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[ubuntu] disk won't start install process

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http://ubuntuforums.org – I have a Toshiba c855d-s5307 laptop. I redid a windows 8 installation and left 25GB free space to install 12.10 x64. secure boot is turned off and when I boot from the DVD I get the proper install/boot live options. But when I pick either one the disk spins for about 5 minutes then the screen shuts off and nothing happens until i restart. I've tried the USB live boot, but it will not start up either (Hardware)

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Submitted by xskl on 01/28/2013

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I have used Ubuntu before on my previous laptop, after getting a new laptop I would like to install Ubuntu onto it, but I'm running into some major issues.

Firstly when I put the boot disk in it loads up fine until it gets to the try ubuntu / install ubuntu menu, at this point it freezes.

I'm in a spot of trouble... Whenever I try to boot into the 11.10 live cd, it goes into the screen that asks me whether I want to try ubuntu, install, etc. whether I pick install or boot live session, my screen goes black, then has all these funky colours, and then shuts down. I tried booting with acpi=off and all the other boot parameters.

I have a dual boot of Win7 and Ubuntu on my HP laptop. I upgraded from Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 today and on restart I got a different black Grub screen instead of the usual purple one. (GNU GRUB version 1.99-21ubuntu3.1) Each boot option only returns error messages.

I have bought a new Windows 8 laptop and the first thing I wanted to do was clear Windows 8 and start afresh with Ubuntu. I downloaded ubuntu-secure-remix-12.10-64bit.iso and created a bootable USB stick (couldn't boot from DVD) and then proceeded to install it on my laptop. I did not go for a dual boot (seemed little point as I would never use Windows).

I just bought an HP Pavilion P7-1234 and I have never installed a Linux OS before, and I cannot get the Ubuntu install to even start. At boot up I put the install CD in and it won't start, I try to change the boot order to CD/DVD (I don't even know if it changed the boot order or if I can even change it at all)still won't start.

Hi,

I've been trying to boot and install from a live-CD of Fedora 17, on my laptop. The laptop is a HP g6-1150sd with an Radeon graphics-card. But after booting the live-CD, the screen goes black. Is there a boot-option I can give at start-up, so that I can eventually install from the live-CD?

So I have an old Toshiba Satellite laptop from 1999-2000 that I ran a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10 on. Everything seems to run fine from the Live CD, and the install process went without a hitch. However, after rebooting after the install, I get the error message:

NTLDR is missing Press any key to restart

I tried the boot-repair-disk LiveCD, and had no luck there.

I had installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a separate partition, in ext4 format in my comp, which initially had only Windows 7 .I had done the installation from a Live USB, which gave me the option Install on boot, in a GRUB menu. I had chosen the option of "Installing Ubuntu alongside Windows". I had chosed the particular partition duing the install, and in mount part, I had given "/".

Hello, i really hope this question hasn't been asked, i looked around and couldn't find the same problem. if so, please direct me to the thread that talks about it.

I have a toshiba satellite with windows 8 installed on it.