I had the exact same problem using Ubuntu 7.04 beta on a Dell Optiplex 320.
The Ubuntu live boot well (not the case for version 6.10). The Install goes ok: use the entire disk (sda) for Ubuntu install. Reboot Goes through bios Goes through grub; Grub menu can be accessed with the esc key Than pc hangs while displaying a blank screen with only the character _ blinking in the upper left corner. No messages from the kernel are displayed. No switch to graphical boot. I have tried a couple of things, including trying to switch to lilo but with no success, it seems the kernel has a problem booting on an sda disk. Could it be related to this bug: http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-desktops/2007-January/000148.html -- can't restart a desktop installation on i386 https://launchpad.net/bugs/79548 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
