Sorry that you still have had no success.  Please persevere - it is definitely worth it. Re the question regarding which version you downloaded - different versions are available according to your computer architecture.  If you downloaded from Ubuntu, that question would have been asked.  Did you not state that you have an Athlon 64?  I know that this processor is 64 bit and 32 bit compatible.  I have an Ubuntu installation on an Athlon XP powered computer (the predecessor to the 64) but that is definitely 32 bit.  I also have an Ubuntu installation on a dual core Intel powered computer and that took me quite some time to get to work.  Ubuntu would not install on that one until I converted all PATA to SATA.  Those problems were the same as the ones you described.  Perhaps that clarifies why I asked you for all that information. Another point, many people burn to disc at maximum speed.  That is not a good idea - slowly but surely does it better. So, what to do? Do you, by any chance, have another Linux distro disc to hand?  Such as Knoppix.  I wonder if another live disc will run on your machine (I am thinking PATA versus SATA here). Are you able to burn the downloaded file again but at a slower burn speed? Should you have the 64 bit version? For the moment that is all I can think of.  If you could indicate in which part of Australia you are located perhaps some local help could be enlisted. Cheers, Andre <div>On 07/07/07, Trias <<a href="mailto:aussietrias@gmail.com">aussietrias@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> The link has info similar to what I tried.  Nevertheless i tried again.  adding the F6 live break=top results in some text and the error message shown. I then do the modprobe piix and exit and see a bit more ubuntu bouncing graphic and it drops out again with the same error shown. <div>On 7/7/07, Andre Mangan <<a href="mailto:andremangan@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> andremangan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Back again. Looking at the Ubuntu Forum, I came across this reference: <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=474693&highlight=BusyBox+v1.1.1" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=474693&highlight=BusyBox+v1.1.1 </a> Perhaps that will help. One more question:  Did you download the 32 or 64 bit version?</blockquote><div> I have no idea if it is 32 or 64 bit.  The file name is ubuntu-7.04-dvd-i386.iso that i burnt.  </div><div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Being Saturday, I assume that a lot of people who could help are out and about.  Hopefully someone with more knowledge will put their hand up in due course. As for computers, I only build them. Cheers, Andre<div> <div>On 07/07/07, Andre Mangan < <a href="mailto:andremangan@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">andremangan@gmail.com </a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Thanks for that information, no need for more.  I googled the Mobo and got the information. The reason for asking is that some chipsets behave just as you describe but this can be worked around. I have some chores to do now but will get back to you this afternoon. Cheers, Andre<div> <div>On 07/07/07, Trias <<a href="mailto:aussietrias@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> aussietrias@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Motherboard is MSI brand K8N Neo4-FX (uses nforce4 chipset) I am unsure about the hard and optical drives.  I guess they are SATA but guesses aen't always a good idea. I did not build this system, is there a simple way to get this info for you? <div>On 7/7/07, Andre Mangan <<a href="mailto:andremangan@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> andremangan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div> Hello Trias, I have forwarded your last posting to the list so that it reaches as many helpful people as possible. Thanks for giving some more details.  What I really want to know is which motherboard do you use and if you have SATA or PATA drives, both hard and optical. To reply, click on 'Reply to all'. 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