Ubuntu will not install

nathonkelley · 04-14-2006, 01:56 PM

I am trying to install Ubuntu 5.10 on a toshiba a75-226 laptop. It begains the install but freezes when it wants to pop up the blue screen to pick your lauange, country, etc. Any ideas how to fix this.

brianthegreat · 04-14-2006, 02:04 PM

EEK!

Well there could be a couple of problems here. My first guess is that you have tried the install process a couple of times and not just once before posting.

Your ISO might be bad and you might need to reinstall th ISO.

Your cd-rom might be bad bad which is not a good thing.

I would start with reburning the ISO and going from there. Meaning downloading the ISO and reburning it. The ISO that you downloaded might be corrupted.

cavalier · 04-14-2006, 02:34 PM

It could also be a video problem. When I install on my laptop (a Gateway), I have to run the installer with "linux vga=771" to force the right video mode, or it just goes black on me as well.

nathonkelley · 04-14-2006, 03:29 PM

Thank-you cavalier the vga=771 worked great. I am up and running. Thanks again.