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So I have a crappy old laptop that I'm trying to use as a server machine. I have Ubuntu Server installed on it, but I want to experiment a bit, and shift to Arch. Problem is, I get to the selection screen, and it automatically selections option 1 with a 0.5 second pause, and then it goes:
Loading /arch/boot/i686/vmlinuz.......
Loading /arch/boot/i686/archiso.img........ Aborted
Lz...........: (about 124 times, literally)The machine is a dodgy one that has a cheapie brand, but it's running a Pentium M 755 (which is Dothan, and is i686 compatible), so it at least supports that. Any ideas what could be going wrong? I burned the dual-architecture (even though this is x86 only) disc onto a CD, and it's the core edition (I figured maximum compatibility). My earlier CD that was x86 net install had exactly the same issue.
Any ideas what could be going wrong? Just as a note, this machine won't boot from USB, AFAIK, so I'll burn a maximum of another 2 CDs before giving up, as they aren't my CDs.
Thanks in advance.
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I somehow managed to get it to work, by repeatedly exiting to the bootloader and attempting to get option 1 again, which was difficult considering it kept automatically trying to power off. Fortunately, neither Ubuntu or Arch seem to know how to physically turn the device off. I have no idea what just happened, but it DID work, so...
I'll leave this as 'unsolved' for a while in case someone has a PROPER solution, other than mash'n'pray.
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Ive had that happen with a bad optical drive
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I suppose that's a possibility, but would that explain how I managed to get it working after continual mashing?
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