Chapter 5. Booting the Installation System

Table of Contents

5.1. Booting the Installer on 64-bit PC

5.1.1. Booting from USB Memory Stick

5.1.2. Booting from a CD-ROM

5.1.3. Booting from Linux using LILO or GRUB

5.1.4. Booting with TFTP

5.1.5. The Boot Screen

5.2. Accessibility

5.2.1. Installer front-end

5.2.2. USB Braille Displays

5.2.3. Serial Braille Displays

5.2.4. Software Speech Synthesis

5.2.5. Hardware Speech Synthesis

5.2.6. Board Devices

5.2.7. High-Contrast Theme

5.2.8. Zoom

5.2.9. Preseeding

5.2.10. Accessibility of the installed system

5.3. Boot Parameters

5.3.1. Boot console

5.3.2. Ubuntu Installer Parameters

5.3.3. Using boot parameters to answer questions

5.3.4. Passing parameters to kernel modules

5.3.5. Blacklisting kernel modules

5.4. Troubleshooting the Installation Process

5.4.1. CD-ROM Reliability

5.4.2. Boot Configuration

5.4.3. Software Speech Synthesis

5.4.4. Common 64-bit PC Installation Problems

5.4.5. Interpreting the Kernel Startup Messages

5.4.6. Reporting Installation Problems

5.4.7. Submitting Installation Reports