Downlad a Cdrom from Ubuntu with the last version 9.10 and install it try to download alternate CD version ( is a text mode version , with more options at the moment of install )
Do you have separated / ( root ) and /home partitions ? If you have , only format / ( root) partition to save your home data in this way you can have an operating linu box quiqly and without lost any of your data Bronius 2010/1/24 April White <[email protected]> > My Ubuntu PC has been flakey lately. > > I booted it up after maybe two months and I only got a grey screen after > the system started. > > So I reinstalled everything, it worked, it confirmed to upgrade to 9.10 and > I accepted. > > Now it does not boot at all. Well it boots but then ABEND's. > > I saw a message about video flash by, so I searched the Web for info on my > monitor got a suggestion about adding "i915.modeset=0" to the kernel line of > the boot up process and within the grub menu list file. > > When I rebooted the video message was replaced by one about waiting for a > device. I thought it did not like the mount point I made to the WinXP PC so > I managed to get into a command line and restore the original version - > thank god for a backup file! > > But the reboot gave the same thing, waiting for a device. I only see this > message if I interrupt the boot process and get into the 'recovery' mode > boot up and let it run single lines (I think that is what I did). > > I found an Ubuntu blog which described my exact issue but the page did not > help. > (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mountall/+bug/483205) > > Are there any suggestions from the group? > > April > > -- > Eat well, stay fit, die any way. > > _______________________________________________ > Harbour mailing list (attachment size limit: 40KB) > [email protected] > http://lists.harbour-project.org/mailman/listinfo/harbour >
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