installation problem

[Derek Broughton]

Karl Larsen wrote:

> Francesco B wrote:
>> Hello!
>>    I am completely new to this list and to Ubuntu and hope that I can get
>>    some assistance. I wish to migrate from Vista (uuuugh!) to Linux and I
>>    received the installation disc for Ubuntu 8.04.1. I followed the
>>    instructions to install it inside Windows and rebooted. I chose to
>>    boot with Ubuntu. The screen with the Ubuntu logo appeared, but at
>>    this point the progress bar kept running without results. After a
>>    couple of minutes the pc restarted. Attempts to boot with the Ubuntu
>>    CD in the drive are completely ignored.
>> Any suggestion?
>>    My hardware: Dell Inspiron 530 with 4GB RAM and 500 GB Disk.
>>    Thank you in advance for any help!
>>   
>     Unusual. Did the loader ask you for a way to load the Ubuntu 

obviously

>     and did you select a dual boot? 

He installed from "inside Windows" - it's a wubi install.

Francesco:  when the boot menu comes up, type "e" on the ubuntu line,
then "e" again on the "boot" line, remove "quiet splash", press <enter>
and "b", and it should boot in a much more verbose mode - which might help
explain what happened.
-- 
derek