Booting from CD stops

Svante

Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:31:43 am

I'm having problems with starting Zorin 6 core.
When I boot from CD it stops. I think it may have something to do with my graphics card. It's a Dell computer with a ATI Radeon HD 3450 graphics card.
How do I avoid this problem?

Wolfman

Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:40:45 am

Hi,

did you burn the CD at the slowest possible speed??, if you didn't, this may be the reason and you need to reburn it!!.

Have you also tried the 2nd option in the menu which is "Safe Mode" ??.

You can also try "nomodeset":

* At install screen press F6 and select nomodeset and install Ubuntu as usual.
* On first boot after install, press e on getting the GRUB bootloader.
* Using arrow keys navigate to and delete quiet and splash and type the word nomodeset in their place
* Press Ctrl and X to boot
* You should now be able to login to your Ubuntu as usual

Read this thread through:

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-fix-ub ... artup.html

Regards Wolfman

Svante

Thu Sep 20, 2012 8:12:42 am

Wolfman wrote:Hi,

did you burn the CD at the slowest possible speed??, if you didn't, this may be the reason and you need to reburn it!!.

Have you also tried the 2nd option in the menu which is "Safe Mode" ??.

You can also try "nomodeset":

* At install screen press F6 and select nomodeset and install Ubuntu as usual.
* On first boot after install, press e on getting the GRUB bootloader.
* Using arrow keys navigate to and delete quiet and splash and type the word nomodeset in their place
* Press Ctrl and X to boot
* You should now be able to login to your Ubuntu as usual

Read this thread through:

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-fix-ub ... artup.html

Regards Wolfman

I have tried "Safe Mode" it stops too.
I will try with "nomodeset".
By the way. I don't want til install it. Just try it out from the DVD.

Svante

Thu Sep 20, 2012 4:42:59 pm

It's not a graphics problem.
I removed quiet and splash, so I could ses what happend.
It stops because of my wireless card, saying somthing like: "b43" firmware/driver update.
It's a Broadcom BCM4318 card.
What do I do now?

Wolfman

Thu Sep 20, 2012 4:50:17 pm

Hi,

switch off the wireless and use a network cable!!, it is looking for the drivers (firmware) but if you use a cable; it should boot okay!!.

Regards Wolfman

Svante

Thu Sep 20, 2012 5:06:58 pm

Wolfman wrote:Hi,

switch off the wireless and use a network cable!!, it is looking for the drivers (firmware) but if you use a cable; it should boot okay!!.

Regards Wolfman

How do I switch it off, when I use the live CD/DVD?
If I use a network cable it stlll stops at the same spot.

madvinegar

Thu Sep 20, 2012 6:58:51 pm

When going to the boot menu options press tab, and in the end of the command line write

b43.blacklist=yes

and then hit <enter> to boot.

You can use this method to install zorin, or just get to the desktop, and then you can just load the broadcom sta driver from "additional drivers" to get your wifi working.

Svante

Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:21:37 am

madvinegar wrote:When going to the boot menu options press tab, and in the end of the command line write

b43.blacklist=yes

and then hit <enter> to boot.

You can use this method to install zorin, or just get to the desktop, and then you can just load the broadcom sta driver from "additional drivers" to get your wifi working.

Thanks. I'll try that :-)

Wolfman

Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:56:26 am

Hi,

you can also switch it off with the FN + F2 keys (as an example), other notebooks have a different switch layout and/or a slider switch for Wifi. It might be FN + F5/6/78, you just need to look for the little sat symbol on the keypad!.

Regards Wolfman

madvinegar

Fri Sep 21, 2012 9:02:08 am

Wolfman wrote:Hi,

you can also switch it off with the FN + F2 keys (as an example), other notebooks have a different switch layout and/or a slider switch for Wifi. It might be FN + F5/6/78, you just need to look for the little sat symbol on the keypad!.

Regards Wolfman

I think to do that, you need first to get on the desktop of your OS. Svante advises that he cannot even boot to the desktop.

Wolfman

Fri Sep 21, 2012 9:04:18 am

Hi MV,

as soon as the PC boots, you should be able to start pressing the FN + key at almost any stage of the boot process, I can with my PB Easynote!!.

Regards Wolfman

madvinegar

Fri Sep 21, 2012 9:20:33 am

If that's true, he can try your method first. It's much easier.

cmcanulty

Tue Oct 23, 2012 8:35:12 pm

I have the same issue on DVD or USB and the F6 doesn't bring up a command prompt neither does e or hit any key

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