Initramfs and unable to run or load Ubuntu to my HD

[Ken Warwick]

On 09/09/2009 11:50 AM, Ken Warwick wrote:
> When you get the busybox initramfs error, what *exactly* does the 
> error message say?
> The message is as follows:
> [       4.0543420] I0 APIC resources could not be allocated.
> Loading, please wait...
> 
> 
> BusyBox v10.2 (Ubuntu 1:1.10.2-2ubuntu7) built-in shell (ash) Enter 
> 'help' for a list of commands.
> 
> )initramfs)

Do you still have the 8.10 CD that you initially used previously (per:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/80157)? Can you try that?

Yes, it won't work  either.

Also, you might give the Alternative CD a try instead of the liveCD (8.04,
8.10, or 9.04). I'm not sure from your reply in the questions that you tried
the Alternate CD or not.
Note: I generally only use the Alternate CD as I've found the liveCD's tend
to have issues on some (particularly older) systems.

This will take me a few days since the Alternate CD is a non-graphical
interface and I don't know how to use this yet.  I will have to do some more
reading.

I see you've tried noapic, etc, etc. So not sure what else to suggest at
this point. Can you try a knoppix CD and see if that boots for you without
issue? See:
http://www.knoppix.org/
 Yes, I tried all the alternatives incl. noapic.

I wanted to check this computer so I just loaded W/XP on it and it works
perfectly.  So, it is probably something I am doing in downloading my Ubuntu
CDs.
I am assuming that if XP will load than Ubuntu 9:04 should load too.

Ken



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