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hi,
i had to replace my hard drive, so now i have a new blank hard drive that i set partitions and formatted but when i try to load ubuntu from cd i burned(which i checked and downloaded correctly) it stops at the check hlt. i tried ALL the option settings, and still no good. it either restarts or gets stuck at that point again. am i doing something wrong? i can install ONLY ubuntu as my os right? like i said there is nothing else on hard drive-blank. if someone could help, it would be greatly appreciated.
thank you
it loads to screen and asks language, then goes to a black screen that asks - load with no change to comp, or install. i pick install and tried all options, then just usually restarts or stops at 'checking hlt'. is there anything else i am supposed to load or do to the black,new hard drive b4 i install the ubuntu os? i havent done anything wlse to hard drive except partition to c and d drive and format.
thanks
You did do the md5checksum? Did you burn the downloaded file as an iso image? How did you partition and what did you format it as. C and D partitions are a windows naming convention and will mean nothing in Ubuntu. There really wasn't any need to partition and format prior to attempting to install.
There's been many posts on the Ubuntu forum to burn the .ISO on a DVD and not a CD.
I would download a fresh .ISO image from the Ubuntu site, and burn it to a DVD-R (at low speed).
Then I would erase my HD (the previous formatting)
And finally use Gpart (GUI) from the Ubuntu CD installation (well, your DVD installation) to partition the disk (os/swap/logical).
See if that helps?
NB: it's a desktop or notebook? Intel Chipset on some notebooks cause a black screen during installation of Koala 9.10.
@AlphaSigmanOne: if he can partition the drive, it's is recognized by the BIOS
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