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installation problems

Asked by slamko

so when i try to install, ie start or install from the new live cd it either says

[ 134.243119]
[ 135.705572]Kernal panic - not syncing: no init found. try passing init= option to kernel.

OR

[ 34.521762] ACPI: unable to load the system discription tabels.
[35.985650] request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-0000
[35.(to lazy to type)] request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-0000
[35.(to lazy to type)] request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-0000
[35.(to lazy to type)] request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-0000
[35.(to lazy to type)] request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-0000

any idea?

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Christiaan van Rensburg (tiaan21) said : 		#1

I have got the same problem, can any one help? Pleaseeeee! I am realy eager to try out Ubuntu.

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slamko (slamko) said : 		#2

i know i just put in a new hard drive, old one died, so put a new one in its place, no idea what i am doing thou, could it have somthing to do with that?

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slamko (slamko) said : 		#3

also i installed 2 gigs of ram when i used to only have one......
tryed the memory test on the live cd and it failed, kept failing, showed nothign was passing.....

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#4

Please make some common check using first boot menu Ubuntu live cd options...
This: http://i18.tinypic.com/6tzzndc.jpg
Try to perform the "Memory test" and the "Check cd for defects"

Reboot your pc and starting with Ubuntu live cd please try to put some common Ubuntu kernel live cd options you can find the boot options howto here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions

Remove the "splash" and "quiet" options to see more boot infos message and/or errors.
Then try some commons parameters by putting them one by one or together:
noacpi nolapic nodma all_generic_ide

If this don't work i suggest you to download and burn on a cd at lower speed you can do (4x)
here an howto https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto
the Ubuntu alternate install cd iso image ( ubuntu-7.10-alternate-i386.iso ) you can download this cd from here: http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.10/

Hope this helps

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Christiaan van Rensburg (tiaan21) said : 		#5

This did not help.

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