[ubuntu-uk] Gutsy beta CD won't boot properly

Michael Holloway michael at thedarkwinter.com
Mon Oct 15 09:11:54 BST 2007


On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 21:44 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've burned the gutsy beta CD. It will boot and show the menu (Start
> > Live CD/Check CD Contents/Memory Test/etc.) but the only option that
> > doesn't hang the PC is the 'Boot From First Hard Disk' option.
> >
> 
> Hey Neil,
> 
> How far is it getting?
> 
> I know that I've had problems with the Gutsy beta CD and the xserver.
> The screen when blank and appeared to lock up, but giving it a CTRL
> ALT F1 got me a terminal.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Chris
> 

Second that (2 days ago i installed)... my screen also went blank, and
powered off - i pressed CTRL+ALT+F1 to tty1 then back to CTRL+ALT+F7 and
it worked perfectly... don't know whats thats about though??




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