No I didn’t … if you remember correctly, you said “9.10 Jaunty” … I pointed out 9.10 was Karmic … and YOU said, “it must be Karmic then”.
Did I? Do apologies if I did. Got me a new P/S2 keyboard AND 10 blank-CD’s to stock up in case I need 'em. Time to go put Ubuntu 12.04 server on the NAS. 
Good luck 
Not a happy bunny. I select the language, and then “Install Ubuntu Server” after that all I get is a black blank screen. 
I tried editing the boot stanza, but it never showed nothing when I boot from that.
I left it for half an hour thinking it’s probably doing background checks, but nope no progress.
Is it a bad burn, or just not my day?
Dunno … is there an option to “check disk for defects” in the server edition ?
Yeah I think so, I’ll see what’s what. If it all else fails, I’ll just burn it again and hope that it works. Otherwise I’ll turn into Vegeta from Dragonball Z and go berserk.
Could this be a backlight issue? Have you got an Intel GPU?
You could try:
Older Intel video card: i915.modeset=1 or i915.modeset=0
or
nVidia: nomodeset
Generic: xforcevesa
Yeh, would be handy to know more about the hardware.
You could always attach the output from:
sudo lshw
Hardware list:
bally-server
description: Desktop Computer
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop cpus=1 uuid=D7C4F2D2-ED8D-11DA-A046-0013D44D1810
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: D102GGC2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
version: AAD42789-202
serial: BTGC62101KP0
slot: Base Board Chassis Location
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.66GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 0
bus info: cpu@0
version: 15.4.9
serial: 0000-0F49-0000-0000-0000-0000
size: 2666MHz
capacity: 4GHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 133MHz
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx x86-64 constant_tsc up pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl tm2 cid cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
configuration: id=0
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 1
slot: Unknown
size: 16KiB
capacity: 16KiB
capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back data
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 2
slot: Unknown
size: 256KiB
capacity: 256KiB
capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back unified
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 3
version: GC11020M.86A.1065.2006.0502.1638 (05/02/2006)
size: 64KiB
capacity: 448KiB
capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb zipboot biosbootspecification netboot
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 14
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 2GiB
capacity: 2GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM DDR [empty]
physical id: 0
slot: DIMM0
*-bank:1
description: DIMM DDR [empty]
physical id: 1
slot: DIMM1
*-bank:2
description: DIMM DDR [empty]
physical id: 2
slot: DIMM2
*-bank:3
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 533 MHz (1.9 ns)
product: 0x3136485446323536363441592D3636374531
vendor: 0x2C00000000000000
physical id: 3
serial: 0xE21063E0
slot: DIMM3
size: 2GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 533MHz (1.9ns)
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: Radeon Xpress 200 Host Bridge
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
configuration: latency=64
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: RS480 PCI Bridge
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master cap_list
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200]
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:01:05.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=64 mingnt=8
*-ide:0
description: IDE interface
product: IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 11
bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0
logical name: scsi1
version: 80
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm msi bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=sata_sil latency=64 module=sata_sil
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: DVDRAM_GSA-H60N
vendor: HL-DT-ST
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom4
logical name: /dev/cdrw4
logical name: /dev/dvd4
logical name: /dev/dvdrw4
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
logical name: /media/cdrom0
version: CA01
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,nosuid,nodev,utf8 state=mounted status=ready
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/cdrom4
logical name: /media/cdrom0
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,nosuid,nodev,utf8 signature=012d07f7 state=mounted
*-volume UNCLAIMED
description: Hidden HPFS/NTFS partition
physical id: 1
capacity: 677MiB
capabilities: primary bootable hidden
*-ide:1
description: IDE interface
product: IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
version: 80
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=sata_sil latency=64 module=sata_sil
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 13
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0
version: 80
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 13.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.1
version: 80
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 13.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.2
version: 80
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=64 module=ehci_hcd
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: IXP SB400 SMBus Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
version: 82
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
configuration: driver=piix4_smbus latency=0 module=i2c_piix4
*-ide:2
description: IDE interface
product: IXP SB400 IDE Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.1
logical name: scsi4
version: 80
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide msi bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=pata_atiixp latency=64
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: ST340015A
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 3.01
serial: 5LAMYB01
size: 37GiB (40GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=949f949f
*-volume:0
description: EXT3 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: 335868a1-14ef-46a9-88b0-dd06c54ca63a
size: 35GiB
capacity: 35GiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files ext3 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2012-04-04 22:44:44 filesystem=ext3 modified=2012-04-12 16:29:59 mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2012-04-12 16:26:50 state=mounted
*-volume:1
description: Extended partition
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
size: 1608MiB
capacity: 1608MiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sda5
capacity: 1608MiB
capabilities: nofs
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=64 module=snd_hda_intel
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
version: 80
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.4
version: 80
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:02:02.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:16:76:80:13:b5
size: 10MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=half latency=64 link=no maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 module=8139too multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
logical name: pan0
serial: e6:a5:c1:16:91:be
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
There’s actually 3GB of RAM installed, but it’s only noticing around 2GB of it.
Looking at your results the “product: RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200]” should be supported (Have same on laptop Xpress 200M)
Also the missing ram could have been allocated to the GPU in bios.
Just an other thought, I had this same problem not that long ago when tried to run a 64bit live distro on a 32bit computer.
Screen just gone blank after the boot option was selected. No blinking cursor or anything else.
Well it’s the 32-bit ISO on the disc, so kinda confused.
If that’s where the missing RAM is going then that’s alright. Just hope it hasn’t grown legs and walked. Lol.
Have you tried removing that extra memory stick ? … which doesn’t seem right to me, I can’t see the mobo allocating 1GB+ to the GFX card on an older system
Have you tried the boot options?
For ATI you could add to boot options:
radeon.modeset=0
As for the missing ram it appears that the motherboard D102GGC2 can only support up to 2 GiB
*-memory description: System Memory physical id: 14 slot: System board or motherboard size: 2GiB capacity: 2GiB
The video appears to be on board Integrated ATI Radeon Xpress 200 with
up to 128 MB of shared video memory
SeZo’s right … the MoBo only supports 2GB RAM (well spotted BTW)
See the spec sheet:
http://downloadmirror.intel.com/15112/eng/D102GGC2_TechProdSpec.pdf
So ditch the other stick.
and as he says, try adding radeon.modeset=0 as a kernel boot parameter.
Kernel boot parameter didn’t work. Think I’ll just put 11.10 server on it instead and then upgrade once it’s offically released. 
In other news: I think when my electricity cut-out this morning it’s damaged the MoBo. It won’t boot up into the hard-drives, but even worse and pretty worryingly, it won’t boot up into the BIOS.
Just hangs at the Mobo bootloader screen.
So I’ve pulled out the PSU and changed the cables. Put in another PSU and still the same problem. Also took out the extra stick. Nothing.
Gonna leave it off for a while and try again later.
This has been nothing but trouble.
If you disconnect EVERYTHING from the MoBo … hard drives/floppy drives/Optical dirves/sound card/modem/etc. … and leave just what’s necessary to access the BIOS … gfx card/mobo/keyboard … can you access the BIOS now ?
If not … with everything that’s unnecessary still disconnected, try a BIOS reset.
Ok I think I’ve found what’s up. It looks as if that because the hardware the NAS runs on, Ubuntu 12.04 looks as if it doesn’t support it anymore. So I think I’ll probably be best downloading the Lucid Server LTS as it will probably work.
The 12.04 Beta 2 disc is fine, I checked it with my lappy and my brothers and both said “Disc is valid”.
Mobo seems fine as well, just doesn’t like the disc at times.
Could it possibly be the CD/DVD drive in the NAS box … but yeh you try 10.04 and an upgrade.
Can you answer me a question … is “quiet splash” still part of the server edition kernel boot line ?
And if so, have you removed it to try get a cue as to what’s going on ?
Is there an alternate install disk for the server edition ?
Ubuntu Lucid Lynx Server i.e. 10.04 Server installed perfectly fine. :o
Although I have one problem. The network.
I accidentally selected manually configure later, and now I can’t get updates from the repos.
I’ve tried setting it manually following the guide on the Ubuntu Wiki -
https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/network-configuration.html
i’m on a local-loopback according to ifconfig
I also noticed that lshw shows that the network is disabled, but whenever I try to enable it manually using sudo ifup eth0 I get the output:
Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0Hardware list;
sudo lshw -C network-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet Interface
product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor CO., Ltd.
physical id: 2
bus info: pci0000 : 02 : 02 : 0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:16:76:00:13:b5
size: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33 MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.20 duplex=full latency=64 maxlatency=64 link=yes mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
resources: irq:21 ioport:1000(size256) memory:a00000000-a00000ff
No quite-splash isn’t in the parameter anymore, instead it’s just – quite
What are the contents of:
sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
and
sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf
What static IP do you want to give it, and what is your routers IP ?