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Submitted by youssef on Sun, 17/02/2008 - 17:17.
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I am trying to install Ubuntu 7.1 . Each time I reboot and insert the CD , Ubuntu logo appears on the screen but nothing happen and the laptop freezes . that's my fourth time with different downloads and always had problems starting the CD . Any ideas??

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Press CTRL-ALT-F1 to see

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Submitted by ShErbO on Sun, 17/02/2008 - 20:21.

Press CTRL-ALT-F1 to see at what point the system stops. There should be an error message.

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Try This

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Submitted by d770116 on Mon, 18/02/2008 - 13:44.

press (Esc) when the boot menu is shown

and edit the kernel image line by adding

acpi=off hpet=off

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