__/ [ Jim Richardson ] on Thursday 19 April 2007 05:32 \__
> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:20:10 -0700,
> The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Mark Kent
>><mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote
>> on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:18:12 +0100
>><41bif4-nkl.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> ray <ray@xxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:16:38 -0400, Dave Boland wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This weekend I downloaded (and checked ) the current Ubuntu
>>>>> 6.10 release. When the CD is put in either computer the
>>>>> initial list of choices comes up, but no matter which option
>>>>> is selected (including "Safe"), all that happens is a lot of
>>>>> CD activity. Ubuntu never loads anything. I have tried
>>>>> previous releases and they have had the same problem.
>>>>> Looked at there web site, but didn't find any readily
>>>>> available info on this subject. Anyone got a list of things
>>>>> to try that may work?
>>>>>
>>>>> These problems are not likely the fault of the computers
>>>>> since they work very well with other LiveCD's (Knoppix,
>>>>> Slax, PCLinuxOS, etc.).
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave,
>>>>
>>>> Have you tried various of the 'cheatcodes' available at the boot prompt?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Also, why raise it in Cola? There are Ubuntu help fora, and there is an
>>> Ubuntu irc channel too, afaik. Of course, another option might be to
>>> use Knoppix, Slax or PCLinuxOS, as they obviously work. The slightly
>>> odd thing is that Knoppix is also Debian-based, but there we go...
>>>
>>
>> So when are we going to see a Vista-based distro? :-)
>>
>> (Would we want to?)
>>
>
>
> hardware detection and support isn't good enough yet :)
They can borrow from the upstream though. How about SUSE Linux?
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