booting Ubuntu 7.04 liveCD on a Thinkpad T61

[Marius Gedminas]

On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 12:15:31AM -0500, Luis Mondesi wrote:
> On Jan 15, 2008 3:51 PM, Jimmy Wu <jimmywu013+ubuntu-lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> > When I try to boot from the CD, everything seems fine, but I don't get
> > a graphical desktop.  Instead, shortly after the splash screen, I get
> > a black screen that says...
> > ----------------------
> >
> > BusyBox v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-3ubuntu3) Built-in shell (ash)
> > Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
> >
> > /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
> > (initramfs) [blinking cursor prompt]
> >
> > -----------------------
> > Is there some sort of boot option that I should pass to the CD to make
> > this work?
> >
> > Note: I am not trying to install ubuntu on this computer.  All I want
> > to do is use the liveCD (the partition editor GParted, to be exact).
> > And the reason I am using this CD is because I do not want to burn
> > another one.
> 
> either you don't have enough ram (256mb or so) or your CD is bad. take your
> pick.

Neither.  Ubuntu 7.04 doesn't support the hardware in the T61.  Use
Ubuntu 7.10.

> i installed ubuntu 7.10 on that very same laptop today. it worked just fine.
> granted, I had to start in "safe graphics mode" but it worked. and after it
> was installed, it worked fine with the right video driver.

Marius Gedminas
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