Help! Installing 8.10 on Server - errors!!!!

[Andy Kannberg]

Jonathan,

Which error does the installation give when you add the parameter ?


cheers,
Andy

2009/3/10 Jonathan Harrison <Jonathan-harrison at tiscali.it>

> Hi Lucio
> I had a go. After start I did load from CD. Got the menu. Pressed F6, got
> the text string at foot. Tried:
> Delete quiet and added text below, then enter... Failed
> Tried in front of quiet... Failed
> Tried Esc, F6 added text failed
>
> Anyother suggestions, please.?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Lucio M Nicolosi" <lmnicolosi at gmail.com>
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> Sent: 09/03/09 18:55
> Subject: Re: Help! Installing 8.10 on Server - errors!!!!
>
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Jonathan Harrison
> <jonathan-harrison at tiscali.it> wrote:
> > Hi Lucio
> > Thank you.  I had another expert send me some stuff just before yours
> > arrived.  Very similar information.
> >
> > It sounds simple enough, yet as I mentioned I am NOT a techie.  I think I
> > know what a kernel is - lines of code (?).  This is all very scary and
> new
> > ground for me.  Could I be a pain please and ask exactly what I need to
> do
> > and how.
>
> Jonathan
>
> When you boot from the CD there is an initial screen that asks what do
> you want to do.
>
> There, you have an option to edit the command line, (I can't remember
> if it is the F6 option or what, unfortunately no Live CD nearby). I'm
> sure it is well explained, just take a moment to check the options.
>
> You may find something like:
>
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-2-generic
> root=UUID=8116c71f-703c-45f2-b7cd-e4e395578ee8 ro quiet splash
>
> just remove "quiet" and "splash" and add:    iommu=noaperture    at
> the end of the line and see what happens.
>
> If you are not a techie (just like me) perhaps you should take a look
> at the Ubuntu Desktop instead of the Ubuntu Server (your intention, if
> I understood correctly), also, you don't need to remove any other
> disks from the PC if you intend to put them back later (?). And an
> Ubuntu install needs at least two partitions, root (/) and /swap, if
> your software do not require a lot of data in the /home partition, the
> place where you would keep your personal stuff, if it were not a
> server of some kind, but the install program will help you with
> partitioning.
>
> Regards,
>
> Lucio
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