LiveCD bios looping

[lnewlfe]

I have an older computer, ran ubuntu 8, went to edubuntu 10, upgraded to 14. Started into login looping.... Long story short I screwed up desktop files, wont but up unless to root, but I got over this... Decided to reinstall lubuntu anyways, want the resources back.

/sda1 is windowsXP, /sdb1 is linux, grub has no issues with these. Dual booting is fine.

I just burned edubuntu liveCD 14, works no problem. Issue is with lubuntu. First iso i burned was 17.10, when it starts up, I get the quick flash across the screen showing the copyright info, then a split second latter it loops back to bios, starting process over. No splash screen. I then downloaded 16.04 lts, same issue. Disks work fine on my main, new computer that burned them, and yes I did proper burn. Any ideas why lubuntu liveCD is bios looping?

Bios is set to go cd 1, hd 2.

[mörgæs]

Hi, welcome to the fora.
Are you able to boot from USB?

[lnewlfe]

Computer bios is too old to allow it, just a floppy is allowed.

[lnewlfe]

Well an update, version 12.04 alt liveCD booted up no problem. Any ideas why this worked? something change from 12 to 16/17? or was it due to going with the alternate version?

[mörgæs]

The alternate ISO does not perform a live boot, it's only for installing.

Let's see the hardware details. Please copy and paste
sudo lshw -sanitize > lshw.txt into the terminal, run it and post lshw.txt in CODE tags. Can be done from an installed Buntu or a live boot.

[lnewlfe]

computer
description: Mini Tower Computer
product: -[848038X]-
vendor: IBM
version: IBM CORPORATION
serial: [REMOVED]
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: boot=normal chassis=mini-tower cpus=1 uuid=[REMOVED]
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: -[M51G]-
vendor: IBM
physical id: 0
version: -1
serial: [REMOVED]
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: IBM
physical id: 0
version: -[JPE150AUS-1.50]-
date: 10/08/2004
size: 64KiB
capacity: 448KiB
capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppynec int13floppytoshiba int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 400
bus info: cpu@0
version: 15.2.7
slot: CPU1
size: 2400MHz
capacity: 3060MHz
width: 32 bits
clock: 133MHz
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe pebs bts cid xtpr
configuration: id=0
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 700
slot: CPU1
size: 8KiB
capacity: 32KiB
capabilities: internal write-back unified
configuration: level=1
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 701
slot: CPU1
size: 512KiB
capacity: 512KiB
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified
configuration: level=2
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 1000
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 512MiB
capacity: 2GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous
physical id: 0
slot: DIMM1
size: 256MiB
width: 64 bits
*-bank:1
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous
physical id: 1
slot: DIMM2
size: 256MiB
width: 64 bits
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset Host Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 11
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=agpgart-intel
resources: irq:0 memory:e0000000-e3ffffff
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset AGP Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 11
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:16 ioport:a000(size=32)
*-usbhost
product: UHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 4.4.0-98-generic uhci_hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@2
logical name: usb2
version: 4.04
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=12Mbit/s
*-usb
description: Keyboard
product: HP Basic USB Keyboard
vendor: Lite-On Technology Corp.
physical id: 2
bus info: usb@2:2
version: 1.04
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=100mA speed=2Mbit/s
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:a040(size=32)
*-usbhost
product: UHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 4.4.0-98-generic uhci_hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@3
logical name: usb3
version: 4.04
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=12Mbit/s
*-usb:2
description: USB controller
product: 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
resources: irq:23 memory:a2c00000-a2c003ff
*-usbhost
product: EHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 4.4.0-98-generic ehci_hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1
logical name: usb1
version: 4.04
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub slots=6 speed=480Mbit/s
*-usb
description: USB hub
vendor: Belkin Components
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1:1
version: 77.64
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub maxpower=100mA slots=4 speed=480Mbit/s
*-usb
description: Mouse
product: Gaming Mouse G300
vendor: Logitech
physical id: 2
bus info: usb@1:1.2
version: 70.02
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=200mA speed=12Mbit/s
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
version: 82
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
resources: ioport:7000(size=12288) memory:80a00000-a20fffff
*-display:0
description: VGA compatible controller
product: NV34 [GeForce FX 5500]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nouveau latency=32 maxlatency=1 mingnt=5
resources: irq:16 memory:81000000-81ffffff memory:90000000-9fffffff memory:80a00000-80a1ffff
*-network:0 UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: RTL8190 802.11n PCI Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=32 maxlatency=64 mingnt=32
resources: ioport:7000(size=256) memory:80a20000-80a20fff
*-network:1
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetXtreme BCM5702X Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 3
bus info: pci@0000:02:03.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 1Gbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pcix pm vpd msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.137 duplex=full firmware=5702-v2.37 ip=[REMOVED] latency=64 link=yes mingnt=64 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1Gbit/s
resources: irq:19 memory:80a30000-80a3ffff
*-display:1 UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Rage XL PCI
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 4
bus info: pci@0000:02:04.0
version: 27
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vga_controller cap_list
configuration: latency=32 mingnt=8
resources: memory:a1000000-a1ffffff ioport:9000(size=256) memory:a0400000-a0400fff memory:a0420000-a043ffff
*-scsi
description: SCSI storage controller
product: AIC-7892P U160/m
vendor: Adaptec
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:02:05.0
logical name: scsi2
version: 02
width: 64 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: scsi pm bus_master cap_list rom scsi-host
configuration: driver=aic7xxx latency=32 maxlatency=25 mingnt=40
resources: irq:22 ioport:7800(size=256) memory:80a22000-80a22fff memory:80a60000-80a7ffff
*-disk:0
description: SCSI Disk
product: DTN036W3UWDY10FN
vendor: IBM-ESXS
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: S25J
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 33GiB (36GB)
capacity: 34GiB (37GB)
capabilities: 10000rpm partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=3 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 signature=eb5eeb5e
*-volume
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
version: 3.1
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 33GiB
capacity: 33GiB
capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2008-11-15 01:27:38 filesystem=ntfs state=clean
*-disk:1
description: SCSI Disk
product: DTN036W3UWDY10FN
vendor: IBM-ESXS
physical id: 0.1.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.1.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
version: S25J
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 33GiB (36GB)
capacity: 34GiB (37GB)
capabilities: 10000rpm partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=3 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 signature=000010ab
*-volume:0
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@2:0.1.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdb1
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 32GiB
capacity: 32GiB
capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2017-11-13 22:45:42 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2017-11-15 08:44:44 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2017-11-15 08:44:50 state=mounted
*-volume:1
description: Extended partition
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@2:0.1.0,2
logical name: /dev/sdb2
size: 1458MiB
capacity: 1458MiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sdb5
capacity: 1458MiB
capabilities: nofs
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: driver=lpc_ich latency=0
resources: irq:0
*-ide
description: IDE interface
product: 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
resources: irq:18 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:a480(size=16) memory:20000000-200003ff
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: latency=0
resources: ioport:1000(size=32)
*-multimedia
description: Multimedia audio controller
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.5
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_intel8x0 latency=0
resources: irq:17 ioport:6000(size=256) ioport:6400(size=64) memory:80200000-802001ff memory:80200400-802004ff
*-scsi
physical id: 1
logical name: scsi0
capabilities: emulated
*-cdrom
description: DVD reader
product: DVD-ROM GDR8161B
vendor: HL-DT-ST
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: 0043
capabilities: removable audio dvd
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc




One question, I have used this old computer strictly to muddle with old MUD servers for 7 or 8 years now, but to this day, and using old Fedora, then got into Ubuntu 8ish, and now I am currently running Lubuntu 16, I have never been able to get the audio to work except in Windows. In windows Hardware Manager, it shows ¨Realtek AC97 Audio¨ for the drivers. With Lubuntu now running smoothly and stock again, any suggestions on how to tackle this? Or is this for a new post. Everything I have researched points to
It should work Realtek AC97 was incorporated in 2005 which unfortunity dosnt solve the issue.

Thanks,

Joe.

[mörgæs]

Lubuntu 12.04 is out of support and hence a security hazard. Same goes for Windows XP.

I recommend that you at least delete Lubuntu. XP should not be used for net access; maybe you can let this one go, too?


With only 512 MB of memory you can't expect any live boot to work. I suggest that you try the alternate Lubuntu 17.10. Please read the link in my signature for more info.

The sound problem is an issue for later when a trustworthy operative system has been installed.

[lnewlfe]

WinXP isn't used anymore, other then backup of server files when I´m dumping a Linux distro. I am not currently running 12.04, I am running 16.04 LTS. Only used a 12.04 alt disc for install. Amazingly enough all the edubuntu live boots did work, albeit not very quickly, but at least enough to redo GRUB etc.

Is 16.04 LTS trustworthy for the time being?

[mörgæs]

Yes, 16.04 is fine and will be supported through april 2019.