ubuntu 8.04 installation issues (1 Viewer)

[emytaylor164]

hey everyone

i do not know if anyone else has encountered this however, I have made a live installer thingio on my usb flash drive, but now when i go to boot from it, and go to any option (i.e. try ubuntu with out changes to your computer, install ubuntu, check CD for defects

i get the following:
BusyBox b1.1.3 (debian 1:1.1.3-5ubuntu12) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built in commands

(initramfs)

initramfs is a prompt, but no matter what i do it will not go away and just let me install the darn thing.

any help, would be appreiciated

 

[+Po1ntDeXt3r+]

has it previously worked?
ive heard about a variety of fixes... one.. insure xp is properly shutdown... two..try another ubuntu installer with unetbootin..... three... change ure bios settings...

its some file system that boots off the USB... ...

wait is this on ur MSI wind? cos i have heard problems like this on other forums

 

[emytaylor164]

has it previously worked?
ive heard about a variety of fixes... one.. insure xp is properly shutdown... two..try another ubuntu installer with unetbootin..... three... change ure bios settings...

its some file system that boots off the USB... ...

wait is this on ur MSI wind? cos i have heard problems like this on other forums

yeah it is on my wind

Window is shut down, the wind would not boot from usb otherwise
I have tried changing my bios settings too
yeah i think i will have a look on the wind forums
I have also tried to install the old ubuntu 7.04 but that would not work either

 

[+Po1ntDeXt3r+]

yeah it is on my wind

Window is shut down, the wind would not boot from usb otherwise
I have tried changing my bios settings too
yeah i think i will have a look on the wind forums
I have also tried to install the old ubuntu 7.04 but that would not work either

lol i meant like not in suspend/hibernate.. .. cos when i do my ubuntu install and i forget to shutdown properly... i cant mount any of my NTFS drives..

hmmmm good luck ... im out of ideas.. :\

 

[emytaylor164]

lol i meant like not in suspend/hibernate.. .. cos when i do my ubuntu install and i forget to shutdown properly... i cant mount any of my NTFS drives..

hmmmm good luck ... im out of ideas.. :\

yeah the wind will only boot into windows, if windows in on standby or hibernate, the one thing i do not like, i used to have windows hibernated, and ubuntu shutdown on my old laptop.


thanks for trying though

 

[zzdfa]

i had the same problem on my desktop, booting from cd though. i had to use a different cd drive. Try formatting your usb to fat32? instead of ntfs.

 

[emytaylor164]

i had the same problem on my desktop, booting from cd though. i had to use a different cd drive. Try formatting your usb to fat32? instead of ntfs.

i got it working i used a different CD to copy the files over and it worked, it was un updated version