[UbuntuDallas] [Ubuntu Chicago] Question about Ubuntu.
Chad Sutton
chadarius at gmail.com
Sat Apr 14 03:31:01 BST 2007
Kendall Brown 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
>
>
Is Gentoo booting into X? The last time I used Gentoo (my main server at
home is Gentoo actually) the live CD just booted into a shell, but that
was quite a while ago. Can you look to see what the boot parameters are
in Grub for the Gentoo livecd? Also, what kernel was Gentoo using.
--
Later,
Chad Sutton
csutton at chadarius.com
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http://stephandchadsutton.com
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