On 1/21/2015 3:45 PM, Linda wrote:
On 01/21/2015 12:53 PM, John Hupp wrote:
On 1/21/2015 1:25 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
Den 2015-01-21 19:16, Linda skrev:
I am trying to boot an old HP Pavillion a1230 n with an AMD Alhlon 64
processor and 2 GB RAM from a live usb  with a view to intstalling
lubuntu on the machine
When I boot it hangs on the splash screen. I tried booting with quiet
splash removed and I have a infinite loop of the following error message

ata1.00 status: {DRDY}
ata1.00 hard resetting link
             configured for UDMA/33
             Device reported invalid CHS sector 0
             EH complete
             lost interrupt
             exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
             failed command READ DMA

There were a few other lines but these seems to give the gist of what is
going on.  Any ideas on how I can get this to work.
                    Thanks
                     Linda

Hi Linda,

- Did you check with md5sum that the download was good?

- Please tell us which tool you used to make the USB boot drive.

- Did you try if another computer can boot from the USB boot drive?

Best regards
Nio


I'm grasping at straws a bit for the meaning of the errors, but I wonder if the live usb is tripping over a problem with the hard drive. I would try temporarily disconnecting the hard drive or setting the hard drive to None in the BIOS setup.

You could also try booting any other bootable CD that you have, just for comparison.

When I boot from usb with hard drive connected i get the screen asking me what language and the menu asking if you want to try, memory test etc
When I disconnect the hard drive I get a blinking cursorer
                Linda

What happens before the blinking cursor -- HP splash screen, Lubuntu startup messages of any sort, other .....?


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