UbuntuOhio [Ubuntu Chicago] Question about Ubuntu.

[Freddy Martinez]

AH! I thought it might be this. Here is the page you want.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions
Let us know how it turns out

On 4/11/07, Kendall Brown <kendallbrown at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Hey Guys:
>
> Just wanted to share some thoughts with you on something I tried
> recently and was hoping to use towards installing Ubuntu on my
> computer.  I tried a Live CD of Gentoo Linux recently and it worked
> perfectly.  I haven't been able to master the install process yet but
> just knowing that it is possible to have Linux on my system means a lot
> to me.  Any way...I wanted to know why Gentoo was able to load onto my
> box while everyone else kept hanging.  I did a little research and found
> something about the noapci command keeping computers from hanging on
> installations.  Could this be what's stopping me?  Is there a way to
> enter this command in a Ubuntu installation so I can test it out?  I'd
> also like know if anyone can tell me why my computer keeps locking up
> when I trade out hard drives with different OS on them?  After I fail
> with Linux I usually just switch out the hard drive with another one
> that contains a copy of Windows XP on it.  Everything is powered off
> before I attempt this but for some reason my computer acts like it
> remembers I had Ubuntu on it previously and begins to lock up while
> booting up Windows XP.  Any suggestions?
>
> Kendall Brown
>
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Best,
Freddy Martinez
Kubuntu. Linux for human beings.
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