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JDługosz
October 11th, 2008, 01:05 AM
I have an ASUS G2K-A1 laptop (see here (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220220) for specs).

I was able to boot the ubuntu-8.04.1-desktop-i386 CD when there was no hard drive installed. I ran the CD error check, and ran the Live image. Obviously I could not install yet.

When I put in a brand new 500GB SATA drive, now it only gives me a busybox prompt. I won't even check the CD for errors anymore!

I already searched for this using Google, and I tried using all_generic_ide and the aic7xxx=no_scan things. Taking out the quiet boot option, I can see that it seems to have problems with the ATA controller.

Hopefully I just need the right boot option. Anybody know what that is?

--John

JDługosz
October 11th, 2008, 04:31 PM
OK, I got past that.