Ubuntu :: Laptop Won't Boot After Update
Sep 5, 2010I installed an update on my Dell D800 last night and now it won't boot. Attaching a pic of the screen. I'm sure I have not included enough info
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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.
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[florian-laptop:02935] [[INVALID],INVALID] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: A system-required executable either could not be found or was not executable by this user in file ../../../../../../orte/mca/ess/singleton/ess_singleton_module.c at line 269 [florian-laptop:02935] [[INVALID],INVALID] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: A system-required executable either could not be found or was not executable by this user in file ../../../../../
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Sep 26, 2010Package: installation-reports Boot method: CD
Image version: ubuntu-10.04.1-desktop-i386
Date: 1 oct 1600h
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Output of lspci and lspci -n: unsure Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [ ] Config network: [ ] Detect CD: [E] Load installer modules: [ ] Detect hard drives: [ ] Partition hard drives: [ ] Create file systems: [ ] Mount partitions: [ ] Install
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Enter 'help' for a list of built in commands.
(initramfs) can not mount /dev/loop0 (/cdrom/casper/filesystem-squaslfs) on //filesystem.squaslifs"
I have retried many times, using different disc, different boot method from the CD menu but consistantly get to this screen.
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Oct 24, 2010Since my wife just bought a new laptop I decided to polish her old (decrepit) machine a little and let my daughter have it. It was dual partitioned XP and Ubuntu 8.04 (which worked flawlessly). I figured that since it was older I'd load Xubuntu. I made a DVD of Xubuntu 10.04 that passed checksum. When I tried to boot from the DVD I got as far as the menu asking me if I wanted to boot from the DVD, install from the DVD, etc. Whatever I picked the machine seemed to think a while, then hang on a black screen.
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If I boot Ubuntu 10.04 in recovery mode that DOES seem to work, and I get a command prompt. But fixing this via command prompt is WAY beyond my weak Ubuntu kung-fu.
The machine is:
Averatec 1000 series
Intel Celeron (R)M 1.00GHz
504MB RAM
Intel(R) 82852/82855 GM/GME graphics controller
Which seems to meet minimum system requirements.
Oh, and XP SP3 boots just fine.
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SYSLINUX 4.03 2010-10-22 EDD Copyright (C) 1994-2010 H. Peter Anvin et al.
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Mar 25, 2011Laptop HP G62-140US - BIOS Hewlette-Packard F.07, 10/2/2010.
Has Windows 7 Home 64 bit. Processor Intel i-3 2.1 GHz. Memory 4 GB. Hard disk 250 GB
Was not able to boot Ubuntu 9.04 from the DVD drive ('Broken Bios' error). Was able to boot Ubuntu 10.10 Seemed OK and so made a USB stick for booting.
This also worked on 2 occasions and after about a week cannot boot either from DVD drive or from USB stick. No upgradation of BIOS or Windows 7 was made.
Trying to boot from DVD drive got 'Broken Bios' error and with USB the error screen goes off too quickly and therefter the loading goes for ever.
