[Discuss] The T61p meets Kubuntu

[Steven Kurylo]

>     Thanks for the suggestions. For whatever reason 7.04 also came up
> black screen, and I wasn't willing to head into my archive of 6.xx
> ISO's. And based on my limited knowledge of single user mode, would I be
> wrong to assume you must first have actually installed the system? My
> problem was that I couldn't get as far as beginning the install process.
> The order was ... system echo, Kubuntu splash, system echo, brick.
> Sometimes I got as far x booting, but then brick.

Ahh, that makes more sense, its during the install.  Doesn't the
installer have an option to enter VGA mode on the boot menu?

I haven't checked the latest release but I assume Ubuntu still
publishes their alternative installer CDs.  You can do a text mode
install with them.
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Steven Kurylo