AHHHH!!! No boot???

IDK · 2007-04-19 06:06:21

I'm trying to install Ubuntu on my wife's laptop. I've burned several .iso's and none of them will boot. I've tried the cd's on my other machines and everything boots fine. I have successfully booted her machine with Arch and Knoppix but the Ubuntu cd's will not work. Everything in the BIOS checks out..does anyone have any suggestions?

One thought was to install a base Arch system and then run the installer off of the cd but I have no idea how to do it.

Last edited by IDK (2007-04-19 06:08:09)

pjeremy · 2007-04-19 07:19:15

Probably a sign that you really shouldn't install Ubuntu.
Trust me, I've been to the dark side and it's very, very dark indeed.

Tried booting with the Arch-CD and then just switching CDs?

Last edited by pjeremy (2007-04-19 07:21:41)

tomk · 2007-04-19 08:27:01

The problem as described is specific to the Ubuntu CD, so I think you would be more likely to get relevant help on the Ubuntu forum.

IDK · 2007-04-19 21:25:56

I don't really like ubuntu either but it's for my wife and she wants a distro thats a little more point and click. I'll check over at ubuntu thanks tomk.

chaosgeisterchen · 2007-04-19 22:01:08

If you want a distro with a little more point and click, there are plenty of possible candidated. PCLinuxOS for instance is rated very high (and seems to be very comfortable), SuSE is steadily improving, as is Fedora. Zenwalk is a considerable GUI-configurable low-spec-distribution. Last but not least, Mandriva has caught up and lately released their 2007.1 release, which seems to be very stable, good-looking and newbie-friendly and gets them back into business.

All of these - with the exception of Zenwalk because of the installer - are perfectly well-suited for your needs.

Arch Linux

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