Problem Installing Ubuntu on Laptop

Canto · 08-22-2008, 07:51 PM

Hi, I have a Compaq Presario V2403NR Laptop its about 2 & a half years old, and I recently tried to do a Clean Install of XP but after i got to the part of the install where i had to erase my hard drive (including Windows) it went to the formatting part and stopped at 8% and my computer shut off and did so everytime i tried. So now i dont have an OS and now i wanted to install Linux, so i downloaded and burned the Ubuntu 8.04 install disc and it loaded up fine on my laptop, i choose Install, and it goes to the Ubuntu load screen and when its done loading it goes to a black screen and a message comes up at the top with something about a firmware error and i need to download something but it goes away too fast for me to read, when it goes away the screen just stays black and doesnt do anything after that, i waited about 20 mins and it was still black so i turned off the computer. Does anyone know what the problem is and how i can fix it? Thanks in advance.

rust1021 · 08-23-2008, 02:32 AM

Look at /var/log/messages and see if you can find the exact error message in the log. If possible please post the error msg to this thread. :-)

08-22-2008, 07:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
Canto Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Windows XP SP2	Problem Installing Ubuntu on Laptop Hi, I have a Compaq Presario V2403NR Laptop its about 2 & a half years old, and I recently tried to do a Clean Install of XP but after i got to the part of the install where i had to erase my hard drive (including Windows) it went to the formatting part and stopped at 8% and my computer shut off and did so everytime i tried. So now i dont have an OS and now i wanted to install Linux, so i downloaded and burned the Ubuntu 8.04 install disc and it loaded up fine on my laptop, i choose Install, and it goes to the Ubuntu load screen and when its done loading it goes to a black screen and a message comes up at the top with something about a firmware error and i need to download something but it goes away too fast for me to read, when it goes away the screen just stays black and doesnt do anything after that, i waited about 20 mins and it was still black so i turned off the computer. Does anyone know what the problem is and how i can fix it? Thanks in advance.

08-23-2008, 02:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
rust1021 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2 OS: XP SP3	Re: Problem Installing Ubuntu on Laptop Look at /var/log/messages and see if you can find the exact error message in the log. If possible please post the error msg to this thread. :-)