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    Can't install 10.04 on a iMac 27" i7

    It seems that there is no "safe graphic mode" or similar when running the live cd.

    I only get a blank screen.

    Any idea?

    Thanks.

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    Re: Can't install 10.04 on a iMac 27" i7

    Try this :

    Bug still appears in Beta2, on my iMac11,1 i7 -

    I had to do a f6, esc, (selecting nomodeset doesn't appear to change the line) then manually added the following in the boot line:

    radeon.modeset=0 nomodeset

    It's what I did to get the 10.04 on my iMac 11,1 (27") i7

    see:

    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/542660
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    Re: Can't install 10.04 on a iMac 27" i7

    Thanks!

    I'm replying from my new lucid lynx beta2 live cd session!

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    Re: Can't install 10.04 on a iMac 27" i7

    No problems, as you can see from the bug report it took me a couple of attempts to get the right option and hopefully it'll be uprev'd in the final build.

    Just wish I could get my usb external boot going next.
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    Re: Can't install 10.04 on a iMac 27" i7

    radeon refers to .....? In older machines what might you type? Say an iMac 266 PPC.

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    Re: Can't install 10.04 on a iMac 27" i7

    As you've reported, this is broken again with the RC of 10.04.

    Looking for workaround again.
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    Re: Can't install 10.04 on a iMac 27" i7

    You're right! I've just marked this thread as unsolved



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    Re: Can't install 10.04 on a iMac 27" i7

    found that non mac users reporting issues and resolutions with ATI HD5xxx.

    I've not tried it on my iMac11,1 yet but I thinking how can we even get to that stage to install.

    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...re/+bug/560306
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    Re: Can't install 10.04 on a iMac 27" i7

    I've painfully installed "10.04 Final" using Beta2 and doing a full update

    It's clearly not the way to do it but this is the only one I've found

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    Re: Can't install 10.04 on a iMac 27" i7

    Quote Originally Posted by binary10 View Post
    Try this :

    Bug still appears in Beta2, on my iMac11,1 i7 -

    I had to do a f6, esc, (selecting nomodeset doesn't appear to change the line) then manually added the following in the boot line:

    radeon.modeset=0 nomodeset

    It's what I did to get the 10.04 on my iMac 11,1 (27") i7

    see:

    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/542660
    f6 + nomodeset works...

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