Re: problem installing Ubuntu in Windows

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Author: Eric Cope
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: problem installing Ubuntu in Windows
I'm impressed to "meet" someone who was programming in 1885. I want to buy
you a beer! Welcome to the list! Let us know your solution...

Eric

On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Charles Jones <
> wrote:

> Dennis wrote:
> > I new to the list. I am trying to install Ubuntu in Windows. My
> > computer is XP Home SP3, AMD Athlon XP 2500+ 1.83 GHz, 1 GB of RAM.
> >
> > I have tried a Live CD once & Wubi-8.04.1-rev506 twice. When I reboot
> > or cold boot I get (initramfs) in BuzyBox. I tried booting different
> > ways and it seams to be stopping after "JFS: nTxBlock = 8088, nTxBlock
> > = 64707". Any ideas to fix this?
> Saw someone have this problem just yesterday...adding "acpi=off" to the
> boot parameters did the trick. When you boot the Ubuntu install CD, hit
> F6 "Other Options" and at the end of the line add " acpi=off" and hit
> enter.
>
> Here is a page that has some screenshots:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions
>
> -Charles
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