can't boot from live usb lubuntu 14.04 LTS

[Nio Wiklund]

Den 2015-01-21 19:16, Linda skrev:
> I am trying to boot an old HP Pavillion a1230 n with an AMD Alhlon 64
> processor and 2 GB RAM from a live usb  with a view to intstalling
> lubuntu on the machine
> When I boot it hangs on the splash screen. I tried booting with quiet
> splash removed and I have a infinite loop of the following error message
> 
> ata1.00 status: {DRDY}
> ata1.00 hard resetting link
>             configured for UDMA/33
>             Device reported invalid CHS sector 0
>             EH complete
>             lost interrupt
>             exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
>             failed command READ DMA
> 
> There were a few other lines but these seems to give the gist of what is
> going on.  Any ideas on how I can get this to work.
>                    Thanks
>                     Linda
> 

Hi Linda,

- Did you check with md5sum that the download was good?

- Please tell us which tool you used to make the USB boot drive.

- Did you try if another computer can boot from the USB boot drive?

Best regards
Nio