<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">>Mo Awkati wrote:<br><br>>Hi Mo<br><br>>Silly question, you may have already been asked it, have you tried <br>>downloading and burning another 9.10 iso the one you have may be duff?<br><br>>Also doe's 9..10 have a 'safe mode' install? from memory of my UNR, which <br>>I'm on now, and the 'Live install' at work I don't think it does? Maybe <br>>an ACPI=OFF blah blah blah.<br><br>>I've not read all the responses to the
thread so sorry if I'm talking <br>>cobblers. I think you need to worry about *getting Ubuntu on* before <br>>worrying about wifi ect. Maybe as has been suggested (I agree you <br>>shouldn't have to in
this day and age) do a text only install getting <br>>the base system on then build it up from there.<br><br>>I also agree with you its ridiculous if Mandriva loads and runs and <br>>Ubuntu refuses but TBF I've seen that myself over the years e.g. RH will <br>>SuSE wont blah blah blah.<br><br>>I could of course say "Install Arch Linux, you know it make sense" but <br>>I've my Ubudubu fanboy hat on tonight. Finally if it was me I would try <br>>smearing the blood of a virgin goat on it, works for me :-)<br><br>.Hi Peter<br><br>>I haven't downloaded another version. <br><br>>I tried the safe mode and that didn't work either. I saw on the Ubuntu support site that you could give some >parameters at start up, I followed the instructions but nothing happened. I could not get it to a stage where I >can specify the parameters.<br><br>>The only option for me that I thought about after is to back up all my data and upgrade
through the package
>manager. But first I will download another version of 9.10 and see what happens, and if that fails then the .suggestion about the goat might be an option!!<br><br>>Mo<br><br>Ok I have given up. I am going to find that goat. <br><br>I downloaded another ISO and the same issues. I tried a 9.04 CD and that worked fine and no problems. I am no convinced it is the 9.10 at fault and not my hardware.<br><br>Have a look at this link, it makes interesting reading<br><br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/03/karmic_koala_frustration/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/03/karmic_koala_frustration/</a></span><br><br>I will leave it at this now and go back to being productive with my PC!<br><br>Thanks all for your input and suggestions.<br><br>Goat come here now.... I said come here.......... nothing will happen to you honest...............<br><br><br><br></div></div>
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