When you see the First boot screen, press pace and you will get the normal text boot screen. You can now test the CD for defects. A slow burn and MD5 success will pretty much garuntee this but it's worth a test. The same screen can test the ram.
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Lane Lester <lles...@info-fast.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Andrew Woodhead < > andrew.woodhead...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> Did you MD5 test the ISO? > > > No, but I just did, and it's correct. > > >> Did you burn as SLOWLY as you could? >> > > Yes, 8. > > >> Have you checked the CD for defects? >> > > No, don't know how. How does one do that? > > >> Have you tested your RAM for errors? >> > > No, because I often install new distros, and I recently installed the > Ubuntu Minimal CD Alpha 2 without difficulty. > > OTOH, my fairly new motherboard has an nVidia chipset, which sometimes > causes problems. > > Lane > > >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Lane Lester <lles...@info-fast.com>wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Andrew. When the nomodeset didn't work, I tried that post's >>> second option: >>> i915.modeset=0 xforcevesa >>> but it stopped at the same place, although with a small font. >>> >>> Lane >>> >> >> *Lane Lester* > The Web Doctor <http://www.the-web-doctor.com> > You can have your own website for just $10+10+10! > Click here to visit one of my > sites.<http://pageswirl.com/rotate.php?user=lanelester> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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