After flashing the laptop BIOS to 2.41 I was able to successfully boot
into the 7.10 live cd, boot into the ubuntu 8.04 live cd, and boot and
install xubuntu 8.04. Once installed, I haven't had any issue booting
off of the hard drive. It appears the BIOS update dramatically reduces
the severity o
I'm wondering if this could be fixed on the hardware side. What BIOS
versions are people running? I have M2.40 on my machine. There is an
update to M2.41. In the list of fixes, it mentions fixing a bug in the
system clock. Since random number generators often use the system clock
(and I've bee
It looks like the original issue I opened this bug for has been/is being
addressed in this case: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-
source-2.6.20/+bug/89892
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HP Laptop fails to boot with 7.10
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/160256
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The issue can't be reproduced by booting with the 7.10 LiveCD, though it
still exists when booting off the hard drive.
The LiveCD of HH Alpha 2 boot properly (I tried it several times to make
sure).
To test for this fix, I wiped the drive and attempted to install HH
Alpha 2. The instillation fai
Public bug reported:
When attempting to book into a fresh install of ubuntu 7.10 (any kernel
version that comes with it, even the recovery), the laptop will often
shut down unexpectedly during the "Loading hardware drivers..." step.
The machine simply turns off. I would say this happens 3/4 of th
