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cant boot with a ubuntu cd

Asked by ismail

my notebook boots up with a unbuntu cd and i select start or install ubunut and it starts loading kernel then just stop and gives me a : /bin/sh: cant access tty; job control turned off

please help im new to linux and im dying to get to use it.

i have a msi vr601 notebook, 120gb hdd, 1gb rab, 1.6dc, wlan, and vista basic as pre-installed os

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Luky Winarto (luckyborneo) said : 		#1

How about alternate CD from Ubuntu? You have to download it from the nearest server from your place.
http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download

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ismail (ibritow) said : 		#2

hey luky i got it to boot by plugging a flash drive in and booting. ok boot probs sloved and now for install probs. click on install and alls ok until the partition page, i select entire disk and foward not long after that it returns with an error message. something bout the partitions. any ideas?

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Luky Winarto (luckyborneo) said : 		#3

What kind of error message did you have?
Usually I choose default partition from installation. Or perhaps your hard drive was broken?

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ismail (ibritow) said : 		#4

thanks for the help but i upgraded to ubuntu 8.04 and all works great just trying to get the atheros wireless work
any ideas?
please

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Luky Winarto (luckyborneo) said : 		#5

I recommend to use the latest one. Since the latest is good for the new hardware and also there're a lot of stuff from the developer, e.g Compiz Fusion. I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron too.

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ismail (ibritow) said : 		#6

ok i got the wifi working with madwifi, and i installed compiz and it works great. is ther perhaps and way to get the cube to stay they way it is when u press ctrl+alt+lmb. and move it around with out having it switch to the next panel. in other words i want my desktop to be a floating cube al the time and only when i select a panel it should go to that panel. is that possible?

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Luky Winarto (luckyborneo) said : 		#7

I'm usually use ctrl+alt+left_click to perform floating cube. Perhaps you can read this tutorial:
http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/showthread.php?t=2407

But.. if you want another plugins from compiz fusion, check out this screenshot:
http://balikpapan.linux.or.id/2008/06/20/new-compiz-fusion-plugins/

Read this tutorial to install another plugins:
http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/showthread.php?p=56851

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