need help installing ubuntu. requesting in-person help (Vancouver area)
Victor Mendonça
victorbrca at yahoo.ca
Tue May 15 19:28:00 UTC 2007
If you do decide to go with the external drive, check out this thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=308027
I just installed it on a neat 120g WD passport USB HD. It costed me around $109.00 on Costco here in Ontario.
Vic.
----- Original Message ----
From: Alfred <alfred.s at nexicom.net>
To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 2:51:00 PM
Subject: Re: need help installing ubuntu. requesting in-person help (Vancouver area)
Hi:
You need the 64bit flavour of Ubuntu. Get a second Hard drive. Install
it to that.
One of those External Usb Drives perhaps. Un plug your Windows Drive.
Then boot up with Ubuntu. The ATI might need the Drivers for it, to
work. Just keep it simple! Dual Boot, and it's difficult. One hard
drive. This makes it simple!
Alf
On Tue, 2007-15-05 at 00:02 -0700, ubunt2 at gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
> Since 2 months ago, I've tried installing Ubuntu onto my Windows
> computer. I've tried burning discs many times, at slow speeds. I've
> checked the md5sum, and the numbers match. The problem I get is that
> when I choose "Run or Start Ubuntu" or "Check CD for defects" the
> computer blanks/blacks out and hangs. I have to press the power button
> on the computer to reboot. I've read about this problem on the
> ubuntuforums, and they say that adding "acpi=off" to their boot
> parameters helped many. I've tried that but it doesn't help. I've
> posted my computer specs below. I'm very tired of all this hard work
> and am close to giving up. But a person suggested I post my cry for
> help on this mailing list, as perhaps I could maybe get some in-person
> help. If someone can give help in the Greater Vancouver/Lower Mainland
> area, please let me know. I can gladly make you a nice
> strawberry-banana smoothie/milkshake as a small token of my
> thankfulness if you can help.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
> JC
>
>
>
> According to My Computer/Properties:
> AMD Athlon 64 Processor.
> 3800+ 2.41 GHz, 1.00 GB of Ram
> Physical Address Extension
>
>
> Info I got from System Properties/Hardware/Device Manager
> Display Adapter:
> Radeon X850
>
> DVD/CD drive: HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H22N
>
> IDE ATA/ATAPI controller: NVIDIA nForce4 Paralles ATA Controller
>
> Network Adapter: Nvidia nForce Networking Controller
>
> Cache:
> L1 Data Cache: Size: 64 Kbytes. 2-way set associative, 64 byte line size
>
>
>
>
> Info I got from EvonSofft SysInfo program
> ------CPU Info------
>
> CPU Info
> BrandString: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3800+
> Real Frequency: 2420MHz
> Code Name: NewCastle(0.13 µm) SOI
> CPU Type: OEM
> Vendor: AuthenticAMD
> Voltage: 1.4V
> Transistor Count: 10500ten thousand
> External Clock: 201MHz
> Multiplier: 12.0
> FBS: 201MHz
> Memory Wide: 1608.0MB/s
> Slot: Socket 939
> Package: ¦ÌPGA
> SerialNumber: 0002-0FF0-078B-FBFF-0000-0001
> CPU ID: 15-15-0
> Brand ID: 0
> Cache Info
> Level1: 128KB
> Level1 Code: 64KB
> Level1 Data: 64KB
> Level2: 0KB
> Level3: 0KB
> Features
> MMX: Support
> MMX+: Support
> 3DNow: Support
> 3DNow+: Support
> SSE: Support
> SSE2: Support
> TyperThreading: Not Support
> IA-64: Not Support
>
> ------Mainboard & BIOS------
>
> Mainboard Info
> Model: LP NF4 Series
> Manufacturer: DFI Corp,LTD
> Version: 1.0
> System
> UUID: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
> Slot
> 32 bit PCI Slot (Available)ID=:1
> 32 bit PCI Slot (Available)ID=:2
> 32 bit PCI Slot (Available)ID=:3
> 32 bit PCI Slot (Available)ID=:4
> 32 bit PCI Slot (Available)ID=:5
> Port
> PRIMARY IDE: PortSlot_0
> SECONDARY IDE: PortSlot_1
> FDD: PortSlot_2
> COM1: PortSlot_3
> COM2: PortSlot_4
> LPT1: PortSlot_5
> Keyboard: PortSlot_6
> PS/2 Mouse: PortSlot_7
> : USB0
> Devices:
> RADEON X850 Series
> RADEON X850 Series - Secondary
> PCI standard host CPU bridge
> PCI standard host CPU bridge
> PCI standard host CPU bridge
> PCI standard host CPU bridge
> PCI standard ISA bridge
> NVIDIA nForce PCI System Management
> NVIDIA nForce4 Parallel ATA Controller
> NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller
> NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller
> NVIDIA Network Bus Enumerator
> NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio Codec Interface
> Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
> Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
> PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge
> nForce4 PCI-Express Root Port
> nForce4 HyperTransport Bridge
> BIOS Info
> Name: AT/AT COMPATIBLE
> ExtendedInfo:
> Copyright: Nvidia - 42302e31 orkstationBIOS v6.00PG stationBIOS v6.00PG
> BIOS Vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
> BIOS Date: 11/14/05
> BIOS Size: 512KB
> SMBISO Version: 2.2
>
> ------Memory Info------
>
> Physical Memory Info
> Total: 1022MB
> Used: 465MB
> Left: 556MB
> Usage: 45%
> PageFile
> Total: 2460MB
> Used: 456MB
> Left: 2003MB
> Useage: 18%
> Virtual Memory
> Total: 2047MB
> Used: 65MB
> Left: 1982MB
> Usage: 3%
> System Resources
> System: 90% Left
> GDI: 90% Left
> User: 90% Left
> Memory Address From: 7FFEFFFF
> Memory Address To: 00010000
> Memory Bank Info
> Slot: 1-Way / 1-Way
> Speed: 70ns,60ns,50ns
> Type: Standard,DIMM
> Voltages: 2.9V
> MaxSize: 4096MB
> MemCtrlSlotCount: 4
> 3Slot:512 MB 5 ns A2
> 4Slot:512 MB 5 ns A3
>
> ------Disk Info------
>
> Physical Disk
> Capacity: 69 GB
> Manufactory: Western Digital
> Size: 3.5 inch
> Slot:
> Speed:
> Cache Size: 2MB
> System Cache: 0MB
> Model: WDC WD740GD-00FLA1
> SerialNumber: WD-WMAKE1619182
> Revision: 27.08D27
> Cylinders: 9039
> TracksPerCylinder: 255
> SectorsPerTrack: 63
> BytesPerSector: 512
> Rat(MB/s):
> Feature:
> Logic Disk
> VolumeLabelC:(Raptor)
> FileSystem£ºNTFS
> SerialNumber£º3803-CA4A
> Capacity£º70896MB
> FreeSpace£º37513MB
> TotalClusters£º18149425
> SectorsPerCluster£º8
>
> ------Display System------
>
> Video Device Info
> Adapter: RADEON X850 Series - Secondary
> Chipset: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x5D6D)
> Memory Size: 256MB
> Type: DDR/SDRam
> RAMDAC: Internal DAC(400MHz)
> Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
> BIOS Info: 113-A47401-101
> BIOS Date: 11/08/04
> BIOS Version:
> Driver Version: 8.360.0.0
> Driver Date: 3-14-2007
> Driver Provider: ATI Technologies Inc.
> Monitor
> Product Name: PTS0301
> Current Resolution: 1024X768
> ColorDepth: 32Bit
> Vertical Refresh Rate: 85HMz
> Max Resolution: 800 x 600 - 4 bit
> Horizonta lSize: 320mm
> Vertical Size: 240mm
> Visual Area:16.1inch
>
> ------Mutimedia------
>
> Multimedia Drivers
> Media Control Devices
> Legacy Video Capture Devices
> Video Codecs
> Legacy Audio Drivers
> NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio
> ATI T200 Unified AVStream Driver
> Audio Codecs
> Microsoft Kernel Audio Splitter
> Microsoft Kernel Wave Audio Mixer
> Microsoft WINMM WDM Audio Compatibility Driver
> Microsoft Kernel DRM Audio Descrambler
> Microsoft Kernel System Audio Device
> Microsoft Kernel Acoustic Echo Canceller
> Microsoft Kernel GS Wavetable Synthesizer
> Microsoft Kernel DLS Synthesizer
> NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio Codec Interface
> Wave-In
> NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio v5.5
> Wave-Out
> NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio v5.5
> Mid-In
> Mid-Out
> Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth v5.5
> Mixer
> NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio v5.5
> Engine
> DirectX: 4.09.00.0904
> OpenGL: 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
> Direct3D
> Microsoft Direct3D Hardware acceleration through Direct3D HAL
> Microsoft Direct3D Mono(Ramp) Software Emulation
> Microsoft Direct3D RGB Software Emulation
> DirectMusic
> Microsoft Software Synthesizer
> DirectPlay
> WinSock TCP Connection For DirectPlay
> WinSock IPX Connection For DirectPlay
> Modem Connection For DirectPlay
>
> ------Network------
>
> Network Info
> VirtualAdapters
> NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
> WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
> WAN Miniport (L2TP)
> WAN Miniport (IP)
> WAN Miniport (PPTP)
> VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1
> VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8
> Direct Parallel
> WAN Miniport (IP) - Packet Scheduler Miniport
> NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller - Packet Scheduler Miniport
> Clients
> WebClient
> Client for Microsoft Networks
> Services
> Dial-Up Client
> QoS RSVP
> Steelhead
> Wireless Zero Configuration
> QoS Packet Scheduler
> File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
> VMware Bridge Protocol
> Application Layer Gateway
> Remote Access Connection Manager
> Dial-Up Server
> NetBIOS Interface
> Generic Packet Classifier
> Protocols
> WINS Client(TCP/IP) Protocol
> Message-oriented TCP/IP Protocol (SMB session)
> Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
> NDIS Usermode I/O Protocol
> Remote Access NDIS WAN Driver
> Point to Point Protocol Over Ethernet
> Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
> Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
> IP Addresses: 192.168.2.2
> MACAddresses: 00-01-29-FB-9B-7F
> TCPIP
> AdapterCount: 1
> HostName: gcs-amd
> DNS Address:
> 192.168.2.1
> WinSock
> Description: WinSock 2.0
> Version: 2.2
> Status: Running
>
> ------Other------
>
> Power Supply
> Status: Off Line
> Battery Status: NoBattery
> Input Device Info
> Keyboard: Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
> Mouse: Logitech-compatible Mouse PS/2
> USB Device Info
> USB Root Hub
> USB Root Hub
> Unknown Device
> USB Composite Device
> Sony PEG
>
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