Live CD not working (Evan Leibovitch)

[Tee Jay Rosene]

Hi Evan, thanks for the feedback. I'm not using an Intel Duo Core chip, but
rather an AMD 64 bit chip, 3800+. Not to make my life too complicated at the
moment, I've decided to boot using the 32 bit Live CD instead of the 64 bit;
the reason is that I've heard there are some media issues (codecs, etc.)
when people try to go 64 bit.
Nonetheless, maybe I should try the 64 bit route? Maybe the problems I'm
having stem from booting a 32 bit CD on a machine capable of 64?
Originally, my machine came with an Nvidia card, but I subsequently upgraded
to an ATI for better gaming, etc. Maybe there's something in this that's
also causing the problem of booting the LiveCD?


Hello TJ,
> >
> > I doubt the problem is in the graphics card. Until you actually start X
> > Windows (which is well into the boot process) Linux uses fairly standard
> > video modes.
> >
> > While I don't have much experience with the live CD, I have noted that
> > Ubuntu (and all current versions of Linux, for that matter) are having
> > problems with some motherboards using the new Intel dual core
> > processors. On Intel-brand boards at least, they've changed the chipset
> > for the IDE driver which critically affects being able to boot from an
> > IDE-attached CDROM.
>
> What happens is that the CD will boot only as far as the BIOS will let
> > it, and then freeze because the booted system can't access the CD drive.
> >
> > There is a Linux driver for the new chipset (whose interface isn't
> > called IDE anymore, it's "parallel ATA or PATA") but it's not included
> > on any current Ubuntu release. The challenge is getting a working
> > system, onto which you can download and install the new driver. For me
> > the easiest solution has been to boot/install the system from a
> > USB-connected CDROM drive (the BIOS of the new motherbords support
> > this).
> >
> > I'm not sure of this solves your problem, but I hope this can help
> > reduce the grief of anyone else trying to install Linux on a new
> > dual-core system. See https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/67012
> > for more info.
> >
> > - Evan
>
>
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