converting from win7

[Verde Denim]

On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 11:51 PM, Lucio M Nicolosi <lmnicolosi at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Verde Denim <tdldev at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi, all
> > Hope the holidays are going well for everyone. My girlfriend asked me put
> a
> > trial of ubuntu on her desktop system so she have a go at it to see if
> > switching to Ubuntu would work for her. She has a Sony Vaio All-In-One. I
> > grabbed 10.10 from the Ubuntu site and burned it.
> > When I loaded the disc it asked me automagically to run wubi (never seen
> > that before). I tried booting from the disc, but first got a kb failure,
> and
> > then, after the initial bootup sequence, the screen simply goes black. I
> > went back and took the Wubi option, which, after the install, asked to
> > reboot to complete the installation. I got the same results. Since the
> > graphic card seems to be compatible (checked both ubuntu and
> linuxhardware),
> > I'm wondering about this box. I've never seen a system that Ubuntu
> couldn't
> > be installed on, live cd or otherwise. Has anyone gotten Ubuntu installed
> on
> > an all-in-one system and was there anything different that I'd need on
> the
> > boot line to get this started? Thanks, as always, for the input...
> > If it matters, the model is Sony VAIO PCV-A1111L.
> >
> > Jack
>
> - Do you intend to run Ubuntu from inside Windows with Wubi or
> repartition the disk to install Ubuntu in its proper partitions?
>


> The ultimate intention is to repart the drive and run Ubuntu.
>


> - Do you have access to memtest and CD test? Have you tested them?
> Yes and Yes. Memtest passes all tests and the CD integrity test passes.
>


> - Have you set the BIOS to try to boot from the CD first?
> The system is set to boot first from CD, then primary hard drive
>


> - Are you sure you can't run Ubuntu from the live CD? (It would
> indicate hardware incompatibility.)
> When I put the CD in with Win7 running, Wubi is the program that comes up.
> If I put the CD in the drive and reboot the machine so that it runs a warm
> boot, Ubuntu does begin to load, but then goes to a black screen. I can try
> and capture the last messages before this happens to tell you approximately
> where this occurs.
>


> - Have you tried to startup Ubuntu with different parameters?
> Such as?
>


> - Have ou googled the computer name plus "ubuntu" to check issues with
> his kind of hardware?
> Yes. A couple of sites in addition to Ubuntu (linuxhardware, etc). The
> specific system is not mentioned although a number of Sony Vaio products
> are.
>


> - Have you considered running Ubuntu on a virtual machine like VirtualBox?
> Not at the moment, since my GF isn't all that savvy, and ultimately, I'd
> like to see her get away from Win7 and go to Ubuntu as her primary OS.
> L.
>
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