Live cd on an a Core Duo (first) Macbook

I am trying to boot the kubuntu Fiesty Fawn Herd 4 on my macbook. I get an error when it tries to boot. It says try running apic=debug or noapic.

Any ideas? Thanks, Hans

P.S. I am just trying to install it, I don't really want to only use the LIVECD aspect of it. Should i try the regular Ubuntu Fiesty Fawn Herd 4 live cd?

I read something in the Fawn subforum that herd 4 is having trouble booting. u might wanna look there.

Try this.. It worked with mine on Edgy..

To prevent a kernel panic which might occasionally occur, press F6 and enter one of the following parameters at the boot: prompt: lpj=8000000 (for 2 GHz MacBook) or lpj=7330000 (for 1.83 GHz MacBook) N.B.: It will automatically be applied to the installed system so you won't have to enter it manually ever again!

I also added this to my lilo.conf, just incase

append="lpj=8000000"

I have the 2 Ghz Macbook. If you have the 1.83 use lpj=7330000 instead.

I just tried doing what you said. I pressed F6 then it said Boot Options: so i typed.

lpj=8000000

It got further this time, now the error is as follows VFS: cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block(8,1) please append a correct "root=" boot option kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs onunknown-block(8,1)

Any ideas? Thanks for the help -Hans

Try using this instead after hitting F6 and Boot Options. Try with and without hw-detect/start_pcmcia=false

install lpj=8000000 hw-detect/start_pcmcia=false

I'll try that when I get home today. In the meantime, yesterday I tried to install kubuntu 6.10.

It installed but when I chose the linux partition from rEFIt (the osx bootloader) it booted to grub with just the

grub> _

With the _ blinking. What should i do? I know my / partition is /dev/sda3

Any ideas? Thanks -Hans

hansoffate said: my / partition is /dev/sda3

Ok, I think this migth work

When you boot onto GRUB, lets do

find /boot/grub/stage1
root (hd0,2)
setup(hd0,2)
quit

As you can see, the number for /dev/sda3 on GRUB is hd(0,2)

Use rEfit as boot manager, it's ok.

Then reboot (it migth be automatic ) and may you boot on Ubuntu