Re: LiveCD's don't work

2008-08-29 Thread Paul Dufresne
That's probably https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/153702 (For Dell Inspiron 530, about SATA drive) Suggested *workaround* is to: 1. While turning on the computer press F2 at the splash screen to enter Setup (BIOS) 2. Select Integrated Peripherals 3. Go to 'SATA Mode

Re: LiveCD's don't work

2008-08-29 Thread Marco Túlio Gontijo e Silva
Em Sex, 2008-08-29 às 12:20 -0600, Mike Fontenot escreveu: > Also, while running Vista, I > opened the CD that I had just burned, and verified that it had lots of > folders and files on it, not just a single iso file). This is ok. -- marcot Página: http://marcotmarcot.googlepages.com/ Blog: http

Re: LiveCD's don't work

2008-08-29 Thread Mike Fontenot
I succeeded in burning the downloaded debian-live image to a CD, but it failed when I tried to boot from it on my new PC (Dell Inspiron 530). It showed "Live Debian" on the screen, and typed "Press F1 for help, or Enter to", and then paused at that point without finishing that sentence. Then it

Re: LiveCD's don't work

2008-08-28 Thread Paul Dufresne
old blog at http://computerroriginaliascience.blogspot.com/2007/01/installing-linux-on-dell-optiplex-320.html suggest to boot with the pci=nomsi kernel parameter (F6 in Ubuntu I think to edit boot parameters). But according to this blog, expect others problems after that. This is suppose to fix: T

Re: LiveCD's don't work

2008-08-28 Thread Kent West
Mike Fontenot wrote: Kent West wrote: I had great difficulty installing Debian on a Dell Optiplex 320; it would NOT boot from a USB jumpdrive or a LiveCD; finally had to resort to using an external USB hard drive. How did you use the external USB hard drive? http://faculty.acu.edu/~westk/

RE: LiveCD's don't work

2008-08-28 Thread Stackpole, Chris
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Fontenot >Subject: Re: LiveCD's don't work > >Daniel Baumann wrote: >> >> what about debian-live? >> >> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/lenny_live_beta1/ >> > >I s

RE: LiveCD's don't work

2008-08-28 Thread Stackpole, Chris
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Fontenot >Subject: Re: LiveCD's don't work > >Kent West wrote: >> >> I had great difficulty installing Debian on a Dell Optiplex 320; it >> would NOT boot from a USB jumpdrive or a Live

Re: LiveCD's don't work

2008-08-28 Thread Mike Fontenot
Daniel Baumann wrote: > > what about debian-live? > > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/lenny_live_beta1/ > I saw that. I was a little spooked by the "beta1". How do I get it? Can I download it to my wife's MAC, and burn it to a CD that will then boot and run from that CD? Or do I need to bu

Re: LiveCD's don't work

2008-08-28 Thread Mike Fontenot
Kent West wrote: > > I had great difficulty installing Debian on a Dell Optiplex 320; it > would NOT boot from a USB jumpdrive or a LiveCD; finally had to resort > to using an external USB hard drive. The whole experience really makes > me skittish of Dells now. That is REALLY scary! I THOUGHT D

Re: LiveCD's don't work

2008-08-28 Thread Bill Benedetto
>>> Mike Fontenot writes: Mike> I just tried to boot from several liveCD's: both Knoppix Mike> and DSL. Both initially start up OK (I get the two Mike> penguin images), but DSL hangs before doing much Mike> else. DSL hangs after printing "Checking for for Mike> USB...". Knoppix doesn't h

Re: LiveCD's don't work

2008-08-28 Thread Daniel Baumann
Mike Fontenot wrote: > I just tried to boot from several liveCD's: both Knoppix and DSL. Both > initially start up OK (I get the two penguin images), but DSL hangs > before doing much else. DSL hangs after printing "Checking for for > USB...". what about debian-live? http://cdimage.debian.org/cdi

Re: LiveCD's don't work

2008-08-27 Thread Kent West
Mike Fontenot wrote: I just tried to boot from several liveCD's: both Knoppix and DSL. Both initially start up OK (I get the two penguin images), but DSL hangs before doing much else. DSL hangs after printing "Checking for for USB...". (My PC is a Dell Inspiron 530) I had great difficulty

LiveCD's don't work

2008-08-27 Thread Mike Fontenot
I just tried to boot from several liveCD's: both Knoppix and DSL. Both initially start up OK (I get the two penguin images), but DSL hangs before doing much else. DSL hangs after printing "Checking for for USB...". Knoppix doesn't hang, but it leaves me in a shell that can't seem to do much of any