[Nottingham] Problem installing Linux on Acer Aspire E15

[Godfrey Nix]

Hi,

What time are you going on Friday? I have to do family transport (as every 
day) but maybe can fit in a trip to Nottinghack. Or maybe Saturday morning.
My phone number is 07443 493601.

Regards,
Godfrey

On Thursday, February 26, 2015 12:53:16 PM dennis.furr at gmail.com wrote:
> You might consider preparing a USB drive instead of using a CD.  I’d be
> tempted to install as CLI only to start with then add the graphical
> interface of choice afterwards.  That way you can separate the installation
> phase and any problems associated from potential video driver issues.
 
> 
> We’re due a trip to Nottinghack and I’d be happy to help.  I’m going Friday
> evening and probably Saturday morning as I have a 3D print job that I want
> to run.  You are welcome to join me for both ore either of these sessions.
> 
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> Denny
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> From: Godfrey Nix
> Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎26‎ ‎February‎ ‎2015 ‎11‎:‎47
> To: nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk
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> Hi,
> 
> Daughter has bought an Acer Aspire but has become totally infuriated with 
> Windows 8 (no surprise there).
> 
> She has turned to me to install Linux, but I have encountered a problem.
> I have managed to get into the BIOS settings and changed boot sequence to 
> Legacy with CD-ROM as the first item. After rebooting it read the disk and 
> displayed the different distros that were there. I have tried three
> different ones but all with the same result. As soon as I select the 'run'
> option (to run from CD instead of installing), the screen goes blank and I
> am clueless as to what progress is being made even though the disk drive is
> being accessed. 
> Any Ideas, or do I assume the few hundred squids are now wasted on a useless
> 
 machine?
> 
> Regards,
> Godfrey
> 
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