Trouble installing from both CD and USB

FatRakoon

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Ok, not sure whether it should be in Linux or a Hardware section, so move if need be.

Anyway, I recently recovered my EVGA NForce 680I Mobo, and so I have put that to use, and I wanted to go on MINT 9 with it.

Anyway, the CD started to boot, and after a short time, it failed and the text screen came up with an error saying that it cannot find teh file system?

Ok, I tried another disk, but that did the same...

Fine, the DVDROM might not be quite there, so I dumped a copy of the master ISO onto a flash drive to boot from that instead, but that gave me the same error?

Now, Im also sorting another system out, so I tried the disks and the USB Flah in that PC and it works fine.

So, what gives?

I have a Win7/64 Install ready on a Flash disk that I used the other day, so I tried that out and its gone onto the EVGA just fine.

I went all the way through to it asking for a Serial and I stopped it there as its more than enough for the test, plus I dotn have a licence for that Setup with Win7.

I then opened a brand new DVDRW and that does the exact same thing.

So what the hell gives now?

The basics are that I simply cannot install Linux onto the EVGA 680I Motherboard, but Windows is just fine.

I have also tried Ubuntu 9.10 x64 too.

The Media is perfectly fine, as are the hardware too. I have no issues with Windows.

Is there somethign that I am missing or should I be ok with it?
 
Sorry, was just double checking...
Right, have you tried Ubuntu 10.10 or Mint 10? I had issues with Ubuntu 9.10 installing, but 10.10 fixed that....
 
Ok, I downloaded MINT 10

I got 64Bit and 32Bit and they both give me this message :-

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Busybox v1.15.3 (Ubuntu 1:1.15.3-1Ubuntu5) Built in Shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for list of built-in commands.

(initramfs) Unable to find a medium containing a live filesystem
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Thats all I get.

But like I said... Windows installs just fine.

I have now tried mint 8,9 and 10, also ubuntu 9 and 10 - each in various forms, of 32 or 64 bit, CD and DVD, I have tried different DVD Drives, and I have even swapped out RAM and Hard Disks on the weird off chance that they might somehow be affecting it, and only last night, I dont know why, but I swapped out the PSU.

I have absolutely no issues at all under Windows, but only under Linux.

Is this weird or what?
 
Just the one.

Its about as basic as I can get it TBH.

I dont want to, but I feel the only option left to me, is to accept it and use it for Windows?

Its not a real biggie, but it is a bloody inconvenience.

I will try a few more things out first... I will given Debian a shot. I have really enjoyed the challenge of Debian, and since these are all debian based, if Debian gives me the same problems, I might try a completely different distro altogether and see what happens there, but I dont think I will keep tryign things out for long before I accept my loss and simply stick to Windows.

Recently, I thought the Motherboard had failed on me. As a last ditch effort, I thought Id throw in a P4HT CPU since the CPU I had in there, I got given to me anyway... Turned out that a pin had dirt on it and after cleaning it up, its been good.

Maybe there might be some link with that, and my inability to install Linux, but then, why is Windows perfectly fine?


ARGH. stop thinking... Its not my style.

LOL
 
Didnt bother checking this out, however Im very sure that it defaults to IDE anyway.

I will let you know though cos its making me think now...
 
Right, well dont ask me how or why, but I took out the ZIP Drive and bingo!

With just one DVD it went on without any trouble at all.

Maybe there is some issue with Linux where it boots from the DVD, but then sees the ZIP as the Disk and it fails to read it... In my setup, the ZIP was on Master and the DVD was Slave.

Not wanting yet to reproduce the error "Just in case"
 
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