PC does not recognize live CD

[Jim Tarvid]

Hmmm. I have not had the live CD problem on my hardware but I have heard
reports from friends that they don't work on some hardware and knowledgeable
people have reported problems in diagnosing the problem. Hiding bootup
detail doesn't help matters.

I did find the cdromupgrade script on the alt CD broken - it asks for a CD
label other than that on the iso.

There is a plethora of complaints about Lucid. Hopefully the 10.04.1 release
will reduce the noise. Replacing Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt with Love,
Enthusiasm and Faith should be our goal.

Jim

On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:

> On 07/05/10 23:33, Karl Larsen wrote:
> > On 05/07/2010 04:32 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> >
> >> On 07/05/10 19:36, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Steve Grace 㠕ん㠯書㠠㠾㠗㠟:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Karl Larsen wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>             The 10.04 LiveCD is bad and it comes up with a blank
> screen
> >>>>> with two tiny things near the bottom. When you see these try typing
> Esc
> >>>>> and maybe it will work.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> The 10.04 live CD works fine here. It's just different from previous
> >>>> versions; instead of asking questions about language, what you want to
> >>>> do, etc., up front, it asks near the end of the boot process. Be
> patient.
> >>>>
> >>>> I've seen the two icons in question; does anyone know what they're
> >>>> supposed to represent?
> >>>>
> >>>> Steve
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> It does not seem to work that way here.
> >>> Pressing "esc" at **ANY** time has no effect. The computer ALWAYS boots
> >>> from the HDD
> >>> BIOS is set to boot from CD-ROM first.
> >>> LiveCDs that DO work:
> >>> Ubuntu 9.04
> >>> Debian
> >>>
> >>> LiveCDs that DO NOT work:
> >>> Ubuntu 9.10
> >>> Ubuntu 10.4
> >>> Ubuntu 8.10 etc.
> >>> Mandriva
> >>> Fedora 10
> >>> OpenSUSE just tried 10.3
> >>> Puppy
> >>> PCLOS
> >>> etc.
> >>>
> >>> So, of all the disks I have (tested) TWO actually work (=meaning that
> >>> the computer is functioning and booting from CD is possible.
> >>> The others don't.
> >>> To answer another question: except the "debian" disk, ALL disks
> >>> (including the one that works = 9.04) were prepared using my Windows
> >>> machine:
> >>> exactly the same equipment, same stack of new CDs etc.
> >>>
> >>> WHAT is the difference between a live Ubuntu 9.04 and a live Ubuntu
> >>> 9.10/10.4 etc.
> >>> Since one actually DOES work, it cannot be the computer, can it?
> >>> Also, someone suggested downloading a new file, burn the CD again.
> >>> Does not work. This time I downloaded both the English 10.04 as well as
> >>> the Japanese localized version of 10.4. Neither works.
> >>> And I tried this before: downloading 2-3 times, burning new disks. But
> >>> that did not help.
> >>>
> >>> What magic is required to make this thing work???
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Why not burn them using Ubuntu? Install k3b and burn the image with it.
> >>
> >> BC
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >           Come on guys this is a dead herring! Both the 9.10 and 10.04
> > LiveCD's are weird and have problems that a new convert from Windows
> > will have problems with. The people at Ubuntu need to look at the
> > problem and fix it. I suggest they just go back to the 9.04 design.
> >
>
> Oh dear, oh dear...........
>
> Both of the Live CDs for 9.10 and 10.04 I have, and downloaded from
> either my ISP or from the Main Repo at Canonical, are booting/going
> live/installing without a ANY PROBLEMS!
>
> Please stop spreading FUD around!
>
> BC
>
> --
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> sense, reason and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."
>                                                                     Galileo
> Galilei
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Rev. Jim Tarvid, PCA
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