cant boot live

i simply cant boot Zorin, i put in the DVD, selected to boot live,and a white blank screen pops up..., nothing happens, any help plz?

Hi,

when you created the DVD, did you burn it at the slowest possible speed??. If you didn't you will get read/write errors!!.

Did you try booting the DVD in safe graphics mode??. (2nd boot option)

On what type of PC are you trying to install??. Details please!.

Regards Wolfman

Yes sorry for not providing enough details!
I'm trying to run Zorin OS 6 Core 64 bit.

Desktop
MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU : AMD Phenom II X4
RAM: 8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz
MOTHERBPORD: BIOSTAR Group A880G+
Grpx Card: 1023MB GeForce GTX 550 Ti (MSI)

once i select to boot live, i get this white blank screen :

Wolfman wrote:Did you try booting the DVD in safe graphics mode??. (2nd boot option)

As wm said. Try the above.

yeah i tried the safe mode, same result.
also it was burned at lowest writing speed.

Hi SC,

have you tried the same DVD on another PC and does it work??. You could try as an option using a 32 bit version of Zorin!!.

Regards Wolfman

saintcarlos wrote:yeah i tried the safe mode, same result.
also it was burned at lowest writing speed.

I had exactly the same problem. Later i found out the reason may be that my cpu is a non-pae cpu.

From what i understand, Ubuntu 12.04 can't be installed on a non-pae cpu. For that reason any other operating system based on Ubuntu 12.04 can't install on a non-pae cpu. So check to see if your cpu is a non-pae cpu. (i don't know the procedure to do that)

Here is a link on how to install ubuntu on a non-pae cpu http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/how-to-install-ubuntu-1204-on-non-pae.html

there's also an unofficial non-pae Ubuntu 12.04 ISO available for download : http://people.canonical.com/~diwic/12.04-nonpae/ubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386-nonpae.iso

What i think the Zorin team should do is to come up with a non-pae version of Zorin 6.

I also want to mention that Zorin 5.2 works fine on my IBM R40 laptop. So if there is a way to upgrade directly from Zorin 5.2 to Zorin 6, please let me know.

cobbinaloic wrote:

saintcarlos wrote:yeah i tried the safe mode, same result.
also it was burned at lowest writing speed.

I had exactly the same problem. Later i found out the reason may be that my cpu is a non-pae cpu.

From what i understand, Ubuntu 12.04 can't be installed on a non-pae cpu. For that reason any other operating system based on Ubuntu 12.04 can't install on a non-pae cpu. So check to see if your cpu is a non-pae cpu. (i don't know the procedure to do that)

Here is a link on how to install ubuntu on a non-pae cpu http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/how-to-install-ubuntu-1204-on-non-pae.html

there's also an unofficial non-pae Ubuntu 12.04 ISO available for download : http://people.canonical.com/~diwic/12.04-nonpae/ubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386-nonpae.iso

What i think the Zorin team should do is to come up with a non-pae version of Zorin 6.

I also want to mention that Zorin 5.2 works fine on my IBM R40 laptop. So if there is a way to upgrade directly from Zorin 5.2 to Zorin 6, please let me know.

Hi,

here is a link about the PAE kernel explaining all about it:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnablingPAE/

No!!, you cannot update Z5 to Z6, you should backup all your data and completely format both root and home partitions, save any files you need before you start the install and copy them back when finished!!.

Regards Wolfman

saintcarlos wrote:Yes sorry for not providing enough details!
I'm trying to run Zorin OS 6 Core 64 bit.

Desktop
MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU : AMD Phenom II X4
RAM: 8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz
MOTHERBPORD: BIOSTAR Group A880G+
Grpx Card: 1023MB GeForce GTX 550 Ti (MSI)

once i select to boot live, i get this white blank screen :

Hi,

did you try an USB install??.

Please also see this link about Nvidia cards, but you should still be able to boot with the open source drivers:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2299&p=9560#p9560

Regards Wolfman