All right!! It seems to have fixed my issue :). Mem=1G allowed me to boot the amd64 installer.
----- Original Message ----- From: boun...@canonical.com <boun...@canonical.com> To: Spitz, Kyle Sent: Fri May 07 04:59:48 2010 Subject: [Bug 464710] Re: LiveCD freeze I've experienced the same problems with my Dell Optiplex 740 (BIOS 1.2.2). One of our eminent system engineers suggested that I should add "mem=1G" as a boot option. This made the Ubuntu 10.04 amd64 live cd boot with no problem. -- LiveCD freeze https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/464710 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of a duplicate bug. Status in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I have download the lastest LiveCD (http://releases.ubuntu.com/karmic/ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64.iso) Check with MD5sum, burn in 4X & burn 3 times ! (not on RW) I boot on this CD, I have choice to select 'live mode', 'install it' ... When I select any choice, it hangs on the blinking cursor "_" My Computer : DELL OPTIPLEX 740 To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/464710/+subscribe -- LiveCD freeze https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/464710 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs