I'm converting!!!!

[Tom Wilson]

On Thu, 2007-05-24 at 14:42 -0700, Robert and Rene Hemus wrote:
> I knew you wouldn't elieve it.  Im in Kilgore, Texas.  I'm trying to
> convert my youngest Grandson to Linux.  We've got Ubuntu & Kbuntu 6.06. 
> He just left to get fitted for a tux for his big brother's wedding.  So I
> can't give you any hardwaw specs.  But when we try to boot the Linux CDs
> they both stall just after loading the drivers, et all.  The Kbuntu seems
> to go a bit farther??  It stalls with a blank screen and a small
> unblinking cursur in the upper left hand corner.  I haven't tried the Safe
> Mode, yet.  Try that know.  Using an old Kubuntu live disk to send this.
> Bob

Try a newer version if possible.  Also, look at the boot options,
sometimes scaling back the video fixes that problem.  I also had to add
an ide=nodma  to the boot options recently to install Ubuntu on and
older pc that was doing what you described above.  

HTH,

Tom Wilson