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error massage when try boot from Lucid Lynk live cd to install it

Asked by John Papineau

HI my name is John and I help with tech support at the Ubuntu Kotenay group

I have been trying to install Lucid lynk on Ubuntu computers from group members that add Kamic koala already installed on their computers. I used the Live cd . when I boot with the live ubuntu Lucid lynk cd to install it I get the following error mesage

error masage

the installer encountered an unrecoverable error a desktop session will now be run so that you may investigate the problem or try installing again.

I had no problem in the pass installing karmic koala but when i try to install Lucid Lynk I get the error above

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Did you MD5 test the ISO you burned?

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John Papineau (j-lp) said : 		#2

yes I have tested the disk using the option on the installer that say CHECK DISK FOR DEFAULT

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John Papineau (j-lp) said : 		#3

it did not found any error

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John Papineau (j-lp) said : 		#4

I also try the previous disk that was the beta Release and it did not display the error that was display when I used the final release of Ubuntu Lucid Lynk . Both cd were made from the same company.

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John Papineau (j-lp) said : 		#5

info about computer that I am try to install Ubuntu Lucid Lynk on for a group member of Ubuntu kootenay group.

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release 10.04 Lucid Lynk desktop

memory 3.3 gig ddr 2

processor AMD phenom 2x4 995

nvidia 9 series

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John Papineau (j-lp) said : 		#6

Geforce 9600GT

directX 10 shader

model support 4.0

nvidia physX ready

nvidia pure video hd technology

dual link dvi output with vga adapter

2500x 1600 resolution display

hdcp capable

openGL 2.1 support

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John Papineau (j-lp) said : 		#7

The error mesage does not show when I boot with the karmic koala cd disk

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#8

It's Lucid Lynx, not Lynk

Maybe the kernel in Lucid is causing issues and needs extra boot options. If karmic works then install karmic and upgrade to Lucid using the web or alternate install cd.

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John Papineau (j-lp) said : 		#9

I have found something very intresting .1. I tested the Lucid lynk with 4 deferent computers that belong to member of the Ubuntu kootenay group and I was using deferent cd company with the iso cd image on all 4 computers.

2. The beta version of Lucid Lynk was working on all of them .

 3. The cd new release of of Ubuntu Lucid Lynk repotred a boot error on all 4 computers. each computers add deferent optic drive.

4.Today I try one of the 4 computers with the DvD version of Lucid Lynk and there was no error it woked fine .

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John Papineau (j-lp) said : 		#10

I have installed the Ubuntu Lucid Lynk Using the DVD version But I was not able to install it with the cd version of Lucid Lynk on some computers I was trying to find out what was not working so that it can be fix .

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John Papineau (j-lp) said : 		#11

those someone know what I could try to solve this problem with the cd version of Lucid Lynk

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ajmal_82 (ajmal-82) said : 		#12

this is purely cd rom drive problem i had same problem on my freinds pc where cd rom didnt work properly.please try installing with cd as it is less prone to errors.

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