



TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L633F



TOSHIBA TransMemory



Generic- xD/SD/M.S.





Operating System


Version


Kernel
Linux 3.13.0-32-generic (x86_64)


Compiled
#57-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 15 03:51:08 UTC 2014


C Library
Unknown


Default C Compiler
GNU C Compiler version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1)


Distribution
Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS


Current Session


Computer Name
ubuntu


User Name
ubuntu (Live session user)


Home Directory
/home/ubuntu


Desktop Environment
Unity (ubuntu)


Misc


Uptime
1 hour, 15 minutes


Load Average
1.17, 0.88, 0.57




Kernel Modules


Loaded Modules


ctr
CTR Counter block mode


ccm
Counter with CBC MAC


arc4
ARC4 Cipher Algorithm


dm_crypt
device-mapper target for transparent encryption / decryption


snd_hda_codec_hdmi
HDMI HD-audio codec


ath9k
Support for Atheros 802.11n wireless LAN cards.


snd_hda_codec_realtek
Realtek HD-audio codec


intel_rapl
Driver for Intel RAPL (Running Average Power Limit)


snd_hda_intel
Intel HDA driver


x86_pkg_temp_thermal
X86 PKG TEMP Thermal Driver


ath9k_common
Shared library for Atheros wireless 802.11n LAN cards.


intel_powerclamp
Package Level C-state Idle Injection for Intel CPUs


snd_hda_codec
HDA codec core


coretemp
Intel Core temperature monitor


ath9k_hw
Support for Atheros 802.11n wireless LAN cards.


uvcvideo
USB Video Class driver


videobuf2_vmalloc
vmalloc memory handling routines for videobuf2


acer_wmi
Acer Laptop WMI Extras Driver


snd_hwdep
Hardware dependent layer


videobuf2_memops
common memory handling routines for videobuf2


rts5139
Realtek RTS5139/29 USB card reader driver


videobuf2_core
Driver helper framework for Video for Linux 2


snd_pcm
Midlevel PCM code for ALSA.


videodev
Device registrar for Video4Linux drivers v2


ath
Shared library for Atheros wireless LAN cards.


kvm



snd_page_alloc
Memory allocator for ALSA system.


mac80211
IEEE 802.11 subsystem


snd_seq_midi
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture sequencer MIDI synth.


snd_seq_midi_event
MIDI byte <-> sequencer event coder


snd_rawmidi
Midlevel RawMidi code for ALSA.


dm_multipath
device-mapper multipath target


crct10dif_pclmul
T10 DIF CRC calculation accelerated with PCLMULQDQ.


crc32_pclmul



snd_seq
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture sequencer.


cfg80211
wireless configuration support


scsi_dh
SCSI device handler


ghash_clmulni_intel
GHASH Message Digest Algorithm, acclerated by PCLMULQDQ-NI


snd_seq_device
ALSA sequencer device management


cryptd
Software async crypto daemon


snd_timer
ALSA timer interface


joydev
Joystick device interfaces


serio_raw
Raw serio driver


bnep
Bluetooth BNEP ver 1.3


snd
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture driver for soundcards.


mei_me
Intel(R) Management Engine Interface


rfcomm
Bluetooth RFCOMM ver 1.11


mei
Intel(R) Management Engine Interface


ideapad_laptop
IdeaPad ACPI Extras


bluetooth
Bluetooth Core ver 2.17


soundcore
Core sound module


lpc_ich
LPC interface for Intel ICH


sparse_keymap
Generic support for sparse keymaps


mac_hid



parport_pc
PC-style parallel port driver


ppdev



lp



parport



squashfs
squashfs 4.0, a compressed read-only filesystem


overlayfs
Overlay filesystem


nls_utf8



isofs



nls_iso8859_1



dm_mirror
device-mapper mirror target


dm_region_hash
device-mapper region hash


dm_log
device-mapper dirty region log


i915
Intel Graphics


psmouse
PS/2 mouse driver


i2c_algo_bit
I2C-Bus bit-banging algorithm


drm_kms_helper
DRM KMS helper


r8169
RealTek RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver


usb_storage
USB Mass Storage driver for Linux


drm
DRM shared core routines


mii
MII hardware support library


wmi
ACPI-WMI Mapping Driver


video
ACPI Video Driver




Boots


Boots


Fri Jan 9 12:51
33..13.0-32-generi|-















































Filesystems



Mounted File Systems


/cow
/
14.67 % (1.6 GiB of 1.9 GiB)


udev
/dev
0.00 % (1.9 GiB of 1.9 GiB)


tmpfs
/run
0.30 % (385.5 MiB of 386.7 MiB)


/dev/sdb1
/cdrom
20.35 % (11.5 GiB of 14.4 GiB)


/dev/loop0
/rofs
100.00 % (0.0 B of 938.8 MiB)


none
/sys/fs/cgroup
0.00 % (4.0 KiB of 4.0 KiB)


tmpfs
/tmp
0.06 % (1.9 GiB of 1.9 GiB)


none
/run/lock
0.08 % (5.0 MiB of 5.0 MiB)


none
/run/shm
0.00 % (1.9 GiB of 1.9 GiB)


none
/run/user
0.08 % (99.9 MiB of 100.0 MiB)




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Display


Resolution
1366x768 pixels


Vendor
The X.Org Foundation


Version
1.15.1


Monitors


Monitor 0
1366x768 pixels


Extensions


BIG-REQUESTS



Composite



DAMAGE



DOUBLE-BUFFER



DPMS



DRI2



DRI3



GLX



Generic Event Extension



MIT-SCREEN-SAVER



MIT-SHM



Present



RANDR



RECORD



RENDER



SECURITY



SGI-GLX



SHAPE



SYNC



X-Resource



XC-MISC



XFIXES



XFree86-DGA



XFree86-VidModeExtension



XINERAMA



XInputExtension



XKEYBOARD



XTEST



XVideo



OpenGL


Vendor
Unknown


Renderer
Unknown


Version
Unknown


Direct Rendering
No




Environment Variables


Environment Variables


USER
ubuntu


XDG_SEAT
seat0


TEXTDOMAIN
im-config


COMPIZ_CONFIG_PROFILE
ubuntu


SSH_AGENT_PID
2138


SESSION
ubuntu


HOME
/home/ubuntu


QT4_IM_MODULE
xim


DESKTOP_SESSION
ubuntu


XDG_SEAT_PATH
/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0


GTK_MODULES
overlay-scrollbar:unity-gtk-module


INSTANCE



DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-YogmMkJWmX


UBUNTU_MENUPROXY
1


QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME
appmenu-qt5


MANDATORY_PATH
/usr/share/gconf/ubuntu.mandatory.path


IM_CONFIG_PHASE
1


SESSIONTYPE
gnome-session


LOGNAME
ubuntu


GTK_IM_MODULE
ibus


DEFAULTS_PATH
/usr/share/gconf/ubuntu.default.path


XDG_SESSION_ID
c7


GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID
this-is-deprecated


PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games


SELINUX_INIT
YES


XDG_SESSION_PATH
/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session0


XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
/run/user/999


DISPLAY
:0


XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
Unity


LANG
en_US.UTF-8


XAUTHORITY
/home/ubuntu/.Xauthority


XMODIFIERS
@im=ibus


XDG_GREETER_DATA_DIR
/var/lib/lightdm-data/ubuntu


SSH_AUTH_SOCK
/run/user/999/keyring-JAc62f/ssh


SSH_AGENT_LAUNCHER
upstart


SHELL
/bin/bash


GDMSESSION
ubuntu


TEXTDOMAINDIR
/usr/share/locale/


UPSTART_SESSION
unix:abstract=/com/ubuntu/upstart-session/999/2069


XDG_VTNR
7


QT_IM_MODULE
ibus


PWD
/home/ubuntu


XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/usr/share/upstart/xdg:/etc/xdg


XDG_DATA_DIRS
/usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/share/gnome:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/


CLUTTER_IM_MODULE
xim


JOB
dbus


XDG_MENU_PREFIX
gnome-


SESSION_MANAGER
local/ubuntu:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/2327,unix/ubuntu:/tmp/.ICE-unix/2327


GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL
/run/user/999/keyring-JAc62f


GPG_AGENT_INFO
/run/user/999/keyring-JAc62f/gpg:0:1


GIO_LAUNCHED_DESKTOP_FILE
/usr/share/applications/hardinfo.desktop


GIO_LAUNCHED_DESKTOP_FILE_PID
7997


COMPIZ_BIN_PATH
/usr/bin/




Users


Users


root
root


daemon
daemon


bin
bin


sys
sys


sync
sync


games
games


man
man


lp
lp


mail
mail


news
news


uucp
uucp


proxy
proxy


www-data
www-data


backup
backup


list
Mailing List Manager


irc
ircd


gnats
Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin)


nobody
nobody


libuuid



syslog



messagebus



usbmux
usbmux daemon


dnsmasq
dnsmasq


avahi-autoipd
Avahi autoip daemon


kernoops
Kernel Oops Tracking Daemon


rtkit
RealtimeKit


saned



whoopsie



speech-dispatcher
Speech Dispatcher


avahi
Avahi mDNS daemon


lightdm
Light Display Manager


colord
colord colour management daemon


hplip
HPLIP system user


pulse
PulseAudio daemon


ubuntu
Live session user


Devices



Processor


Processors


Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2330M CPU @ 2.20GHz
2200.00MHz


Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2330M CPU @ 2.20GHz
1600.00MHz


Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2330M CPU @ 2.20GHz
800.00MHz


Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2330M CPU @ 2.20GHz
2200.00MHz




Memory


Memory


Total Memory
3959780 kB


Free Memory
1040360 kB


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241608 kB


Cached
1503016 kB


Cached Swap
0 kB


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1589000 kB


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1128532 kB


Active(anon)
1194112 kB


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391720 kB


Active(file)
394888 kB


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736812 kB


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0 kB


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0 kB


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4105212 kB


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4105212 kB


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16 kB


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0 kB


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972896 kB


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207224 kB


Shmem
612932 kB


Slab
114312 kB


SReclaimable
81080 kB


SUnreclaim
33232 kB


KernelStack
4256 kB


PageTables
28660 kB


NFS_Unstable
0 kB


Bounce
0 kB


WritebackTmp
0 kB


CommitLimit
6085100 kB


Committed_AS
4238784 kB


VmallocTotal
34359738367 kB


VmallocUsed
348748 kB


VmallocChunk
34359382060 kB


HardwareCorrupted
0 kB


AnonHugePages
139264 kB


HugePages_Total
0


HugePages_Free
0


HugePages_Rsvd
0


HugePages_Surp
0


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2048 kB


DirectMap4k
53792 kB


DirectMap2M
4052992 kB




PCI Devices


PCI Devices


Host bridge
Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)


VGA compatible controller
Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])


Communication controller
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)


USB controller
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])


Audio device
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)


PCI bridge
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])


PCI bridge
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b5) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])


PCI bridge
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b5) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])


USB controller
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])


ISA bridge
Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05)


IDE interface
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])


SMBus
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)


IDE interface
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])


Network controller
Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)


Ethernet controller
Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)




USB Devices




Printers


Printers


No printers found





Battery


Battery: BAT0


State
discharging (load: 23868 mW)


Capacity
19730 mWh / 38880 mWh (50.75%)


Battery Technology
rechargeable (LION)


Model Number
L09S6Y02


Serial Number
11980




Sensors




Input Devices


Input Devices


Lid Switch



Sleep Button



Power Button



AT Translated Set 2 keyboard



SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad



Video Bus



Ideapad extra buttons



Lenovo EasyCamera



Acer BMA150 accelerometer



HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm
3=


HDA Intel PCH Headphone



HDA Intel PCH Mic





Storage


SCSI Disks


ATA WDC WD5000BPVT-2



TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L633F



TOSHIBA TransMemory



Generic- xD/SD/M.S.





DMI


BIOS


Date
09/22/2011


Vendor
LENOVO


Version
44CN42WW


Board


Name
Emerald Lake


Vendor
LENOVO




Resources


I/O Ports


0000-0cf7
PCI Bus 0000:00


0000-001f
dma1


0020-0021
pic1


0040-0043
timer0


0050-0053
timer1


0060-0060
keyboard


0062-0062
EC data


0064-0064
keyboard


0066-0066
EC cmd


0070-0077
rtc0


0080-008f
dma page reg


00a0-00a1
pic2


00c0-00df
dma2


00f0-00ff
fpu


0400-0403
ACPI PM1a_EVT_BLK


0404-0405
ACPI PM1a_CNT_BLK


0408-040b
ACPI PM_TMR


0410-0415
ACPI CPU throttle


0420-042f
ACPI GPE0_BLK


0430-0433
iTCO_wdt


0450-0450
ACPI PM2_CNT_BLK


0454-0457
pnp 00:06


0458-047f
pnp 00:04


0460-047f
iTCO_wdt


0500-057f
pnp 00:04


0cf8-0cff
PCI conf1


0d00-ffff
PCI Bus 0000:00


1000-100f
pnp 00:04


2000-2fff
PCI Bus 0000:03


2000-20ff
Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)


2000-20ff
RealTek RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver


3000-303f
Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])


3060-306f
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])


3060-306f
ata_piix


3070-307f
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])


3070-307f
ata_piix


3080-308f
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])


3080-308f
ata_piix


3090-309f
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])


3090-309f
ata_piix


30a0-30a7
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])


30a0-30a7
ata_piix


30a8-30af
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])


30a8-30af
ata_piix


30b0-30b7
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])


30b0-30b7
ata_piix


30b8-30bf
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])


30b8-30bf
ata_piix


30c0-30c3
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])


30c0-30c3
ata_piix


30c4-30c7
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])


30c4-30c7
ata_piix


30c8-30cb
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])


30c8-30cb
ata_piix


30cc-30cf
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])


30cc-30cf
ata_piix


efa0-efbf
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)


ffff-ffff
pnp 00:04


ffff-ffff
pnp 00:04


Memory


00000000-00000fff
reserved


00001000-0008efff
System RAM


0008f000-0008ffff
ACPI Non-volatile Storage


00090000-0009ffff
System RAM


000a0000-000bffff
PCI Bus 0000:00


000c0000-000c7fff
Video ROM


000f0000-000fffff
System ROM


00100000-bac86fff
System RAM


01000000-01730df3
Kernel code


01730df4-01d1db3f
Kernel data


01e76000-01fddfff
Kernel bss


bac87000-bad86fff
reserved


bad87000-baefefff
reserved


baeff000-baf9efff
ACPI Non-volatile Storage


baf9f000-baffefff
ACPI Tables


bafff000-baffffff
System RAM


bb000000-bb9fffff
RAM buffer


bba00000-bf9fffff
reserved


bba00000-bf9fffff
Graphics Stolen Memory


bfa00000-feafffff
PCI Bus 0000:00


bfa00000-bfa00fff
pnp 00:09


c0000000-cfffffff
Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])


d0000000-d03fffff
Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])


d0400000-d04fffff
PCI Bus 0000:03


d0400000-d0403fff
Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)


d0400000-d0403fff
RealTek RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver


d0404000-d0404fff
Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)


d0404000-d0404fff
RealTek RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver


d0500000-d05fffff
PCI Bus 0000:02


d0500000-d050ffff
Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)


d0500000-d050ffff
Support for Atheros 802.11n wireless LAN cards.


d0600000-d0603fff
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)


d0600000-d0603fff
ICH HD audio


d0604000-d06040ff
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)


d0605000-d060500f
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)


d0605000-d060500f
Intel(R) Management Engine Interface


d0608000-d06083ff
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])


d0608000-d06083ff
ehci_hcd


d0609000-d06093ff
Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])


d0609000-d06093ff
ehci_hcd


f8000000-fbffffff
PCI MMCONFIG 0000


f80f8000-f80f8fff
reserved


fe800000-fe80ffff
pnp 00:04


fec00000-fec003ff
IOAPIC 0


fed00000-fed003ff
HPET 0


fed10000-fed17fff
pnp 00:09


fed18000-fed18fff
pnp 00:09


fed19000-fed19fff
pnp 00:09


fed1c000-fed1ffff
reserved


fed1c000-fed1ffff
pnp 00:09


fed1f410-fed1f414
iTCO_wdt


fed20000-fed3ffff
pnp 00:09


fed40000-fed44fff
PCI Bus 0000:00


fed45000-fed8ffff
pnp 00:09


fed90000-fed93fff
pnp 00:09


fee00000-feefffff
pnp 00:09


fee00000-fee00fff
Local APIC


ff000000-ffffffff
pnp 00:09


100000000-13fdfffff
System RAM


13fe00000-13fffffff
RAM buffer


DMA


4
cascade


Network



Interfaces


Network Interfaces


eth0
0.00MiB
0.00MiB



lo
0.91MiB
0.91MiB
127.0.0.1


wlan0
60.42MiB
10.89MiB
192.168.0.4




Routing Table



IP routing table


0.0.0.0 / 192.168.0.1
0.0.0.0
UG
wlan0


192.168.0.0 / 0.0.0.0
255.255.255.0
U
wlan0




ARP Table


ARP Table


192.168.0.1
7c:4c:a5:ef:13:5c
wlan0




DNS Servers


Name servers


127.0.1.1





Statistics


IP


83808
Total packets received


0
Incoming packets discarded


0
Incoming packets discarded


82333
Incoming packets delivered


76981
Requests sent out


4
Outgoing packets dropped


28
Dropped because of missing route


ICMP


8
ICMP messages received


0
ICMP messages failed


9
ICMP messages sent


0
ICMP messages failed


ICMPMSG


TCP


3057
Active connections openings


2
Passive connection openings


61
Failed connection attempts


46
Connection resets received


8
Connections established


67160
Segments received


61479
Segments send out


194
Segments retransmited


170
Bad segments received.


837
Resets sent


UDP


15211
Packets received


9
Packets to unknown port received.


0
Packet receive errors


15227
Packets sent


UDPLITE


TCPEXT


1496
TCP sockets finished time wait in fast timer


664
Delayed acks sent


516
Packets directly queued to recvmsg prequeue.


665217
Bytes directly received in process context from prequeue


35971
Packet headers predicted


454
Packets header predicted and directly queued to user


15232
Acknowledgments not containing data payload received


1258
Predicted acknowledgments


2
Times unabled to send RST due to no memory


31
Congestion windows recovered without slow start after partial ack


3
Fast retransmits


66
Other TCP timeouts


181
DSACKs sent for old packets


13
DSACKs sent for out of order packets


118
DSACKs received


238
Connections reset due to unexpected data


8
Connections reset due to early user close


4
Connections aborted due to timeout


2
Times unabled to send RST due to no memory


IPEXT




Shared Directories


SAMBA


NFS


Benchmarks



CPU Blowfish


CPU Blowfish


[B]This Machine
2200 MHz
6.970


Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1.50GHz
(null)
26.1876862


PowerPC 740/750 (280.00MHz)
(null)
172.816713




CPU CryptoHash


CPU CryptoHash


This Machine
2200 MHz
185.063




CPU Fibonacci


CPU Fibonacci


This Machine
2200 MHz
2.396


Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1.50GHz
(null)
8.1375674


PowerPC 740/750 (280.00MHz)
(null)
58.07682




CPU N-Queens


CPU N-Queens


This Machine
2200 MHz
5.461




FPU FFT


FPU FFT


This Machine
2200 MHz
1.437




FPU Raytracing


FPU Raytracing


This Machine
2200 MHz
5.328


Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1.50GHz
(null)
40.8816714


PowerPC 740/750 (280.00MHz)
(null)
161.312647

[sudodus]

VGA compatible controller
Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])



I think the graphics should work, and the wifi too.

[sudodus]

Please read the link in post #20 and reply also to these questions:

You have no Windows. Is it by intention or did you overwrite Windows by mistake?

- If you want Windows 8, and want to reinstall it, you need UEFI.

- If you are happy with 'only' Ubuntu, you can change the partition table to the old standard MSDOS (with gparted when booted from an Ubuntu desktop install drive). And then install Ubuntu again. It will be more straight-forward.

[luke-e-]

The no windows was intentional, but I will probably duel boot at some point with windows 7, but as I stated previously, I have tried with the msdos format also

[sudodus]

Basically, if the Ubuntu works live from a USB pendrive, it should also work when installed. And obviously it works live, otherwise you would not be able to run Boot Repair.

In most computers it will be easier to install Ubuntu in BIOS mode with an MSDOS partition table. But I don't know, some new computers might refuse to run properly in BIOS alias CSM mode (opposite to UEFI).

So I would encourage you to try again.

- Set the BIOS/UEFI system in BIOS (maybe called CSM, maybe something else, legacy?)

- Make an MSDOS partition table in the hard disk drive, and try again to install Ubuntu. I would recommend the version 14.04.1 LTS - 64 bits - I guess that is what you have already.

By the way, did you check with md5sum that the download was correct? https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuHashes

[luke-e-]

okay, so i did everything you just said in the previous post, but could not find the UEFI thing in bios, the closest thing i got to legacy was usb legacy, and that was enabled. I am now running into exactly the same problems, i just dont know what else i can do.

I did put another hard drive into my laptop that was not set up for efi that had ubuntu installed on it, and it booted fine, im just confused as to what my problem is?

[sudodus]

This is very hopeful :-)

So if you can get the new drive set up in a similar way as this other hard disk drive, everything should work for you. Please put the output of the following command within
tags for both drives in a reply.


sudo parted -l ... space minus ell

Then we can check for differences.