pete5
May 2nd, 2017, 04:03 AM
Dell Dimension B110
Celeron D 325 2.53 GHz, 768MB DDR-400, Intel 865 chipset
Originally installed Lubuntu 16.10 32 bit. (Dual boot with XP) User had some problems. I decided to start from scratch and stick with LTS this time but found I could not either boot live or install 16.04, but 16.10 works..
To check the 16.04 DVD and the drive I copied the entire contents of the disk to a folder using XP, and I booted another (newer) computer live using the same disk.
Last message I can catch is something like
*ERROR* Child device config size 27 is too small
then it ends up unresponsive with a blinking cursor on a black screen.
I tried another computer with a P4, 512M, Intel D865GV board and it did the same thing. Can boot to 16.10 but not 16.04.
I really want to use 16.04 LTS because I want it as simple as possible for a non-technical user (stable configuration for longest possible time, minimal updates, etc.)
Further reading of tech posts led me to try F6 options nomodeset and this allowed me to boot . I understand this is a graphics driver related problem but I'm not sure what it means as far as installing vs. running live. Can I install 16.04 once I get live running with nomodeset option or do I have to do some special config to get 16.04 to boot once installed?
Celeron D 325 2.53 GHz, 768MB DDR-400, Intel 865 chipset
Originally installed Lubuntu 16.10 32 bit. (Dual boot with XP) User had some problems. I decided to start from scratch and stick with LTS this time but found I could not either boot live or install 16.04, but 16.10 works..
To check the 16.04 DVD and the drive I copied the entire contents of the disk to a folder using XP, and I booted another (newer) computer live using the same disk.
Last message I can catch is something like
*ERROR* Child device config size 27 is too small
then it ends up unresponsive with a blinking cursor on a black screen.
I tried another computer with a P4, 512M, Intel D865GV board and it did the same thing. Can boot to 16.10 but not 16.04.
I really want to use 16.04 LTS because I want it as simple as possible for a non-technical user (stable configuration for longest possible time, minimal updates, etc.)
Further reading of tech posts led me to try F6 options nomodeset and this allowed me to boot . I understand this is a graphics driver related problem but I'm not sure what it means as far as installing vs. running live. Can I install 16.04 once I get live running with nomodeset option or do I have to do some special config to get 16.04 to boot once installed?