response interspersed Jon Elson wrote: > Craig wrote: >> Machine Dell optiplex110, 1GHz, 384 Meg memory, recent Ubuntu >> installed and working. Machine is neither on line nor networked. >> >> downloaded CD checksum OK on both of two different downloads/ CDs. >> >> When booting from CD: >> >> all options except boot from first hard disk result in: >> >> Ubunto logo shows >> >> load bar shows bright for about 4 pixels >> >> loading essential drivers.... ok >> mounting root file system ... >> >> Hangs at this point. Nothing happens for more than 30 minutes. >> >> Same results with two different downloads / CDs. >> >> Booting from hard disk works OK. >> > Do you have a video card in this machine? If the video memory is too > small, it won't boot. I'm not sure of the exact symptom, > but it sounds about like this. I had a video board in my Dell > Optiplex GX110 because the older BDI didn't like the on-board video. > I pulled the board, and it booted and ran fine with the on-board video. No add in video card, just video native to machine. > > How big is the hard drive? It needs at least 3 GB, I think. > It will hang with little or no informative messages if the drive is > too small. Has 20 GB hard drive When I boot Ubuntu from hard drive it shows 15.3 GB free. > > Jon >
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