RESOLVED-Can't Boot microwatt64

[davec51]

I tried putting Microwatt64 on both a DVD and a thumb drive (unetbootin and dd process). In all cases the boot is interrupted with the message, "Authentication Failure." Even if I knew the password, I don't know how to give it during the boot process. I'm using the LXDE WattOS with pleasure.
Any help will be appreciated.

[blaze]

Please be more specific, when does the "Authentication Failure" message appear during boot? The live session of wattOS does not request any password.

[davec51]

Thanks for replying.
 I'm booting from a live DVD on a Dell Optiplex GX520, 64-bit mathine.
Shortly after the boot begins, the screen resolves to black with a small (about 1/6 the screen size) rectangle with a repeated "U" pattern. After about 40 seconds total into the boot, the text "Authentication failure" appears eleven times in that rectangle. Then the process stops, requiring reboot.

[blaze]

Start all over, download the iso again. Check the md5 sum, and retry. Probably something wrong with your downloaded iso.

[davec51]

I downloaded again and installed with Unetbootin to a thumb drive. Again 11 instances of "Authentication failure." I'm concluding that this version is not for me and sticking to LXDE, which I like very much.
Thanks again for your effort.

[blaze]

Ok, no  worry, tested the 32bit in vbox today. Booted fine into live mode. 

[teejay]

@davec51
Your description of the block of U rings a bell - I recall that happening in earlier versions.   From memory, which means I don't have a URL reference, the typical solutions were to :
- check the MD5 sum of the downloaded iso for integrity (and re-download if necessary, as Blaze suggested),
- burn the CD/DVD as slowly as possible rather than using the burner's max or auto speed settings, and
- press F6 after the boot begins and choose the "nomodeset" option (or add that to the boot codes if that's the method that's offered)

As a guess : if the above gives you no joy, search for <your Dell model>  and  Ubuntu  in your preferred search engine. 

[blaze]

^Good suggestions teejay. davec51, did you try out the 32bit iso?