I had a similar problem. My fix was to burn a new ISO and Ubuntu 7.04 worked fine.
--- In [email protected], Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Start with the small stuff > > Check you boot order in the bios > Check you disc, make sure the burn was good, or burn another disc > > After doing this I would head over to the ubuntu forums and check them out. > > > On 5/1/07, relztrah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Because my dead-end job and teenage son don't provide me with > > adequate frustration, anger and disappointment, I decided to teach > > myself Linux. I was able to download and burn a Ubuntu Feist Fawn CD > > which supposedly is one of the easiest distros for newbies to cut > > their Linux teeth on. I put my CD in the drive, fire up the machine > > and eventually get the following screen: > > > > GRUB version 0.93 (~~~~~) > > > > [ minimal BASH-like line editing is supported...] > > > > grub > > > > > I hit TAB and get a list of commands, none of which makes any sense > > to a novice like me. Obviously I don't know the GRUB command syntax. > > Is there a tutorial for using GRUB? I am running an old Dell Optiplex > > with an Intel Celeron processor, 256MB of RAM. I want to make this an > > exclusively Linux machine--no dual boot necessary. I deleted the > > partitions before attempting to install Ubuntu so there is no vestige > > of Windows left on this machine. I can still boot to an A> prompt > > with a Windows boot floppy. > > > > Anyway, I don't want to get too specialized with my questions if this > > is not the correct forum. Perhaps there's another group specifically > > for Ubuntu. > > > > > > > > > > -- > We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created > them. -Einstein > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
