Installing Ubuntu 8.04... for the FIFTEENTH time
Submitted by tony on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 19:13.
I'm still not sure what the problem is. I'm attempting to install Ubuntu 8.04 on a new machine and it keeps freezing up during the install. So far I've tried disabling virtualization in the BIOS, a different hard drive and now I'm trying the built-in video instead of the GeForce card I'm going to use.
Update:
Things I've tried:
boot params: noapic, nolapic acpi=off
Multiple hard drives
Removed PCIx video card and used onboard video
Setting BIOS SATA controller to "Legacy IDE"
Native SATA Mode
Standard IDE hard drive
Another DVD reader in case it was a bad source drive
Memtest, just to make sure it wasn't bad memory
Booted into 8.04 live CD and tried to partition the drive - still froze
Tried different SATA cable and port (even though the IDE drive failed too)
I finally booted a 7.10 32 bit Live CD and was able to partition and format the drive
Still no luck installing 8.04 on top of that formatted drive, however...
Tried setting SATA mode to RAID
Could it be the kernel?
I've had major issues with the kernel in Hardy - kept freezing and/or panicking my system. I upgraded to Hardy from Gutsy to fix the NFS locking issues in kernel 2.6.22, and 2.6.24 just did not get on well with my system at all! In the end I gave up and downloaded myself the fresh source of 2.6.25 and compiled it, now everything is running really smooth! Could possibly be related to your issues?
Benjie.
My issues were definitely
My issues were definitely SATA / IDE controller issues. It just couldn't format the drive, whether it was a SATA drive in standard, legacy or RAID mode. It couldn't even format a standard IDE ATA100 drive.
Check my next post for the solution...
Gutsy install => Hardy upgrade
Suppose a last resort could indeed be a Gutsy install followed by a Hardy upgrade...
LiveCD Run OK?
Does the liveCD boot up and run ok on that box?
Yep! I'm convinced at this
Yep! I'm convinced at this point it's a SATA issue. Trying more things. I might try an Ubuntu 7.10 and see if that will work.
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