"BIOS age (1999) fails cutoff (2000)".

Asked by Jacfreeman

I am installing Ubuntu on a PC that does not have an OS. I load the Ubuntu 7.1 boot disc and I recieve and initial message: "BIOS age (1999) fails cutoff (2000)". Then the Ubuntu logo appears and an orange line goes back and forth across the screen. Then the screen goes blank. It seems as though the CD rom drive is still working. Nothing happens. What can I do?

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said :
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When you see the bllack screen please:
- first try to dynamically change screen resolution plese the press CTRL + ALT + "+" and/or CTRL + ALT + "-"
- Try to restart the graphic layer press CTRL + ALT + BACKSPACE

If you are still in trouble... please 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/

If you are in trouble to download you can try to install and use a torrent client Deluge http://www.deluge-torrent.org/downloads.php to get your desired Ubuntu iso image http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/7.10/release/ please select a .torrent file

Hope this helps

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