As you are bootig Hit esc and it should give you boot menue whith options on how you want to boot.
On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 6:22 PM, newmansan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm still a linux noob, and need a bunch of handholding. How do i boot > into recovery mode etc.? > > On Nov 2, 7:20 pm, newmansan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hoe do i boot into recovery mode? It doesn't seem to be one of the > > multitude of boot options. > > > > On Nov 2, 6:27 pm, "Dave Stroud SR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi im new to this group.But I have had that problem on install before. > You > > > can try booting in recovery mode and chose to pick fix broken fll es. > That > > > may finish installing the missing files. It shows you what to do. If > that > > > don't work you drop down to root and do sudo apt-get update and sudo > apt-get > > > upgrade. Hope this helps. > > > > > On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 4:41 PM, newmansan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Ok, I got the live CD working, and made a persistent install on a USB > > > > drive. It boots from USB fine, but an error message comes up saying > > > > something like "Gnome panel cannot do its thing because of a lack of > a > > > > database." The panels don't show up, either. Help? > > > > > > On Nov 2, 9:11 am, danielwong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > When burning the live cd, try burning it at speeds of 8x or slower > . > > > > > > > --daniel > > > > > > > On Nov 2, 10:17 am, newmansan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hey ubuntu guys. I'm a linux newbie here, but i finally decided > to > > > > > > take the plunge. I got the 8.10 iso and made a live CD the second > I > > > > > > could. I set my computer to boot from CD, and restart. The CD > splash > > > > > > screen pops up, but if I click on any of the options, my compy > > > > > > freezes. I've tried leaving it sitting for a while, and I've > tried all > > > > > > the other options, all to no avail. > > > > > > > > See, what I'm trying to do is create a persistant 8.10 install on > a > > > > > > 8GB thumbdrive. That way I can try out Ubuntu when I fancy it. > I've > > > > > > heard the easiest way to do this is by booting from the live Cd > and > > > > > > using the wizard. Help! > > > > > -- > > > dave stroud > > > -- dave stroud --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
