I have a further problem now. After having successfully installed Ubuntu 9.04, when I try to boot into 8.04, it stops part way through saying the file system check died, and I have to press CTRL-D to continue. When it loads the login screen, it is in a low graphics mode and the mouse does not work.
I then restart the PC and the same thing happens, now several times. I need to boot into 8.04 as that's where all my software is installed as I have important work to do. Eventually I put everything into 9.04, but for now it would take too long to get that ready to use, but with 8.04 not booting properly, it is a real nuisance. How can I get 8.04 to boot properly? David King >I am having a problem in Ubuntu 8.04. When I boot up, it sometimes pauses and >shows the text output, and it is stopped on activating the network card. > >When I get logged in to Ubuntu 8.04, I no longer have any internet access. I >have two ethernet cards, and last night, one gave me access but the one I >normally use did not. Today neither give me access. > >I decided to boot the PC from an Ubuntu 9.04 CD and using the live CD I could >get access to the internet without difficulty. I decided to install this into >a spare partition, but I was surprised during the installation that it stated >that there was no operating system already installed. > >However, it did allow me to copy settings from Firefox from my existing >installation. But once installed, none of my Firefox settings are there in >Firefox in Ubuntu 9.04. > >Also, the GRUB boot menu only shows Ubuntu 9.04 and not 8.04 as well, even >though it is installed. > >Seems like the Ubuntu 9.04 installation program needs some fixing in order to >recognise the earlier Ubuntu already installed. > >But I do not understand why my 8.04 installation no longer wants to connect to >the internet. The network settings still show both ethernet cards connected, >both set to DHCP. > >David King > >-- >[email protected] >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
