Unable to use Ubuntu 8.04 live CD

[NoOp]

On 07/30/2008 04:36 PM, Jerry Alber wrote:

>>   
> NoOp,
> 
> I used "Try Ubuntu without any change to your computer" which is part of 
> the live CD. It should not be asking for a User ID and Password. I've 
> used Knoppix live CD(many different version) and also Kubuntu. They all 
> behave as they should. When the User ID window said "The user ubuntu 
> will be logged in in 10 seconds" if I let it go, it would go to a window 
> with the Hardy Heron logo and 2 folders in the upper left hand corner: 
> Examples and Install. If I clicked on either one, it took me right back 
> to the User ID window.
> 
> I tried installing this version (8.04) to an empty partition and was 
> asked for a User ID and a Password, which I entered. However it would 
> not accept the user id or password. After going to another partition, I 
> mounted the one where Ubuntu 8.04 had supposedly been installed and 
> after going to the boot directory, I found that there was no grub, just 
> the boot. The only successful install I got was on another computer 
> where I used the whole hard drive.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> 

You are absolutely right - it should not ask for a UID/PW.

Well I have to admit that I'm thoughly stumped on this one. I always use
the Alternate CD for my installs, but I've downloaded the 8.04 LiveCD
and gave it a spin on 4 different systems and get no UID/PW prompt. Very
odd. I'll keep digging, but at this point I'm not sure what else to try
Jerry.

[I'm still working on getting the DVD onto a disc (my dsl line likes to
reset about 7:00 am every morning & the download wasn't finished - I'm
now tranfering to my system with the DVD burner on it - it has about 2
more hours to go).]