Cannot boot from CD

[Aart Koelewijn]

On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:22:25 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote:

> On Wednesday 30 July 2008 21:52, wvdgraaf at hccnet.nl wrote:
>> Package: installation-reports
>>
>> Boot method: CD with burned ISO image Image version:
>> ftp://ftp.tudelft.nl/pub/Linux/releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/hardy/
kubuntu-8.
>>04.1-desktop-amd64.iso, later also tried
>> ftp://ftp.tudelft.nl/pub/Linux/releases.ubuntu.com/8.04.1/
ubuntu-8.04.1-des
>>ktop-i386.iso Date: 30 July 2008
>>
>> Machine: Compaq Presario A970ed
>> Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5750
>> Memory: 3GB DDR2
>> Partitions: One NTFS partition with Vista, one NTFS partition with
>> Compaq recovery stuff
>> Further specs: http://www.mycom.nl/Products/View/Compaq Presario A970ed
>> T5750/192145.aspx#Specs
>>
>> Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn:
>>
>> Base System Installation Checklist:
>> [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
>>
>> Initial boot:           [ ]
>> Detect network card:    [ ]
>> Configure network:      [ ]
>> Detect CD:              [ ]
>> Load installer modules: [ ]
>> Detect hard drives:     [ ]
>> Partition hard drives:  [ ]
>> Install base system:    [ ]
>> Clock/timezone setup:   [ ]
>> User/password setup:    [ ]
>> Install tasks:          [ ]
>> Install boot loader:    [ ]
>> Overall install:        [ ]
>>
>> Comments/Problems: I want to try whether my hardware (bought a few days
>> ago) is supported by booting from CD. When loading the kernel, the
>> process hangs at 87%.
>>
>> As the T5750 is a 64-bit processor, I tried the amd64 version of
>> Kubuntu. The i386 version of Ubuntu (K not forgotten) has the same
>> problem, however. I tried several options that were mentioned under the
>> help: noapic, nolapic, vga=771, generic.all_generic_ide=1, mem=512m. It
>> hangs at 87% when I try to load linux from CD, but also when I select
>> "Check CD for Defects". "Test Memory" hangs silently (no percentage
>> seen). Checksums for the ISO images are fine. Do not know how to
>> calculate checksum of a CD, but two separate CDs have the same problems
>> so I do not expect problems there.
>>
>> Do I have to wait a few releases till the hardware is supported?
>>
>> Any help is appreciated.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Wim
> 
> Hi Wim. Have you tried adding  acpi=off  to the kernel line?
> 
> I also had to disable acpi in the BIOS to get anything to boot. If that
> option is there it may be worth a try.
> 
> Nigel.
> 
> btw, that's with 64 bit AMD 3800+ cpu, and Hardy Heron 8.04 i386
> version.

My AMD Sempron 3400+ could be booted with acpi=off but then a number of 
functions were missing. It will also boot with nolapic, and then works 
much better then with acpi=off.

Aart