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Steph Foster wrote: > did you check the md5 hash of the downloaded iso against the value from ubuntu ? > > some times a bad burn can cause havoc with trying to install ubuntru > > Steph > > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Simon Robert > <simon.robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Fri, 2008-07-04 at 10:11 +0100, alexfido@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> >>> Posted by "Alex Mclennan" <alexfido@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> >>> >>> Hi all,HELP,my friend and i just built my new computer,2.66 quad core 4gb >>> ram,160gig sata hd,with a caddy+dvd rw. >>> The problem i got is i am trying to load ubuntu 8.04 on a hard drive in the >>> caddy with the sata hd disconected,the machine knows there is a hd in caddy and >>> the boot order is correct. >>> I get this message:busybox v1.1.3(debian1:1.1.3-5ubuntu12) built-in >>> shell(ash)enter help for a list of built-in commands. >>> >>> (initramfs)_ >>> >>> At this point my synaptic pathways fried in my brain,this is way over my head. >>> happy days from alex the noob >>> -- >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> >>> Generated by the contributors page >>> in the members area at D+C GLUG >>> http://www.dcglug.org.uk/members/list.php >>> webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> >>> >>> >> I've had this problem when trying to install linux on a new PC. I tried >> many different distros and most of them dropped out of the installation >> process to a busybox shell. >> >> Don't know why or what causes it, but you could try downloading the >> "alternative" ubuntu install iso image and using that. It has no live >> disk options so you go straight into the installation, ie it doesn't >> load ubuntu and let you install from a desktop icon. >> >> It is, as people have suggested, probably to do with the bios settings >> and I'd really like to know what causes it. But it does seem to have >> something to do with the distro being a live CD. The ubuntu alternative >> install disk worked for me. >> >> Simon >> >> >> -- >> The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG >> http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list >> FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html >> >> > > the strange thing is it all works on my old machine,i will keep plugging away at this.alex the noob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html