I haven't used the system for some years (having ehthusiastically bought three M2NPV motherboards to set up my initial 7.04 system) through fear of contributing to the greenhouse by running the server (core) 365/24/7.
However, I still drop by from time to time to see how the enthusiasts are progressing.
"The time has come" caught my attention as the feedback indicates you have been making significant progress.
I decided to try again but came unstuck at step number one.
I have downloaded LMCE-1004-20121025233126610.iso and checked its md5 sum - all OK.
I've made four burns using Nero 11 from the slowest to fastest speed.
Every one refuses to boot giving the first Linux loading line and ending in boot:
If I input anything it states "unable to find kernel" or similar.
As I can't find any similar experiences in the forum I presume I've missed something very basic in the image burning process although I've burned and used the 8.10 install successfully during the same session.
I was hoping the 10.04 would avoid me having to do the r8111 workaround.
Can anyone help?