Okay, so, I will just get right into it.
I've successfully loaded Ubuntu on my wife's Toshiba Satellite (Live Mode) and everything worked fine. Networking was okay, etc. It was beautiful. I go to load and install on mine (which is the exact same model laptop) and after the Ubuntu load screen, it goes to what I can only describe as a display malfunction. Sometimes it's speckled white and blue bars, sometimes just what looks like a starfield. The two laptops are identical in every way except the HDDs. My wife's laptop is stock from top to botton, whereas mine had a major mechanical failure in the hard drive thus I had to replace it. Granted, it is a smaller and slightly older hard drive (2011ish, and only 160Gb) I did have Ubuntu 12.04 installed on it, running inside a restored and modified desktop. Ill mention that I did wipe and format the drive before restoring my Windows 8 OS onto it.
At any rate, I'd like to ask what could be the problem? Is it possible that the hard drive is causing some kind of failure upon loading? I've checked the BIOS settings on both laptops to ensure they match. SecureBoot is disabled. I be so confused. I would <3 running Ubuntu alongside my W8 OS, and maybe replace W8 over time.
I've got a few more troubleshooting options to try, but I would greatly appreciate some feedback and suggestions before venturing.
Thanks in advance!
~GtrStitch
EDIT - 13.10, not 13.04 :S
I've successfully loaded Ubuntu on my wife's Toshiba Satellite (Live Mode) and everything worked fine. Networking was okay, etc. It was beautiful. I go to load and install on mine (which is the exact same model laptop) and after the Ubuntu load screen, it goes to what I can only describe as a display malfunction. Sometimes it's speckled white and blue bars, sometimes just what looks like a starfield. The two laptops are identical in every way except the HDDs. My wife's laptop is stock from top to botton, whereas mine had a major mechanical failure in the hard drive thus I had to replace it. Granted, it is a smaller and slightly older hard drive (2011ish, and only 160Gb) I did have Ubuntu 12.04 installed on it, running inside a restored and modified desktop. Ill mention that I did wipe and format the drive before restoring my Windows 8 OS onto it.
At any rate, I'd like to ask what could be the problem? Is it possible that the hard drive is causing some kind of failure upon loading? I've checked the BIOS settings on both laptops to ensure they match. SecureBoot is disabled. I be so confused. I would <3 running Ubuntu alongside my W8 OS, and maybe replace W8 over time.
I've got a few more troubleshooting options to try, but I would greatly appreciate some feedback and suggestions before venturing.
Thanks in advance!
~GtrStitch
EDIT - 13.10, not 13.04 :S