Special boot parameters of Live CD not carried over to installation
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: ubiquity
Kubuntu Karmic, 9.10
System information: CPU: Intel Core i5, Bios Version: 0711
On the computer specified above we were not able to start the Live CD correctly. It hanged during the booting process, leaving only a black screen with a blinking cursor.
Providing a special boot parameter via F6 at the Live CD prompt (acpi=off) allowed us to boot up the machine correctly. However, after a successful permanent installation onto the harddrive, the computer didn't boot up correctly (we ended up again at the cursors blinking on an otherwise black screen). In order to solve this problem, we had to manually provide the necessary boot parameter to Grub2 via the following procedure:
sudo fdisk -l (to list the devices)
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
sudo mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
sudo chroot /mnt
nano /etc/default/grub (add acpi=off to the GRUB_CMDLINE_
update-grub
sudo umount /mnt/dev
sudo umount /mnt
Given that Ubuntu states that it is Linux for human beings, we would have assumed that the Live CD installer would automatically take care of this situation and install Ubuntu to the the harddrive the way the Live CD was booted. The user could be warned during the permanent installation process about the necessary change to the Grub2 configuration and presented a choice if the installation should install with or without the provided special boot parameters.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Dec 23 10:42:00 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: ubiquity
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic x86_64
XsessionErrors: (polkit-
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.