Toshiba T110-10x

[GVG GVG]

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:28 PM, zongo saiba <zongosaiba at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:18 AM, GVG GVG <gvgter at googlemail.com> wrote:
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>> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:49 AM, zongo saiba <zongosaiba at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:00 AM, GVG GVG <gvgter at googlemail.com> wrote:
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>>>> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:31 AM, zongo saiba <zongosaiba at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>>>> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 9:17 AM, GVG GVG <gvgter at googlemail.com> wrote:
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>>>>>> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Robert Spanjaard <spamtrap at arumes.com
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, 03 May 2010 17:38:21 +0200, GVG GVG wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > I just tried to run a live-CD of 10.04 AMD64 from a USB stick and
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> > system hangs! It does display the menu and if you select either
>>>>>>> running
>>>>>>> > from stick or installing it, displays the ubuntu logo with the
>>>>>>> flashing
>>>>>>> > dots and after a while the screen freezes and nothing is moving any
>>>>>>> > more!
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Tha above happens with Desktop-386 as well!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Try disabling the extra storage space when creating the bootdisk.
>>>>>>> It worked for me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Regards, Robert
>>>>>>> http://www.arumes.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm currently in a M$ environment and used following tool (
>>>>>> http://www.pendrivelinux.com/downloads/Universal-USB-Installer/Universal-USB-Installer-v1.5.1.exe)
>>>>>> in order to make the USB stick bootable, I did choose the option 'No
>>>>>> Persistance' but the problem is still there :(
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Did you use the 64bit version?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> For the toshiba T110, use the 64-bit version, but the 32-bit should
>>>>> work as well
>>>>> try unetbootin as well to make you pendrive bootable.
>>>>> try this blog http://zongosaiba.blogspot.com/. I haven't updated it
>>>>> for a while but it should gives you an idea. The blog is related to putting
>>>>> linux on the Toshiba.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I tried unetbootin firts but for some reasons the usb stick wasn't
>>>> detected by my laptoop as a bootable one. That was the reason switching to
>>>> the previous mentioned USB installer!
>>>>
>>>> Also, I tried to run Xubuntu and in the begining did go through but
>>>> after few minutes everything freezes!
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>>> As per your issue description, I could be wrong but I don't think the
>>> issue relates to your usb stick or even the way you have set it up.
>>> Otherwise you would not be able to boot at all through it or even see the
>>> Ubuntu logo. When you launch the install, do you have any peripherals
>>> connected on your machine?  You are running windows as well on your Toshiba
>>> ? Have a look at this thread -->
>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9201054
>>> I remember that I had to upgrade the Bios on my Toshiba before actually
>>> being able to install Ubuntu. The only difference is that I have completely
>>> gotten rid of windows on my machine. The way I did it was to first  boot
>>> with gparted and erase and reformat the whole HDD.
>>>
>>> Kind Regards,
>>>
>>> zongo,
>>>
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>>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> the USB stick shouldn't be a problem. I did try also the following:
>>
>> - had a 'official' Ubuntu DVD from the Ubuntu users magazine and tried to
>> boot via a USB connected DCD-RW device the 9.10 version. During that attempt
>> I was able to view the logo and select the 'live' option from the primary
>> menu. When proceeding, after a while, got 'kernel panic' error message!
>>
>> - attempted to run 10.04 Desktop (both 64 and 32 bits) and Netbook remix
>> but the same result happens. I get the first menu and after a while the
>> machine freezes. Please notice that this happens when I try to install it as
>> well!
>>
>> No peripherals are connected to the notebook and bios was upgraded to
>> v2.50 (latest!) before trying all the above!
>>
>> I can reformat the HD and get rid Win7 but what if this will not help? :)
>> Then my machine is dead and I have to spend few days to bring it back to
>> Toshiba for a re-install. :(
>>
>> Thanks
>>
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> I really dont think you should reformat your HDD. This is how I did it but
> you surely do not have to do it the same way i did. On the contrary :) Most
> of all, I don't think the issue is coming from the Wind 7 partition as well.
> It sounds to me more hardware related. The Ubuntu install seems to be
> checking your system and not liking what it sees. This strange, because i
> never had any issues of freezing or even kernel panics when installing
> Ubuntu. Had other issues though :) Would you happend to have that kernel
> panic error message still ? What I am noticing, is that you are having with
> 9.10 and 10.04. It seems to me that the issue is as well identical on both.
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I still have that issue and now I'll try to install the alternate 64 version
to see if that goes through. Well, I can imagine that there is a h/w problem
but win7 is booting fine so I can't go back to Toshiba and demand a
change/repair! :(

The weird thing is that Xububtu starts but after a while freezes!

Thanks
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