You may want to try entering some boot options to get around this. At the Live CD menu screen, press F6. Then type in:
acpi=off noapic nolapic There are other boot options to try, see here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions If this doesn't work, you should provide details of your hardware (make/model). -- loading version 8.04.1 impossible https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/276374 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs