Ubuntu 6.10 cannot install / boot kernel
I put together a new system to run Linux on about a month ago, and try as I might no distro will boot on it. I would like to get Ubuntu up and running on it, but the installer
CD cannot even load the kernel. If I just try and boot Ubuntu (Option #1 in installer) it shows the "Loading the Linux Kernel" box, then apparently loads something then goes
to a command prompt screen with the last action being
Booting Linux Kernel. [something along these lines]
The system is now completely frozen, and the keyboard cannot perform any actions. I have to restart. If I play with the boot options a little, then I can get slightly farther.
I took the "quiet" option off so I could see messages, and I also added two commands that I found in the help under Boot Options for Special Systems.
They are noaimp and nolaimp, or something very very similar to that. I have to turn this computer off to test that box so I'm writing this on memory, sorry. Anyways, with
the help of the boot commands I am able to get to an Ubuntu splash screen with a loading bar which leaves pixels behind on the right side and serves no observable purpose.
At the bottom of the sceen, it says that it loaded a couple of things OK. Then there is a line that says it is booting the kernel, and the very last line says Pre-loading Kernel.
Nothing happens after this, because the installation completely dies again.
Now for my system information:
AM2 Athlon 64 3200+ processor
MSI Mobo with nVidia chipset
512 MB of DDR2 RAM.
PCI-X Video Card (there is onboard video as well)
IDE CD-RW Drive
IDE Hard Drive
I also had this problem with a low-quality ECS motherboard that cost me around 50$, but apparently dear Linux was upset with some other piece of hardware. I spent 100$
on a new motherboard (the MSI one) but that did not fix the problem. I tried two different video cards, both nVidia, and I also tried using only the onboard video. I have tried
running memtest, but not all the way through. For what it ran, there were 0 errors. BIOS detects everything just fine.
I think this is a problem with the Linux kernel in general because I have also tried Gentoo, and I'm pretty sure I tried SuSE as well. For the same reason, I'm pretty certain that
it is a problem with my hardware, but not the motherboard or video. Also, the Windows installer works perfectly so I guess the problem is Linux-specific. I am also using a very
new version of Ubuntu - 1 month old. I DID download the AMD-64 version, as I have an AMD-64 CPU.
I would really, REALLY appreciate if somebody could help me get this working - I have wasted $400 and a whole month so far and I have not been able to get help
(that solves the problem) anywhere online, or even from people at tech shops for that matter.
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