can't boot from live usb lubuntu 14.04 LTS

[Linda]

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>                     On 1/21/2015 1:25 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
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>                         Den 2015-01-21 19:16, Linda skrev:
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>                             I am trying to boot an old HP
>                             Pavillion a1230 n with an AMD
>                             Alhlon 64
>                             processor and 2 GB RAM from a
>                             live usb with a view to
>                             intstalling
>                             lubuntu on the machine
>                             When I boot it hangs on the
>                             splash screen. I tried booting
>                             with quiet
>                             splash removed and I have a
>                             infinite loop of the following
>                             error message
>
>                             ata1.00 status: {DRDY}
>                             ata1.00 hard resetting link
>                                          configured for
>                             UDMA/33
>                                          Device reported
>                             invalid CHS sector 0
>                                          EH complete
>                                          lost interrupt
>                                          exception Emask
>                             0x0 SAct 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
>                                          failed command
>                             READ DMA
>
>                             There were a few other lines
>                             but these seems to give the
>                             gist of what is
>                             going on.  Any ideas on how I
>                             can get this to work.
>                                                 Thanks
>                                                  Linda
>
>                         Hi Linda,
>
I doubled checked the usb and the check5sums I also tried 
booting from a Ubuntu 10 DVD and an Ubuntu 6.06 CD The CD 
gave you the install or try menu and simply returned to the 
menu.  Then I downloaded Knoppix to a DVD, a CD and a usb 
flash drive. Although the bios gives you the choice to boot 
from the cd/dvd drive it only seems to actually boot from a 
cd in the drive. It also gives you the choice to boot from 
a  usb flash drive but it also does not seem to actually 
work. Good news is that the newest version of knoppix that 
will fit on a cd will boot and run as a live install. So 
since the computer has a working Windows XP install I'm 
thinking my next step is to try UNetbootin and install from 
the hard drive. Should I try for lubuntu with this or should 
I switch to a different distribution for the first attempt 
since I have had no luck with even old versions of unbuntu 
working from a live CD?
                  Thanks
                   Linda
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