ubuntu shipit 5.04 cd fails to boot

pandanuma · 09-08-2005, 04:26 PM

install cd for ubuntu 5.04 that I ordered from the ubuntu site will not boot at all.
ubuntu live cd works fine.

I notice that there is no auto.inf or start.exe file on the install cd

did i get a bad batch of cds from ubuntu?

with install cd in the drive at power up, the computer checks the drive but cannot 'find' the cd in it....

ctkroeker · 09-08-2005, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by pandanuma
did i get a bad batch of cds from ubuntu?

Looks like it...
Either you have to order it again or download it....

Matir · 09-08-2005, 05:58 PM

Using the LiveCD with the 'tomem' (I think) option, or a 2nd drive, try checking the md5sum of the CD.

Also, autorun.inf and such things are purely in a windows world. What DO you see on the CD?

CouchMaster · 09-08-2005, 06:54 PM

I got mine a month or so ago and all of them boot. You might have gotten a bad batch. Have you tried it on another computer? If you have 2 optical drives have you tried it in both?

Matir · 09-08-2005, 07:56 PM

Mine seem to be working. I've at least tested x86, no x86-64 or ppc.

pandanuma · 09-09-2005, 03:50 PM

Thanks for replies.

Ubuntu 5.04 x86 install cd, booted up this morning

and except for partition panic.... I am now using ubuntu uphoricly....

Problem seems to be my LG dvd-rom drive, model drd-8160b
half the time it will not recognize the install disk, (no problem with the live cd)

little linux leprechauns luckily loaded linux late last night
note to self: leave libation for leprechauns later

Matir · 09-09-2005, 11:28 PM

Go Linux Leprechauns!