Hi, this is my first attempt at installing Linux, and at first, it appeared to go well. It didn't like my DVD drive, but I swapped it for an older one during install. I installed Linux on an old 40 gig IDE hard drive I had, and all appeared to be well.
However, then I attempted to boot. Grub showed Linux and Windows, and I chose the Linux default. All appeared fine, it loaded up, and then it was time to log in. I type my password in and log in. However, isntead of showing the box with Ubuntu and loading (as I've seen from running the Live disk on another computer), it shows some wierd corrupted box that is the wrong size and is really small. So I reboot after waiting a while. Now, I choose Ubuntu again. Same thing as before.
Thinking the third time is the charm, I load it once again. Oh, the third time is a charm alright! Linux says "Loading modules" for a few seconds and then stops. The loading screen goes away and it says something to the effect of "/dev/hda does not exist" and something about jobs. I'm then able to type in commands (which doesn't help me as I don't know the commands). The BIOS shows the hard drive. Windows doesn't.
My computer:
Athlon 64 3700+
DFI Lanparty nf4 SLI-DR (or something like that)
1 gb of Corsair value RAM
Sony DVD drive
300 gb Maxtor SATA drive
40 gb Maxtor IDE drive
Other things of note: IDE hard drive and DVD drive are not on the same cable, as the cable does not reach that far in my case. They are on two different IDE controllers. HDD is set to slave (however it was able to boot to the messed up screen in slave before it magically disappeared), DVD is a master. Ubuntu Linux is the latest version, compiled for AMD64.
Please help!
However, then I attempted to boot. Grub showed Linux and Windows, and I chose the Linux default. All appeared fine, it loaded up, and then it was time to log in. I type my password in and log in. However, isntead of showing the box with Ubuntu and loading (as I've seen from running the Live disk on another computer), it shows some wierd corrupted box that is the wrong size and is really small. So I reboot after waiting a while. Now, I choose Ubuntu again. Same thing as before.
Thinking the third time is the charm, I load it once again. Oh, the third time is a charm alright! Linux says "Loading modules" for a few seconds and then stops. The loading screen goes away and it says something to the effect of "/dev/hda does not exist" and something about jobs. I'm then able to type in commands (which doesn't help me as I don't know the commands). The BIOS shows the hard drive. Windows doesn't.
My computer:
Athlon 64 3700+
DFI Lanparty nf4 SLI-DR (or something like that)
1 gb of Corsair value RAM
Sony DVD drive
300 gb Maxtor SATA drive
40 gb Maxtor IDE drive
Other things of note: IDE hard drive and DVD drive are not on the same cable, as the cable does not reach that far in my case. They are on two different IDE controllers. HDD is set to slave (however it was able to boot to the messed up screen in slave before it magically disappeared), DVD is a master. Ubuntu Linux is the latest version, compiled for AMD64.
Please help!