Ubuntu :: Won't Boot From CD/DVD After Running?
Aug 31, 2010
I am posting here in hopes of getting some assistance with a problem I have been having. I have been running Ubuntu on my Dell Inspiron 1420 laptop, but I recently decided to try Windows 7. Windows 7 would not boot from CD/DVD as long as Ubuntu was still on the computer, so I completely reformatted the hard drive and tried to install it again. The computer would still not boot from the CD/DVD drive, even after removing Ubuntu. I have gone into the BIOS and changed the boot order so that CD/DVD is listed as number one, but it still will not work. I have also used F12 and selected boot from CD/DVD but this did not work either.
The Windows 7 disc works fine on other machines, so I know it's not a problem with the physical disc. The hard drive has been completely debugged and zeroed out. The funny thing is, the Ubuntu disc will boot from the CD drive just fine, but other discs won't work. I have tried to boot a Windows 7 and Windows XP disc but neither will work. In both instances I get "press any key to continue" but when I press a key nothing happens. I feel this has something to do with the Ubuntu, as my computer would boot from this drive with no issues before I used Ubuntu.I have spent several days trying to solve this problem to no avail.
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Apr 20, 2011
I recently got a second-hand ProLiant DL380 G3. Currently it has no storage on it. So I was wondering, if and how I could run Ubuntu Server 10.10 (or any free server distro really) from PXE boot until I can get a hard drive. After I get the drive I will also need to install it using PXE as well.
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Aug 9, 2011
I am using a small ubuntu command-line only distro (Ubuntu Mini Remix) to run off of a LiveCD or USB stick. I need it to run a program as root as soon as it is finished booting, automatically. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to make it run my program. I have tried putting a script into rc2.d (when I type runlevel at the command line, it tells me it is level 2) that simply contained:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
qct
(qct is the name of my program)
I did the chmod u+x on the script. It does not run my program, though. I have no idea if it was a naming issue or not. I do not understand the naming scheme.When it boots, and doesn't run my program, I can type sudo qct at the command prompt and it runs fine.
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Apr 28, 2010
How do you actually install ubuntu? I cant figure it out, its nothing like windows! I download the unetbootin to make a boot usb drive.. I did that but when it boots it ask goes blue with a thing flash default. Then it asks me to press tab, when I do that it comes with a cmd. What should a write? If I click esc on the keyboard it brings a cmd line. If I write like E:dir it says kernel invalid. What is a cmd that runs the cd on a boot for ubuntu. How hard is to install it??
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May 22, 2010
when I tried to boot into my PC yesterday, it would run through the normal loading process until it got to the login screen. There it loaded the splash screen,but the login box never comes up. I have rebooted several times, tried recovery, and run several reconfigure gdm options I have seen on the forums. Nothing seems to work.
I have restarted gdm, it goes back to the same screen again. If I startx, I was able to get to a desktop with several things missing, and unable to go into anything that required sudo permission. Also, the shutdown and restart optons were grayed out in the menu.
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Jul 9, 2010
My girlfriend accidentally removed the power from the computer and now i cant boot up. I just get Ubuntu is running in low-graphics mode and than:
0 run ubuntu in low-graphics mode for just one session
0 reconfigure graphics
0 troubleshoot error
0 exit to console
0 restart x
the only thing im able to do is boot up in terminal mode. i have tried google and found nothing that worked.
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Dec 6, 2010
There was windows 7 Home Basic pre installed onto Hcl Desktop at my Office, then I installed ubuntu 10.04 to it, everything was ok untill I restarted. When I select windows 7 from dual boot, it takes me back to dual boot grub page. So I did inserted Windows 7 cd and restored windows by this
Code:
bootrec.exe /fixboot
Now only windows 7 is working and booting. I want ubuntu 10.04 on the dual boot, how and what is exact method of recovering ubuntu without harming windows 7? Is it with ubuntu 10/04 cd?? If i do live cd and restore grub, will windows 7 work?? I haven't given any details of hd0 and root, i'll manage, just tell the procedure.
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Jan 16, 2011
I have a small but annoying problem... I have two scripts that I want to run automatically one at boot and one at shutdown. For the one at boot I tried to put it in rc.local or to create a file in /etc/init.d/ based on the others files in the folder but nothing worked... I need it to run system-wide and not once a specific user is logged in.
For the script at shutdown I don't know how to do it but it can be user specific or system-wide I don't really care. I am running Ubuntu 10.10 64bits with kernel 2.6.35-24-generic
PS. I should add that when executed manually both scripts works perfectly well and I don't need those script to run continuously in the background, just run and quit.
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Apr 2, 2011
I have a jar file which runs as the server with a GUI in my machine and if that starts up i can control my machine with the client in my android phone through LAN. Manually everything works fine if i login and start the server.
What I want to do
1) The server(jar file) should be started at boot
2) This should be available to all users irrespective of who is logged in and if multiple users are logged in simultaneously.
What I have already tried
1) I have tried to add this to the Startup Applications but it does not work always due to some reason after switching between users but even if it works thats not the solution i need because these settings are for a specific user and works after login
2) I tried adding this to rc.local file, but does not work when i login with any user, not sure why. I also tried putting them into all the runlevels (rc*.d folders), but nothing seems to be working. I am not quite sure if i understand how these methods work but when i did boot the server was not there.
3) Manually if i run the jar and switches the user with the first user still logged in, then the server is as good as not running for the second, but if i try to run the jar again, it fails because there is already a process which is running but for first user. If I switch back to first user i have the server.
The Files
1) I have the jar file to execute in /usr/local/bin/
2) I have a shell script in /etc/init.d/ which executes the java - jar command
3) I have the links to rc*.d for all runlevels for the above script
Nothing in the above seems to be working. I just need one process running for all the users, but i never could see the server starting on startup. If I manually start the server its only available to the user who started it.
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Feb 25, 2010
Have been using Karmic kaola for a few months on my toshiba tecra laptop..as of yesterday unable to boot up..all I get is a black screen on start up with no further activity..no bios menu etc..the led lights up for the power source and occasionally lights up on the hard drive which seems to make some noise as if trying to function...did connect it up to an external monitor which displayed the start up toshiba logo but then came up with the message error: "invalid enviroment block" unable to load default boot entries.am wondering if 1. there is a fault with the grub set up?2. Something more serious as my laptop screen refuses to function?3. Will I be able to retrieve my hard drive data using ubuntu live cd connected to an external monitor?
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Jun 30, 2010
Essentially the title says it all. I have windows 7 installed and have no problems with virtual mode but how would I go about having the computer boot into ubuntu (KDE) then boot the virtual machine only to follow with seamless mode? I don't care if I can see the process work, by that I mean the booting of windows.
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Aug 12, 2010
I recently attempted to set up my laptop (Sony Vaio VGN FS850) to dual boot Windows XP Professional and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. I set everything up following this tutorial: [URL]
When I try to boot into Ubuntu though, it took me 17 minutes to get to a workable desktop. And once I was there it takes about 3 minutes to open an application like OpenOffice. Everything runs at decent speeds once it is open but that is still ridiculously slow speeds. I was expecting the 15 second boot times that I had heard about.
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Jan 14, 2011
I have a Asus EEE Box EB1007-W0067 running as htpc in my livingroom. Due to the limited hardware in the box i'm running Ubuntu server with a minimal xorg-xserver installation. The system autoinlogs into the xbmc user and spawns a xserver only running XBMC. Slim,fast and no fuzz . So far i'm realy happy about the setup. 1080p? no problem.
However, since there is no Spotify Addon for XBMC yet (in development but still way to buggy to use in a none development enviroment) i have to fallback to running Spotify native. And here comes the problem; I can't start Spotify in XBMC because XBMC will run it in the background. And since my wife must be able to use the system i've to come out with something easy to use. Is it possible to make ubuntu-server to boot into 2 diffrent X-Displays. One running XBMC and one running Spotify, i think my wife (and others) would be able to switch displays with ctr-alt-F7/F8.
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Feb 18, 2010
I'm a little bit stuck and in need of advice from people who know what they're talking about. I've had Ubuntu on my office PC, home PC and laptop for about a year now and never had a problem that I couldn't solve, until now. I'd not turned my laptop (Lenovo N 500 with Ubuntu 9.10 64 Bit using GRUB2) on for about a month so when I did on Monday of this week I noticed that I'd not updated Ubuntu for 27 days, so ran the update manager. After everything was updated I carried on using it as normal but when I tried to turn it on yesterday I get the following issue...
GRUB loads and gives me all the possible boot options. Whatever one I choose, I get the same results. It starts to boot (I see the black screen with the white Ubuntu logo) but this remains on the screen for a very long time, then it goes to a flashing cursor at the top left of the screen and it just sits there indefinitely.
I've tried playing with Super GRUB Disc but admittedly I'm not too sure what I'm doing with it. I've tried using the Ubuntu Installation disc as a Live CD too but with no joy. The main HDD appears fine when in Live CD mode, all my files are there etc.. Is this actually a GRUB issue or something else? It's like GRUB's doing its bit and then it's failing slightly further down the line.
I'm totally out of my depth here and really don't want to have to reinstall everything, I'm sure there's a simply solution.
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May 7, 2010
I downloaded the latest 10.4 server CD with the intention of running a small Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud. I am following the directions here: [URL] Ive got 2 laptops that are capable of the tasks assigned to them. Both have dual core Intel chips that are VT enabled, 4GB of RAM, 250GB hard drives. Ill use one ( "server" ) as the front end server running cc, clc, walrus and sc.The other one ( "node1" ) will be the only node controller on my little network. Ive also got another laptop as a client, running euca commands to make instances and what not.These three laptops are connected to a switch. server is 192.168.1.100, node1 is going to be 192.168.1.110, the client laptop is 192.168.1.120.
the server seems to install fine, I select Install Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud, use it as the Cluster, give the cluster a name and 10 IPs to assign, 192.168.1.150-192.168.1.160 After the server is done installing and reboots, I boot the node machine off the CD and again select Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud. It's at this point the install craps out, because it does not recognize a cloud computer on the network.
Indeed, as I go to the server I run
Code:
ps -aux | grep euca
and see nothing running. So I start the eucalyptus service, and run
Code:
sudo euca_conf --list-clusters
and nothing shows up. Ive done some googling, ran some more euca_conf commands, registering the cluster, enabling walrus, cloud and sc. I can access the web gui on the client laptop, then restart the node install on the node laptop. This time it does see the server as a cluster controller, but when it tries to fetch the preseed file, it seems to not know the cluster's IP, as the red box that complains about the lack of a preseed file lists the URL as [URL] ( or whatever the file is called, I dont have the error in front of me. )
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Nov 20, 2010
My friend asked me to look at their laptop as it was not booting up. I checked it and found that you could not even boot into safe mode. I have used a windows boot disk to try and sort any issues but this has not worked. The problem is he never made the recovery disks by the manufacturer so I cant reinstall windows. I can access all the files on the hard drive when running Ubuntu. So what I need to know is it possible to run the manufacturers program to make the recovery disks from Ubuntu.
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Dec 6, 2010
Was running dual boot 10.10 and winxp on a MSI P4M900 motherboard. Have two HDs - one with OSs and some storage and the other purely backup for storage and Ubuntu home. Motherboard died and going to be replaced by Gigabyte G31 board. I will be using the same video, audio PCI cards and memory from old board. Should I look to a clean install of 10.10 and then bring back to life from my backup files (bookmarks, email etc) or could I plug in hard drives and boot normally? There is conflicting advice when I google - some say its OK just to boot, the kernel will sort out the new mboard drivers, others say you need a clean install.
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Jan 21, 2011
Data points:-Ubuntu 2.6.32-19-server-First symptom, blinking cursor on boot-After removing quiet from the boot options I see that it runs through the init scripts and then hangs-I can boot to command line by putting "rw init=/bin/bash" but don't know what to do once I get there to diagnose the problem-The system is primarily a fileserver/XBMC htpc-The system was running for several months before this restart so I can't identify a specific change as the problem unless it's because...-Recently I made changes to all of the disks by switching from JBOD to software raid (with mdadm)
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Jun 16, 2011
I have a desktop Windows PC with three hard drives. Having successfully installed Ubuntu on a laptop I used the same CD image to boot Ubuntu on my desktop machine. All seemed well so I selected the option to install alongside the existing OS. I left the choice of drive as presented by the installer (it was the largest one) and asked for an 80G partition for Ubuntu. The installation went well but when the machine was restarted it just booted straight into Windows. No sign of the bootloader menu. I'm guessing the BIOS doesn't look at the drive where Ubuntu is installed, and the installer did not put the bootloader on the Windows boot drive. The Windows drive is too small to install Ubuntu there.How do I fix this so that I can dual boot, or alternatively how do I get rid of Ubuntu and reclaim the 80G for Windows?
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Jan 4, 2016
I have a headless Pi running Rasbian on my network. Upon booting I'd like it to automatically connect via the VPN connection. However upon startup this does not occur. I'm relatively new to Linux/Raspbian, so the I might not be going about the issue in the correct manner!
I connect to the Pi via TightVNC viewer. However when connecting using this method the GUI access is not admin/SU, hence when I try and start the VPN connection it states that this is not possible as I am "Not authorised to control networking". The only way I can connect via the VPN is to hook up the Pi to a monitor and keyboard.
1) How can I ensure that the VPN connection occurs at startup?
2) Using TightVNC viewer, how can I access the gui in admin/SU mode?
3) Is it possible (easily) to connect to the VPN using terminal commands?
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May 5, 2010
Im running a virtual linux server on a low-end system, and i wold like to configure the server to boot in terminal window and not to the Gnome log in window, this is because of the low specs on the hardware.
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Jun 18, 2011
I am running Natty on a Dell Inspiron 6000 under dual boot. Now Ubuntu refuses to load. GRUB goes along to a point where the final message in both regular and recovery modes is 81.8921591 atal: SRST failed (errno=-16). Is there any way I can recover short of having a professional rescue my data from the hard disk and totally redoing the install. I have had this problem in previous versions but never fatally before. My computer works fine under Windows.
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Apr 5, 2011
Does Debian 6 "Squeeze" automatically run boot processes in parallel if not how do I
configure it to do so. Here is the quote from my /etc/init.d/rc :
# Specify method used to enable concurrent init.d scripts.
# Valid options are 'none' and 'makefile'. Obsolete options
[code]...
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Feb 19, 2010
After upgrade of 11.1 to 11.2 I noticed that none of services that was started in 11.1 at boot are starting now in 11.2. I check run-level of services with
Code:
chkconfig --list
When I start services manually everything is OK, but on restart they do not starting. Another weired thing is that my SuSEfirewall2 is filtering everything on input, nevertheless my previous configuration is still there, but ports are closed.
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Oct 12, 2010
I just got an android phone that I will want to interface with my linux box, which is currently behind a time warner cable modem. In the morning when I'm groggy, and my computer is off, I want to be able to kick the power button on, leave for work, and have it e-mail me the ip address I get from time warner, so I can check it on my phone.
I don't have the script written or anything yet, all I'm asking about here is how I would go about getting the script to run once I have it -- I can boot to a user using an automatic login and probably get away with it but that seems to be poor practice.
I'm really a stranger to the world of customizing a bootup.
Leaving the computer on all the time is a bad option even though my electric is included in rent, I live in a studio and I don't like the noise, and the environment and all. And manually doing mindless, automatic work is not the reason I have computer.
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May 7, 2010
We would like to use Kiwi LTSP to boot some old PCs straight in to a Windows terminal session. We have this working with RDesktop, but we would like to load balance the connections to our Citrix servers, which I don't believe you can do with RDesktop as it points to a single Windows server.
Is there a way to get LTSP to connect to published ICA applications on boot in a similar way to specifying screen07=rdesktop in lts.conf?
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Nov 9, 2009
I'm installing CentOS for the first time to run mythtv on (I previously used Fedora, but the new version cycle was too quick). As part of the instructions I'm using, I am told to run system-config-boot (to ensure that centosplus kernel is loaded on boot). The problem is, I cant find this option in my installation of CentOS. Another option I have is to manually edit the grub.conf file, but I'm not sure exactly how I should edit it.
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Feb 16, 2015
This is a recollection of my experience using Microsoft Surface Pro 3. I am running Debian Jessie RC1, using the latest linux kernel (as of now, 3.19).
Assume that everything works, except:
- grub2 does not allow to select menu entries without TypeCover/USB Keyboard (Ubuntu had a popup software keyboard in the live CD)
- there is no "right button click" on the touchscreen. Most interfaces use a long press as a right click.
- the touchscreen is sometimes unresponsive, especially when plugging/unplugging the TypeCover;
- cameras don't work (although there is a fix)
- wireless card works 80% of the time only (but the newest marvell firmware from github solves the problem)
- secure boot does not work (need to disable that from the boot menu)
- touchpad gestures don't work (e.g. two fingers scrolling - this is particularly puzzling, as Ubuntu 14.10 live had the touchpad working (including two fingers scrolling) but not the TypeCover)
- touchpad and touchscreen scrolling do not work in certain applications (e.g. in Iceweasel one needs to install an add-on)
- pen works (even when the touchscreen is unresponsive), but only one of three buttons work (with xournal)
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Jul 12, 2010
My FC12 laptop won't boot. During the attempted boot, after blue/white progress bars finish displaying on the bottom of screen, nothing more seems to happen. The screen isn't totally blank in that I seem to have a text cursor and keyboard input is displayed. But, no prompt, no login prompt, X isn't running, etc. If I hit ESCduring boot, it displays the boot messages and the boot sequence stops after "Starting atd". I'm not sure if it's related, but I had previously experimented with creating a new xorg.conf file by running "Xorg -configure' and was testing the new file with "X -?? /etc/x11/xorg.conf.new" (I forget what the -?? option was). I assumed that this would not overwrite the /etc/x11/xorg.conf file and that if I ran into problems, that the original xorg.conf would be in place. how I can get this miserable thing to boot?
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Mar 17, 2010
i ahve to boot it from the command like an executable but i dont know how to exactly and when i thought i had it figured out i didnt know how to write the name of the file in the disk ubuntu just kept saying file or directory not found
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