Installation CD or USB drive won't boot in Everex
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linux (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Last week I took aone of my laptops, An Everex Cloudbook, and upgraded from Karmic to Lucid. There were a few python issues that I couldn't correct. I decided I would do a fresh install of Lucid release and hoped that cleared up the problems. I downloaded ubuntu-
Finally I used the startup disk creator tool to create a bootable usb drive. It wouldn't boot either even though I had made sure that booting from usb-device was first when looking for bootable media. I also tried using UNetBootin to prepare a bootable usb drive and still no luck.
This has led me to believe there is something in the boot.img or initrd.img that doesn't work with this particular laptop. I fixed my problem by performing a fresh install with a karmic cd ( 9.10). Once that was up and configured I went through and performed a distr-upgrade to lucid. This time the python worked properly.
The solution to the problem is a ridiculous way to go because it literally took 3.5 hours and that was upgrading from a pristine Karmic install.
Please take a look at this problem.
Thanks for the help!
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