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yock
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September 3rd, @10:31AM

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Re: Ubuntu Live CD do this for me? Backup HD on bad HD?

said by markopoleo See Profile :

Knoppic live CD worked without any problems at all. did the trick nicely. thanks jimkyle

synnack..I did list the errors, but edited post because no use trying to figure out so many errors.

Most involved kernel panic IO errors, one just crashed with random garble on screen, etc. I mentioned to brother and he said he had same problems with Ubuntu. Its not user error, its OS error.

anyway problem solved.
The liklihood that the OS is at fault is remote. More than likely you have some failing hardware or you're overclocked beyond tolerances. Both situations can produce kernel panics.

markopoleo

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Yes its remote, remote that 3 different computers with modern hardware not working with a OS in the year 2007 is remote../sarcasm

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said by markopoleo See Profile :

Yes its remote, remote that 3 different computers with modern hardware not working with a OS in the year 2007 is remote../sarcasm
Knoppix is a better live CD than Ubuntu because it was made to be used as a live CD. It is odd that you would have such problems on three pc. I still use Windows cause I have licenses for them, otherwise I would just use Linux completely.


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said by markopoleo See Profile :

Yes its remote, remote that 3 different computers with modern hardware not working with a OS in the year 2007 is remote../sarcasm
I'd be interested to know what those three computers have in common, and so would Ubuntu. I'd also be interested in knowing if the CD you burned was in good shape. Did you check the md5 of the image before burning it?

I've installed Ubuntu countless times on countless PCs with very few issues. That you experience such difficulty in such a small environment is a statistical outlier and must be indicative of some extraordinary circumstance.


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To be fair (or whatever) Ubuntu does seem to have some odd behavior when comparing the livecd environment to the installed one. Seems mostly related to the kernels being a bit different or certain modules missing on the livecd perhaps or just the general method of booting with the livecd that differs enough to cause some driver issues. I think Ubuntu has good kernel support for hardware the devs have and basic support for the odd hardware the people whine enough about but there's still some poorly supported areas due to lack of testing or personal (ie freeeeedom) reasons perhaps.

I had to quit using my intel G965 video and go back to an nvidia card because there seemed to be only a desire to make basic support work and laptop support work with nothing much being done for desktops with permanent multiple displays. This was partly an upstream problem also but the "wait 6 months" and see if it works is a bit silly when that 6 months is 25% or more of the expected life of the hardware. One shouldn't have to wait in six month intervals for a new release to get support for new hardware especially when it's the video hardware.

Now not knowing what this issue here is it is hard to say what the cause or solutions is but something common with the hardware would be a good guess.
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