Ubuntu 10.04.3LTS CD1 not bootable

[Marius Gedminas]

On Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 12:35:35AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> Due to a problem with a computer not being able to find its FAT, I
> downloaded and wrote Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS CD1 iso to a CD, and tried
> to boot from it.
> 
> It would not boot on that computer, so I figured that it was a fault
> in that computer.
> 
> However, I have just tried to boot from that CD, in my laptop, an
> HP/Compaq NX5000, and it would not boot. It had a screen with the
> word Ubuntu, and about 5 or 6 litle boxes in a row underneath it,
> and the boxes lit up in sequence, and it cycled around doing that
> for a few minutes, and then the screen went blank and nothing else
> happened.

How long is "a few minutes", exactly?

What does a blank screen mean -- did the backlight go out as well?  Was
there a blinking cursor?

I've had this experience once (unreasonably long wait, blinking
text-mode cursor after a brief graphical splash) and made the same
assumption ("doesn't boot").  Then I tried again and waited longer --
and then it booted.

> I removed the CD, and inserted a Ubuntu 8.04 DVD, and booted from
> that, and that worked.
> 
> So, it appears that Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS CD1 iso image, is not bootable.

Marius Gedminas
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