Using Linux Mint 11 "Katya" - DVD (64-bit) as a Live CD and it simply won't boot. I've done an MD5 hash on the ISO it matches the website, also re-burnt the disk.
Problems:
a) I leave it to boot from live CD, I get the "Linux Mint 11" spash screen where it auto-boots or you select a layer. I chose "Start Linux Mint". It does the "Loading" for the two /casper/ things with lots of dots after them, then it says "Ready" below them, then the screen flashes a couple of times and the monitor goes off and stays off. Neither the DVD nor HDD are in use at this point. I've tried swapping to the built-in graphics card (different monitor too), but the same thing happens.
b) At the splash screen I chose "Start Linux Mint (compatibility mode)". This proceeds to do various things and I get a little scrolling text. It then stops and hangs at the following point. (didn't bother typing the numbers as I guess they're times - they're at 2.9s for the last item).
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usb 2-4: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3
ata6: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
nouveau 0000:00:0d.0 enablind device (0000 -> 0002)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LMC9] enabled at IRQ10
AMD Athlon 64 3800+
2gb RAM
ASRock N68C-S UCC
GeForce 6800
Works with WIndows 7 (though it did hang a couple of times during install).
Doesn't work with Ubuntu either (same as item (a))
Windows XP doesn't install either (hangs early in the setup). So now I'm thinking hardware issue. Any ideas? Does the "compatability mode" bit give any indications what it might be?
Thanks