First Build - Oh Dear
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On ubuntu? Boot from intrepid or later on someone else's computer and you'll find the option under system, administration. You point the application at the cd you're running from, or to a different usb stick which has a copy of the iso on. Simplest way, copying isos and running syslinux manually is a thing of the past. I hope.
Sad to see that error, it's wasted a lot of my time. Problem nearly always comes down to dodgy installation media. I take it you've checked the md5sum of your iso against the hashes page, before and after burning? Changing to ahci mode is also a good call, ubuntu seems to prefer installing under that setting. Curiously changing back to ide sometimes breaks things, sometimes doesn't. Just shows that I still have much more to learn
Sad to see that error, it's wasted a lot of my time. Problem nearly always comes down to dodgy installation media. I take it you've checked the md5sum of your iso against the hashes page, before and after burning? Changing to ahci mode is also a good call, ubuntu seems to prefer installing under that setting. Curiously changing back to ide sometimes breaks things, sometimes doesn't. Just shows that I still have much more to learn
On ubuntu? Boot from intrepid or later on someone else's computer and you'll find the option under system, administration. You point the application at the cd you're running from, or to a different usb stick which has a copy of the iso on. Simplest way, copying isos and running syslinux manually is a thing of the past. I hope.
Sad to see that error, it's wasted a lot of my time. Problem nearly always comes down to dodgy installation media. I take it you've checked the md5sum of your iso against the hashes page, before and after burning? Changing to ahci mode is also a good call, ubuntu seems to prefer installing under that setting. Curiously changing back to ide sometimes breaks things, sometimes doesn't. Just shows that I still have much more to learn
Trying to put Windows 7 on a USB from my Vista Laptop. The PC I am on now is openSUSE. The CD for Ubuntu I tried is definatly fine. Firstly, I didn't burn it myself. I bought an offical copy, although it is hardy heron. Also, the CDs all work fine on my laptop, just not the PC.
Doesn't definitely mean the installation media isn't the problem I'm afraid. PC in ahci mode?
Ubuntu on usb stick worth a shot I think. The hardy cd which gave me the error you're getting has been working fine for over a year, it just won't play with the current set of hardware. Strange.
Good luck with windows on usb, feels like introducing another variable where things can go wrong to me
Ubuntu on usb stick worth a shot I think. The hardy cd which gave me the error you're getting has been working fine for over a year, it just won't play with the current set of hardware. Strange.
Good luck with windows on usb, feels like introducing another variable where things can go wrong to me
Okay, I've done a bit of Googleing and found something about that error being linked to the floppy drive. I've disabled this and now when I try and install Ubuntu, I get:
BusyBox v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-5ubuntu12) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of bulit-in commands.
(initramfs) _
PC is in IDE mode I think. I'm not amazing in BIOS though so I may have read the wrong thing. Should I change modes?
BusyBox v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-5ubuntu12) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of bulit-in commands.
(initramfs) _
PC is in IDE mode I think. I'm not amazing in BIOS though so I may have read the wrong thing. Should I change modes?
To be honest, the best place to get this sorted would be on the Ubuntu forums themself.
http://ubuntuforums.org/
http://ubuntuforums.org/
