Toshiba T110-10x

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On 04 May 2010 at 12:18, GVG GVG 
Enlightened me with this:-Re: Toshiba T110-10x

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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. :(

Have you tried the various F-keys after the Grub screen,  got that to work a 
few times (nVidia prob I think) but I forget which one it was, give the 
langauge and other options, cant even remember which options did the trick as I 
was by then pulling hair,  but  did did work