I did a memtest and it appears I have a faulty ram. I suppose this is the problem.
Does it make sense, even if the EFI setup worked and the USB booting works? On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Jad <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a lenovo Y500 > > I am trying to install some flavour of GNU/Linux on it. > I tried: > - Ubuntu 12.10 > - Ubuntu 12.04 > - Mint 14 > - Arch > > I changed the boot mode to "legacy" (no EFI). > I wiped out the hard disks as I am not interested in windows 8 > > The PC contains two hard disks: > one 12Gigs SSD > one 1T HDD > > I tried each of the distros above: > - on the SSD, using MBR > - on the SSD, using GPT > - on the HDD, using MBR > - on the HDD, using GPT > GPT partitioning scheme was done following the advice in the Arch wiki. > > In all cases, and regardless of setup, I always end up booting in a > black screen. > If I keep "shift" pressed, all I see is "GRUB loading." (note the single dot) > > In the case of Arch, I also tried an EFI setup which after lots of > pain finally worked, as I was guided by a nice knowledgeable guy on #archlinux > But it turns out my graphical card does not in EFI mode. So I am back > to point 0. > > I've been googling for a week, but "GRUB loading." yields absolutely > nothing. I can't find a single person who has the same problem as I > have. On internet, people have advised me to try nomodeset etc, but I > can't access grub to change anything. > > A good bunch of people have been really nice and trying to be helpful, > but in the end, all advice ends up being: > - check your memory (which I don't think applies, since the EFI setup worked) > - check your distro's MD5 (all checked) > - reinstall GRUB (reinstalled a million times) > - check that protected boot is off (it is, and EFI is off anyway) > - check that your hard disks are/are not in HCI mode (I tried both for > every installation trial) > > People don't seem to understand I can't even get to the GRUB menu. > Since I was unable to find the exact string "GRUB loading.", it leads > me to think that GRUB is freezing while trying to write "GRUB > loading..." > But I am new to all this, so I don't really know. > > I have spent now 5 full days on this, almost not sleeping. It is > driving me crazy. > I don't even understand how to debug this, since it just stops at stage 0. > Any kind of help would be deeply appreciated. > > Thanks in advance for any pointer you might have _______________________________________________ Help-grub mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-grub
