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johniv
July 1st, 2008, 08:15 AM
Hey everyone! i would love to use Ubuntu but i can't manage to come past the problem i have. When i use a boot cd to try and install ubuntu, the loader bar shows up.. stays a while.. then moves to a screen full of errors.
My system is:
OS: Vista
CPU: intel Q6600
MB: ABIT IP 35 PRO
GFX: GeoForce 8800 GTS 512
CD: SATA
HD: SATA (primary) IDE (secondary)
INSTALL: ubuntu-8.04-desktop-i386
I can run Ubuntu fine within WMware or similar programs.
There is a copy of windows on the same hard drive it is trying to boot into.
Here are the errors:
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/3703/img0240oo3.th.jpg (http://img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0240oo3.jpg)
Thank you!
John
UPDATE: Scroll down for my solution
For the sake of helping anyone else with my problem:
keywords: DRDY
Pumalite
July 1st, 2008, 12:26 PM
I'd burn a new >CD after md5sum, at 4x or less. Beyond that; you might need some boot parameters:
http://grumpymole.blogspot.com/2007/05/ubuntu-how-to-edit-grub-boot-parameters.html
Try the most common ones first:
noapic nolapic acpi=off pci=noacpi irqpoll pnpbios=off all_generic_ide vga=0x317 vga=788 vga=789 vga=791
To be tried alone or in different combinations until you hit the right one.
meindian523
July 1st, 2008, 03:17 PM
Looks like a problem with Ubuntu recognizing your SATA drive.
theravenproject
July 1st, 2008, 03:18 PM
These guys are right-listen to Pumalite friend and good luck with your Install; and No matter what you do-ALWAYS back up anything valuable on your computer before attempting to install!
meindian523
July 1st, 2008, 03:23 PM
theravenproject
Please use the Return aka Enter key to enhance readability of your post.
avtolle
July 1st, 2008, 03:29 PM
@johniv, if the iso checks out, and the cd checks out after burning, I'd first try all_generic_ide boot parameter from the list Pumalite provided. That has seemingly been of help to others with similar problems.
meindian523
July 1st, 2008, 03:54 PM
That was the parameter I was searching for!!Thanks avtolle.
johniv
July 2nd, 2008, 09:06 AM
Hey everyone! Thanks very much.
CD was fine, hardware was fine. BIOS had SATA set up to run in IDE mode, so it was looking for IDE functionality (??) from a sata drive. I could set it to raid, but then vista wouldnt boot. Since i have two hard drives, though, i just installed it on the IDE hard drive (with the SATA drive unplugged). Works great!
Now i'm trying to get dual boot working, and i have a feeling i should make a new thread.
Thanks VERY much for your time.
John
madjr
July 2nd, 2008, 09:38 AM
Hey everyone! Thanks very much.
CD was fine, hardware was fine. BIOS had SATA set up to run in IDE mode, so it was looking for IDE functionality (??) from a sata drive. I could set it to raid, but then vista wouldnt boot. Since i have two hard drives, though, i just installed it on the IDE hard drive (with the SATA drive unplugged). Works great!
Now i'm trying to get dual boot working, and i have a feeling i should make a new thread.
Thanks VERY much for your time.
John
good you got it sorted.
you could always insert the CD within windows and the Wubi installer will pop-up and get ubuntu installed fast.
Wubi is the novice mode (no need to partition, etc.).
else if you don't mind the traditional mode (live-CD, partitioning, etc), go for it.
what is the problem you have now with dual-boot not working ?
meindian523
July 2nd, 2008, 10:12 AM
The problem is that the SATA drive was unplugged when you installed.Is the SATA HDD the first disk?I think you should be able to get a dual boot by installing Grub to the MBR of the first HDD,whether it's IDE/SATA.
johniv
July 2nd, 2008, 07:44 PM
Thank you for your support!
Is that the problem? it seems logical. if you mean which is first in the boot order: then, right now, the sata is. I explain the situation better in this thread, so if you'll take a look i appreciate it. Installing Grub into the MBR of the sata sounds promicing though!
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=847025
John
goforlinux
July 2nd, 2008, 07:48 PM
Would have went grub on that. Did a dual boot made another partition for linux?????
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