can't boot from live usb lubuntu 14.04 LTS (Solved hp Pavillion a1230n)

[Linda]

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> 2015-01-22 12:42 GMT-02:00 John Hupp 
> <lubuntu at prpcompany.com <mailto:lubuntu at prpcompany.com>>:
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>     On 1/22/2015 8:29 AM, Linda wrote:
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>         On 01/21/2015 03:06 PM, John Hupp wrote:
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>             On 1/21/2015 3:45 PM, Linda wrote:
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>                 On 01/21/2015 12:53 PM, John Hupp wrote:
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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
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>                             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
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>                             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
>
>
After fighting with this all week I found a bios update 
http://www.driversguru.com/driverdetail/2154857-A8AE-LE+Motherboard+BIOS+Update
after I installed the update the computer would boot from 
the 14.04 Live CD and it installed without a problem. It 
also will now boot from the live USB.  Hopefully this will 
help if anyone else is trying to put their old xp computer 
to better use.
                                             Linda
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