Jonathan, Which error does the installation give when you add the parameter ? cheers, Andy <div class="gmail_quote">2009/3/10 Jonathan Harrison <<a href="mailto:Jonathan-harrison@tiscali.it">Jonathan-harrison@tiscali.it</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi Lucio I had a go. After start I did load from CD. Got the menu. Pressed F6, got the text string at foot. Tried: Delete quiet and added text below, then enter... Failed Tried in front of quiet... Failed Tried Esc, F6 added text failed Anyother suggestions, please.? *** Sent via Mobilephone*** Regards Jonathan Harrison Managing Director Work: +44 (0)20 8660 6457 Mobile: +44(0)7770 740 133 Fax: +44 (0)871 264 6922 Email: <a href="mailto:jonathan-harrison@tiscali.it">jonathan-harrison@tiscali.it</a> <div class="im"> -----Original Message----- From: "Lucio M Nicolosi" <<a href="mailto:lmnicolosi@gmail.com">lmnicolosi@gmail.com</a>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> Sent: 09/03/09 18:55 Subject: Re: Help! Installing 8.10 on Server - errors!!!! </div><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Jonathan Harrison <<a href="mailto:jonathan-harrison@tiscali.it">jonathan-harrison@tiscali.it</a>> wrote: > Hi Lucio > Thank you. I had another expert send me some stuff just before yours > arrived. Very similar information. > > It sounds simple enough, yet as I mentioned I am NOT a techie. I think I > know what a kernel is - lines of code (?). This is all very scary and new > ground for me. Could I be a pain please and ask exactly what I need to do > and how. Jonathan When you boot from the CD there is an initial screen that asks what do you want to do. There, you have an option to edit the command line, (I can't remember if it is the F6 option or what, unfortunately no Live CD nearby). I'm sure it is well explained, just take a moment to check the options. You may find something like: kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-2-generic root=UUID=8116c71f-703c-45f2-b7cd-e4e395578ee8 ro quiet splash just remove "quiet" and "splash" and add: iommu=noaperture at the end of the line and see what happens. If you are not a techie (just like me) perhaps you should take a look at the Ubuntu Desktop instead of the Ubuntu Server (your intention, if I understood correctly), also, you don't need to remove any other disks from the PC if you intend to put them back later (?). And an Ubuntu install needs at least two partitions, root (/) and /swap, if your software do not require a lot of data in the /home partition, the place where you would keep your personal stuff, if it were not a server of some kind, but the install program will help you with partitioning. Regards, Lucio -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div>