Ubuntu 9.10 LiveCD stalls after "Install Ubuntu" selected from boot menu on eMachines
- by nicorellius
I am trying to install Ubuntu 9.10 from the ISO on a CD (it needs to be this version) on an eMachine with a brand new Seagate hard disk. The CD boots OK, and I choose the language. Then I am presented with the boot menu:
Try Ubuntu
Install Ubuntu
etc
I have tried the top two choices several times (trying Ubuntu and installing it), but each and every time the installation stalls and the disc stops spinning right after I hit enter after choosing the option I want. I have tried different CD/DVD drives, changing the jumpers on both CD drives, different hard drives, and nothing works. Maybe there is a BIOS setting that is choking the installation?
Any help would be appreciated.
Edit - I just tried running the hard drive as the master on the primary IDE and the CD drive as the slave on the primary with the same results.
Maybe flash the BIOS?