I am trying to build 10.04 on an i386/2.5GHz box that has been running
Debian for years. I really like the look and feel of 10.04 so decided
to go that way.

Issues:
Downloaded the desktop iso, burn the cd, boot. All I get on the screen
is two small icons centered in the bottom. Nothing else happens most of
the time. Sometimes if I hit <CR> at just the right time, I get the
language screen and can then proceed to the main menu. From here the
install option does nothing. A little disk activity initially, then it
just stops. Dead.

So - try the alternate iso. Download, burn, boot - it seems to run all
the way through the install. But - the system will not boot. A bit of
disk activity then nothing. Ever. Grrrrr. Menu options presented are
2.6.32-21. Recovery mode will not boot either.

FYI - I have also tried loading 9.10 (which loads just fine) and then
updating to 10.04. The results are similar. There are two options
presented on the boot menu (sorry for not taking notes here but I think
the main option was 32-22 and the alternate was 32-21), the first one
does not work at all, the second gives a bunch of errors and then the
system comes up. It looks current.

I have checked the BIOS and it is current. Not sure what else to do
other than revert back to Debian which I'd rather not do.


I have tried the "repair" mode, thinking I may have a grub issue, but
grub only installs on /dev/sda. I get errors on sda1, etc.