Ok few things to clarify. What you guys mean by "Silent Mode" is the "hiddenmenu" option on Grub (have a look at /boot/grub/menu.lst). Just because you cant see a Grub menu does NOT mean that there is no menu or that the menu has no other options on it. All it means is that the menu is hidden from you and the default boot option on the menu is used. To see the menu all you have to do is press ESC, at grub start. The Grub menu options does NOT have to be different OSs/kernels. The "Safe/Recovery Mode" I talked about uses the same kernel with the "single" option (run level single user mode [http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Runlevel]). And when I said "I use Kubuntu, so it may be different!!!", I did NOT mean that they are different under the bonnet. What I meant was that some of the default options (such as grub menu) for U vs K, COULD be different because they are targeted at different audience.
Cheers Janaka On Oct 24, 9:25 am, "Rob Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > An Open Source alternative to the Microsoft Taxhttp://www.debian.org/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ubuntu Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntulinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
