Toshiba T110-10x

[GVG GVG]

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Grizzly <Real_Grizz_Adams at yahoo.co.uk>wrote:

> On 04 May 2010 at 12:18, GVG GVG
> Enlightened me with this:-Re: Toshiba T110-10x
>
> <huge snip>
>
> >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
>
> --
>
>
tried the 9.10 alternate iso and the installation did go well. When I tried
to boot 'kernel panic' was the outcome :( The same happened when tried to
install MEPIS Linux :(

Could this be a h/w problem??? On the other hand Win7 works fine!
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