I have an Acer Aspire one which runs ubuntu 10.04. Recently it has developed a problem upon loading it where the screen will not stop flickering and won't allow me to see anything, let alone try to solve the problem. I did have a good google session and found that others have had this problem before, but I couldn't find a solution that worked. I decided to install the newest version via bootable usb and originally try SysLinux but for some reason it would not work, so I have since tried other programs to create a bootable usb. My problem is that whichever software I use, whenever I boot from the usb I get the original SysLinux page and cannot move from there.

Has SysLinux somehow changed the mbr of my usb stick? I'm basically stuck and this is my only non-essential usb so I don't want to use another one. Can anybody help?


P.S. sorry if this is in the wrong section of the forum, I wasn't sure where to put it.

Are you unable to use a usb/flash drive to boot Ubuntu? How did you create it? unetbootin? pendrivelinux? other?? what??

What is the "original Syslinux page" you refer to? Are you talking about the boot menu?

What exactly do you see?? I don't know what you mean by syslinux page.

Syslinux puts data in a very exact place so that a bios can find and use it to then boot to some other feature.

It may be that since you are saying nothing has changed, could you be booting to an installed media instead of a usb drive?

Did you test the drive on some other computer? I agree, how did you make it, what tutorial?

I have actually fixed the original problem by booting into graphics failsafe mode and messing with the graphics settings, but thanks everyone for your help anyway!