New System - Hanging on Install

[Gregory Piñero]

Ok, I went ahead and submitted a bug:
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/58358

I hope it gets fixed soon.

Greg

On 8/30/06, Gregory Piñero <gregpinero at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/29/06, Gregory Piñero <gregpinero at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > Just finished putting together a new computer.  Everything powers up
> > and I load the Ubuntu CD and tell it to do the normal install and it
> > gets so far and then it takes me to a black screen and all it says is:
> > Uncompressing Linux ... Ok, booting the kernel.
> > And it just stays stuck there forever.
> >
> > Other things to consider if it helps.  It's an IDE DVD-ROM, I tried
> > two different brands and I tried each of them as master, slave, cable
> > select, and the various cable positions and it made no difference.  I
> > also tried booting with Knoppix and System Rescue CD with no luck.
> > Knoppix says it can't find the filesystem and the System Rescue CD
> > says "Can't find CD-ROM"
> >
>
> Could this be an issue with the kernel not supporting my chipset (P965
> I think?)  If so I would expect to start seeing this question a lot in
> the coming weeks?
>
> I'm thinking that after reading:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=228151&highlight=GA-965P-DS3
> and thinking I may be being affected by this bug:
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.17/+bug/57502
>
> I guess I should submit my own bug at this point and let the
> developers figure it out.
>
> -Greg
>


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