Thanks for working through this with me!
Andy Whitcroft wrote: > On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 02:24:22AM -0000, webservant wrote: > >> Adding that to the boot gives me a functioning Live CD system! >> >> This old PC has some slight memory issues which may be triggering this >> problem. If I run memtest86, I get about 400 errors. However, if I try >> to replace any of the SDRAM, I get upwards of 48,000 errors. I believe >> the memory controller on the motherboard is starting to go. The fix is >> a replacement of the motherboard (around $50-75), but why would I do >> that for an AMD 850 with 384Mb of memory? I'm just trying to buy a >> little more time. The 8.10 systems never complain of and it all seems >> to work. So, I guess that I'll re-upgrade this partitions, and add this >> to the boot of menu.lst >> >> Is there anything else that would help you understand / resolve the >> issue, or is this the resolution? >> > > Essentially here we have a new check for the BIOS corrupting low memory. > Intrepid did not have this check so would never have failed in this way. > This failure most likely indicates that you BIOS has a flaw, but it is > unlikely to be worth trying to figure out the flaw and you are even less > likely to get support for the BIOS. > > As the option is working for you I would call this one fixed as much as > it can be. I will close this one off 'Fixed'. > > -apw > > -- Ubuntu 9.04 live CD crashes on boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/384044 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
