Dapper install CD won't run on my AMD64 (was: Lots of Dapper Problems)

[Bill Atkins]

I do have a SATA drive, but it worked perfectly with Breezy.  I can
boot into the installer, it just can't seem to get past the initial
splash screen where services are started and into the GNOME
environment.

Bill

On 7/6/06, Gabriel M Dragffy <dragffy at yandex.ru> wrote:
>
>  It couldn't be to do with the hard drives? I mean do you have something
> like SATA or perhaps the drive controller is dodgy. In my experience hard
> drives can prevent you from booting without giving an error messages
> whatsoever.
>
>
>  On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 10:07 -0400, Bill Atkins wrote:
>  I ended up just re-installing Ubuntu on my laptop from a Dapper CD.
> This solved all my issues- I'm more interested in having at least one
> working machine than in tracking down problems.
>
> Unfortunately, I still can't get my desktop (the homemade AMD64) to
> boot from the Dapper install CD. I've tried:
>
>  - the regular desktop CD (i386)
>  - the alternate CD (i386)
>  - the regular desktop CD (AMD64)
>  - using the debian-installer/framebuffer=false kernel
> option
>  - using the noapic and nolapic kernel options
>  - safe graphics mode
>  - combinations of these
>
> The one approach I haven't tried is the alternate AMD64 install. I'll
> try that if no one can come up with other suggestions.
>
> Any more ideas on this? Mario Vukelic's link suggests that this isn't
> a video-related problem. The consistency checkers all indicate that
> the CD is OK. I'm not sure what the problem is here.
>
> Bill
>
> On 7/4/06, Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 11:03 -0400, Bill Atkins wrote:
> > > Thanks. I moved /etc/fonts out of the way, ...
> >
> > Glad you got one step further
> >
> > > Still, these other issues are baffling.
> >
> > They are, but I'd have it easier if I got an answer to my other
> > question :) Did you follow the instructions in the DapperUpgrade notes,
> > especially regarding making sure that (k,x)ubuntu-desktop is installed
> > before upgrading?
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DapperUpgrades
> >
> > > Is there a better place to
> > > look for support on these kinds of problems?
> >
> > I don't think really
> >
> > > Is it possible to talk
> > > to Canonical directly, or to talk to the people who make the
> > > installation CD's?
> >
> > There are commercial support options on the Ubuntu homepage somewhere,
> > but I don't think that's what you're asking
> >
> > I guess via bug reports, but before filing one you should make sure you
> > followed the instructions in the upgrade notes
> >
> > > Even though
> > > the machines are very different (one is an IBM ThinkPad, the other a
> > > homebuilt AMD64 machine), they are having frustratingly similar
> > > problems.
> >
> > To me, his might hint to erroneous upgrade procedures
> > (DapperUpgrades? :) or a bug in Dapper you trigger for some reason
> >
> > > I followed the same procedure on both machines: change breezy to
> > > dapper in /etc/apt/sources.lst, sudo apt-get update, then sudo apt-get
> > > dist-upgrade.
> >
> > Just to be sure: installed (k,x)ubuntu-desktop before doing that?
> >
> > As another poster has noted, aptitude might be a better option than
> > apt-get, since it is much better at resolving dependencies.
> >
> > Also, upgrading via System/Administration/Update Manager (as explained
> > in the upgrade notes) seems to be safer. Many people seem to have
> > problems doing it the CLI way. For me it went smooth though, but I
> > upgraded before the Flight CDs came out.
> >
> > I don't know if there is a way to force Update Manager to retry now,
> > after the CLI approach has already failed.
> >
> > > I considered doing a fresh install from a Dapper install CD, but even
> > > this caused problems for me. (...) I have a hunch this is a video card
> problem (ATi Radeon
> > > 9250SE), but I don't know what to do about it.
> >
> > I'd think your hunch looked pretty good, had I not googled this:
> > http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/ATI/Radeon9xxx
> >
> > Did you use the Desktop CD or the Alternate Install CD? If not the
> > second, it might be worth a try since it needs no X to install
> >
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