Cannot boot from CD

[Nigel Henry]

On Wednesday 30 July 2008 21:52, wvdgraaf at hccnet.nl wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
>
> Boot method: CD with burned ISO image
> Image version:
> ftp://ftp.tudelft.nl/pub/Linux/releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/hardy/kubuntu-8.
>04.1-desktop-amd64.iso, later also tried
> ftp://ftp.tudelft.nl/pub/Linux/releases.ubuntu.com/8.04.1/ubuntu-8.04.1-des
>ktop-i386.iso Date: 30 July 2008
>
> Machine: Compaq Presario A970ed
> Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5750
> Memory: 3GB DDR2
> Partitions: One NTFS partition with Vista, one NTFS partition with Compaq
> recovery stuff
> Further specs: http://www.mycom.nl/Products/View/Compaq Presario A970ed
> T5750/192145.aspx#Specs
>
> Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn:
>
> Base System Installation Checklist:
> [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
>
> Initial boot:           [ ]
> Detect network card:    [ ]
> Configure network:      [ ]
> Detect CD:              [ ]
> Load installer modules: [ ]
> Detect hard drives:     [ ]
> Partition hard drives:  [ ]
> Install base system:    [ ]
> Clock/timezone setup:   [ ]
> User/password setup:    [ ]
> Install tasks:          [ ]
> Install boot loader:    [ ]
> Overall install:        [ ]
>
> Comments/Problems: I want to try whether my hardware (bought a few days
> ago) is supported by booting from CD. When loading the kernel, the process
> hangs at 87%.
>
> As the T5750 is a 64-bit processor, I tried the amd64 version of Kubuntu.
> The i386 version of Ubuntu (K not forgotten) has the same problem,
> however. I tried several options that were mentioned under the help:
> noapic, nolapic, vga=771, generic.all_generic_ide=1, mem=512m. It hangs at
> 87% when I try to load linux from CD, but also when I select "Check CD for
> Defects". "Test Memory" hangs silently (no percentage seen). Checksums for
> the ISO images are fine. Do not know how to calculate checksum of a CD,
> but two separate CDs have the same problems so I do not expect problems
> there.
>
> Do I have to wait a few releases till the hardware is supported?
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Wim

Hi Wim. Have you tried adding  acpi=off  to the kernel line?

I also had to disable acpi in the BIOS to get anything to boot. If that option 
is there it may be worth a try.

Nigel.

btw, that's with 64 bit AMD 3800+ cpu, and Hardy Heron 8.04 i386 version.