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I decided to run Ubuntu in addition to Sabayon and Vista, but for some reason after I install it, when I try to boot into it, it goes through the ...
  1. 02-19-2009 #1
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    I decided to run Ubuntu in addition to Sabayon and Vista, but for some reason after I install it, when I try to boot into it, it goes through the loading screen fine, and then just gives me a blinking white cursor. I thought it was just loading, but I let it sit over night with no change. I tried reinstalling, and burning a new disc. I used a live CD, and the live version worked fine.
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    How do you have your triple-boot set up? Are the two versions of Linux sharing any partitions?
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    I have a 200 gig hard drive, and a 500 gig. The 200 is partitioned into 3 15 gig sections, 1 8 gig section, and the rest in one partition, and the 500 is one partition. I have Vista, Sabayon, and Ubuntu installed the 3 15s, and then the 8 as a swap. I plan on sharing the large partition from the 200, and the 500, but as of right now it is only visible through vista, as I haven't mounted the drives in Sabayon.
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    This probably isn't causing your problem, but I just wanted to point out that 8GB of swap is massive overkill. From your setup I would guess that you have a pretty beefy system with over 1GB of RAM. For that you will never need more than about 1GB of swap, if that. I personally would stick with 512MB. Any more than that is just wasted space, and if you do end up using it for whatever reason, swap space on a harddrive has significantly slower performance than RAM. It would only bog down your system.
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    I see you have tried burning another disk, but have you checked the MD5 of the image?

    If it isn't correct you should re-download the disk.

    If the MD5 is correct try using the alternate CD and if that doesn't work, do a base install and then use
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    apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
    If you are trying to use Ubuntu 8.10, try using 8.04. If you are trying to use 8.04, try to use 8.10 if the alternate disk idea doesn't work.
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    i tried the liveCD, then re downloaded it and burned it again, no luck. I'll try an older version or the alternate install.
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    what graphics card do you have?
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