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

[David Morley]

On 15/10/2007, Neil Greenwood <neil.greenwood.lug at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 15/10/2007, Michael Holloway <michael at thedarkwinter.com> wrote:
> > 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??
> >
>
> Hi both,
>
> When I select an option from the menu, the option stays highlighted
> and nothing else changes on the screen (I've left it for a minute or
> so before hitting CTRL+ALT+DEL to try again).
> I'm not positive now, but I think there's some CD & CPU activity
> (processor fan kicks in) but nothing much else.
>
> Hwyl,
> Neil.
>
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Have you tried the RC cd rather than beta ?

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