[Discuss] Ubuntu on my old laptop :-((

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On 06/06/2012 06:52 AM, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote:
>> At the installfest, I decided to upgrade my Hp/Compag 64-bit nx6125
>> laptop with Ubuntu 12.04. However, when I boot from either USB media or
>> CD media (32-bit or 64-bit) all I get it the Ubuntu logo. The cycling
>> dots all stop. The laptop currently runs Kubuntu 11.04 (or 11.10). After
>> failing Ubuntu on several tries with media that I built and with
>> official Ubuntu media. Just to see if the if the laptop could run a
>> recent kernel, I booted Fedora 17 Live USB successfully, so it looks
>> like there is an issue with Ubuntu 12.04. The laptop is about 7 years
>> old with an AMD 64-bit CPU. I've got plenty of memory on the laptop.
>>
> Most of the time, for an initial install, I'll go with 10.04 LTS.
> That has yet to fail on me.   Afterwards, I might upgrade and see what
> breaks where.
>
> In the worst case, 10.04 (.04) is in-hand, and I can always
> re-install, and it works.
>
>
11.04 (or 11.10) is currently installed and works ok. The issue is
booting from a 12.04 media (32-bit or 64-bit, USB,CD I burned/CD pressed
by Ubunbtu).


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