Problems installing 10.04-beta2

[Edgars Šmits]

Karl: thank you for your answer, which doesn't help at all...

My existing hard drive is fine, I'm using it now, it just is too
small. Before swapping it out I wanted to see what 10.04 looks like on
this laptop, so I wanted to run it before I go to the trouble of
installing it on the new drive, this is beta software after all. I'm
running AMD64 now, so I assume that I don't need to go to a single CPU
version of Ubuntu and can stay with the AMD64 version.

As I said before, I can hear that the live version completes the
installation, I just can't see it. I guess if I can't get an answer
from the group I could just go for broke - swap drives and do
alternate installation on the new drive, see how that works, if it
doesn't just swap drives back and look elsewhere for an answer.

ED

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Karl Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 04/19/2010 12:13 PM, Edgars Šmits wrote:
>> I need to install a new hard disk on my Dell laptop, so I thought I
>> might as well try 10.04-beta2 for AMD64 before I swap drives, just to
>> see how it runs.
> I gather your hard drive is toast and does not even run. True?
>
> Is your laptop CPU a dual port type? I have not seen this in a laptop.
>
>
>>   I downloaded the iso file, made a USB startup key,
>> and rebooted. Up comes the Ubuntu start asking if I want to do a LIVE
>> test, click yes, and the system starts to boot. After the initial
>> kernel load the screen screws up - basically the screen shows large
>> white bars with some black interspersed. Keeps loading, I hear the
>> desktop finish loading with the familiar sound, but my screen is still
>> f----ed up and I can get no response to any keyboard activity.
>>
> All of this is with a LiveCD is that correct? If so boot up again and
> select NOT to load the software.
>
> If it does not boot up then there is something more than a hard drive
> not working. You might want to try a new download of a 10.04-beta2 which
> is for a plain single CPU.
>
> Good Luck. 73 Karl
>
>
>
>
>> I did an MD5 check, image is OK. Any ideas?
>>
>> iso=ubuntu-10.04-beta2-desktop-amd64.iso
>> Dell Inspiron 1501
>> ATI Radeon Xpress 200M
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> ED
>>
>>
>>
>>
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