Linux Live CD wont boot

Joes2Silly · Post by **Joes2Silly** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:02 pm

elliot, I think my bios is fine, but either the live CD is not compatible or is just plain fugged up

Joes2Silly · Post by **Joes2Silly** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:06 pm

what kind of things does my Linux Live CD have to be compatible with

elliott · Post by **elliott** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:09 pm

We need your system specs before we know if it is a compatiblity problem.

Who makes your system(HP, Dell, etc.) what is the model number. I will look up the specs myself and find out what might be incompatible.

Just for gits and shiggles, I downloaded the Ubuntu LiveCD. It boots fine on every computer in my house from a Cyrix 120 junker to a Sempron 3000+ laptop. So if your computer falls somewhere between 1995 and 2006 it should work.

Joes2Silly · Post by **Joes2Silly** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:12 pm

I have a HP, AMD Athlon XP CPU, and thats about all you need to know right

elliott · Post by **elliott** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:16 pm

Nope, I need specifics.

Just give me the model number off the case and I can find out everything I need.

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:18 pm

as for me:

I cant get it to work.....even with the BIOS settings right.

Joes2Silly · Post by **Joes2Silly** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:18 pm

oh! tahts what you meant, ok here are my specs:

elliott · Post by **elliott** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:22 pm

I need a model number, HP won't let me search serial numbers.

Joes2Silly · Post by **Joes2Silly** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:24 pm

elliott · Post by **elliott** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:33 pm

I need a model number so I can find the exact specs on the board like chipsets brands an models.

For example my mom has a Compaq S3030RK, the Compaq site tells me it has:
Athlon XP 2000+ 1.67 GHz
VIA KM266 motherboard chipset
VIA VT6103 network chipset
Realtek ALC650 sound chipset

If there aren't drivers on the CD for these devices it is not going to work. So if I know more about the computer it lets me know why it might not boot.

Also, you still haven't said what exactly happens when you try to boot the Ubuntu CD.

Joes2Silly · Post by **Joes2Silly** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:37 pm

it is a HP Pavilion a520n

elliott · Post by **elliott** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:46 pm

Now we are getting somewhere.

You have Nvidia Nforce2-IGP chipset which is well supported. I have a Nforce2-MCP(better sound and no onboard graphics) and have no problems.

So, it isn't likely to be a compatiblility problem. Everything should work including sound and networking. You have a Nvidia based graphics chipset so that should be no problem.

What happens when you boot the Ubuntu CD?

Joes2Silly · Post by **Joes2Silly** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:49 pm

it said something funny but it almost booted, I don t have the CD now so I cant check it

elliott · Post by **elliott** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:52 pm

I assume you got your CD images from here:
http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/5.10/

You are using the "PC (Intel x86) live CD" image right, not the "64-bit PC (AMD64) live CD"?

The AMD64 one is only for Athlon64s not the XPs, the Intel x86 is the one that should work.

Joes2Silly · Post by **Joes2Silly** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:40 pm

what about other linux Live CDs? How do I know they are compatible