Re: [tlug] Ubuntu installer

[Johan Berntsson <johan@example.com>]

Don't know if this is your problem, but some time ago there was a SATA
race condition on certain motherboards (for instance Dell Inspiron
530) which causes the boot to hang. A work-around was to go into BIOS
and change SATA_MODE from IDE to RAID.

/Johan


2009/10/2 Raedwolf Summoner <rarooam@example.com>:
> Just trying to install Ubuntu or any derivative thereof onto my desktop for
> my son. I want to put together a new machine and give him this one and he
> thinks he might rather run Ubuntu than the openSUSE that I have on it now. I
> went into this thinking "No problem" but am now guessing "No way".
>
> I have installed from about 6 different sources, both 64-bit and 32-bit
> versions. I have tried Ubuntu 9.04 (two different sources, one download, one
> from a CD that came with a book), Ubuntu 8.04 (two different magazine CDs),
> and two derivatives, one of which was Mint Linux. Every one I tried gave the
> same results: worked fine from the live CD, including internet access, but
> won't boot after installation. Boot failure is exactly the same in every
> instance. Setting up network interface always results in failure and stops
> the boot process. They all have the Ubuntu installer in common, and I have
> never had a problem with the SUSE installer.
>
> According to the YAST hardware info, I have and Intel Core2Duo E8400 @ 3.00
> GHz, and have Ethernet Network Interface with an RTL8111/i168B PCI Express
> Gigabit Ethernet controller (eth0). YAST doesn't list my motherboard or
> chipset, but I guess I could catch that on boot-up if it is pertinent.
>
> Is there any way around this?
>
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