The machine that I am posting this message from right now is a Compaq
laptop, and GRUB comes up in Silent Mode on it. I am running Hardy Herron,
and it is the only OS on my machine.

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 11:27 PM, Janaka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> I thought by default Ubuntu installed a "Safe mode" (single mode) boot
> option and an mem check  in addition to the default boot ?
> (I use Kubuntu, so it may be different!!!)
>
> On Oct 23, 12:52 pm, yyyc186 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > If I remember correctly, when Ubuntu is the only OS on the machine,
> > GRUB doesn't show you a menu until you have some fallback.  There is a
> > setting for "silent" in the GRUB configuration file.
> >
> > My guess is that GRUB is trying to load the operating system, but you
> > need NOAPIC or some such boot parameter.  Surf the Web and find the
> > location of the GRUB menu file, I don't know it off the top of my
> > head.  Boot from the CD, then edit the GRUB file and make sure it
> > isn't set to be SILENT.  That should get you a little farther.
> >
> > There was an ugly time in Wintel hardware a few years back where
> > everybody did something different with the A20 line and everyone had
> > their own APIC quirks.
> >
> > You should also look at your BIOS to check if SMART is enabled on the
> > drives as sometimes that causes problems.
> >
>


-- 
Rob Smith

Sent from a PC Running Debian GNU/Linux
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