alundrigan
September 21st, 2008, 08:40 PM
When trying to install Ubuntu Server 8.04.1 on an Intel D945GCLF machine (Intel Atom processor, 2GB DDR2 RAM, 2x 750GB SATAII HDDs, Realtek GbE PCI card), the installation will either freeze or cause the machine to reboot.
Installation freeze
If I go through the installation procedure, partition the drives, and mark all partitions to be formatted, once the installation procedure reaches the point where it installs libssl0.9.8 (6%), it will hang. The CD-ROM spins down, and the install will not respond to Ctrl-Alt-Delete. A cold reboot is required to restart the machine.
Spontaneous Reboot:
If I go through the installation procedure, partition the drives, and don't mark EVERY partition to be formatted (ie: I marked root for formatting, but not /boot), the machine will reboot spontaneously at some point early in the "Installing the base system" process....it happens to quickly to determine exactly where.
Additional information:
(1) When I select the memory test option from the Ubuntu Server CD menu, memtest86+ goes wonky after testing ~20% of the memory...random stripes of colors, like the display memory has been trashed.
(2) I have tried Ubuntu Desktop 8.04.1, with no success. The LiveCD freezes during it's boot, and if I press Ctrl-Alt-F1 early enough, I get to see a kernel panic, most of which scrolls off the screen.
(3) I am attempting to use the following partition setup:
RAID1 device #0 - 748.6GB Software RAID device
#1 748.6 GB ext3 F ext3 /
SCSI3 (0,0,0) (sda) - 750.2GB ATA WDC WD75000AACS-0
#1 primary 501.7 MB B F ext3 /boot
#2 primary 1.0 GB F swap swap
#3 primary 748.6 GB K raid
SCSI4 (0,0,0) (sdb) - 750.2GB ATA WDC WD75000AACS-0
#1 primary 501.7 MB B F ext3
#2 primary 1.0 GB F swap swap
#3 primary 748.6 GB K raid
Has anyone encountered a similar problem?
Thanks in Advance!
-Adam Lundrigan
Installation freeze
If I go through the installation procedure, partition the drives, and mark all partitions to be formatted, once the installation procedure reaches the point where it installs libssl0.9.8 (6%), it will hang. The CD-ROM spins down, and the install will not respond to Ctrl-Alt-Delete. A cold reboot is required to restart the machine.
Spontaneous Reboot:
If I go through the installation procedure, partition the drives, and don't mark EVERY partition to be formatted (ie: I marked root for formatting, but not /boot), the machine will reboot spontaneously at some point early in the "Installing the base system" process....it happens to quickly to determine exactly where.
Additional information:
(1) When I select the memory test option from the Ubuntu Server CD menu, memtest86+ goes wonky after testing ~20% of the memory...random stripes of colors, like the display memory has been trashed.
(2) I have tried Ubuntu Desktop 8.04.1, with no success. The LiveCD freezes during it's boot, and if I press Ctrl-Alt-F1 early enough, I get to see a kernel panic, most of which scrolls off the screen.
(3) I am attempting to use the following partition setup:
RAID1 device #0 - 748.6GB Software RAID device
#1 748.6 GB ext3 F ext3 /
SCSI3 (0,0,0) (sda) - 750.2GB ATA WDC WD75000AACS-0
#1 primary 501.7 MB B F ext3 /boot
#2 primary 1.0 GB F swap swap
#3 primary 748.6 GB K raid
SCSI4 (0,0,0) (sdb) - 750.2GB ATA WDC WD75000AACS-0
#1 primary 501.7 MB B F ext3
#2 primary 1.0 GB F swap swap
#3 primary 748.6 GB K raid
Has anyone encountered a similar problem?
Thanks in Advance!
-Adam Lundrigan