Can't Run Kubuntu Jaunty

[GreyGeek]

marc wrote:
> Graham Todd said...
>   
>> I've downloaded Kubuntu 9.04 Jaunty a few times just to make sure I get
>> a good download, then burnt it to CD-R at various speeds.  I'm using a
>> Dell Dimension 4600 with (it tells me) 500kb of memory.
>>
>> I have tried to load the live CDs once burnt and each one stops and
>> freezes at the loading screen in which four icons get loaded.  I must
>> emphasise that I don't even get as far as loading the "live" CD.
>>
>> The disk drive has run Ubuntu and other Gnome-based distros, and even
>> installed one of them, so I don't think the problem lies there.#
>>
>> Is the installer incompatible with Dell Dimension 4600 or is there
>> another reason I might not be able to load the "live" CD?
>>     
>
> I've tried Jaunty on six different machines now and only one loads 
> beyond the point you mention - the laptop I'm testing it on. The 
> machines include a recent Dell desktop, a year old Dell desktop and and 
> AMD64 3000, so quite a variety. I haven't seen a no-load since Badger.
>
> Also, I'm having sever difficulties with video and audio with the 
> machine that does run. I'm reporting bugs, but not a lot of response.
>
>   
SIX different machines and only one works.  That suggests that the burn
of your ISO is bad.
Did you do a md5sum check on the ISO before you burned it?
GG