I've downloaded Ubuntu 10.04 ISO from site and then made a copy of it on a CD. Changed BIOS to boot from CD. For some reason I cannot get Ubuntu to boot. System has two HD's. One with XP installed and One with Xandros. When I put the Ubuntu CD into the CD/DVD to install it continues to start up XP. What am I doing wrong and how can I get Ubuntu to boot & install?
View 7 Repliesi decided to install ubuntu in my PC,i downloaded the .ISO image and i installed it in my USB. After trying it and all that i observed that i really liked it and i decided to formally install it to my computer in the hard drive. When i reached the partition thing,i selected to dual boot with Vista and select between each them in every startup,when i clicked FORWARD it gave me an error which i did not read(because,again im a noob) so i clicked cancel.
Today i wanted to go through the process again and now really install it,so again i went to the time zone part and i clicked forward but then,instead of taking me straight to the partition phase,it appeard a window saying "The installer has detected that the following disks have mounted partitions: /dev/sda ...." I clicked yes,to unmount this partitions so it took me to the partition thing,once there i selected the option to install Ubuntu with Vista and select between them i neach startup,then i clicked forward and went to the username/computer name process,once i finished i continued to the next part,the installation,but i selected to import all of my WIndows VIsta default user data,after that i clicked forward and went to the installation process,i went down stairs to eat soemthing while it finishes,i came back and it was finished,it asked me to reboot so i clicked in Restart Now.
When it tried to boot,appeared an error saying: Error: no such devide found: #################### Grub load(or something like that) grub rescue: and it was a command line,since there i havent been able to boot into vista or Ubuntu,im really scared because is the first thing related to OS installing ive done,so i booted my USB and ran the trial and right now im trying to find out what to do from that trial version.
I just went to the INSTALL UBUNTU 10.04 LTS application under the System>Administration Menu and found out that in the partition phase the Install and allow to select between both systems in eahc startup option,i dont know what to do,i foudn out that my HD has still all its data(MUsic/Videos/Folders/Programs/ect.)its just that i cannot boot from it. Also in GParted it appears as /dev/sda1/ and a warning icon besides it,also when i go into information, thers this warning there [URL]
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I mounted the ISO using MagicISO and then ran usb-creator.exe.
After changing the boot option to my Toshiba 8 GB flash drive and booted I get the message:
Code:
Syslinux 3.82 2009-06-09 EBIOS copyright (c) 1994-2009 H. Peter Avin et al
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View 4 Replies View RelatedAbout finding the fastest booting operating system is out there.
I'm especially interested in Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Intel Moblin, and when my internet comes back tomorrow, xPud. I'm kinda freaked at Moblin though because there isn't an option to split the hard drive to account for its space, and even if there were, I'm freaked that a GRUB won't show up Ubuntu or even Windows 7
My requirements:
1. Boots up in 5-15 seconds on 1.3GHz processor/4GB RAM or within 10 seconds on a netbook which has 1.6GHz Atom and 1GB RAM
2. Has to have a good-looking window manager (so a customised Linux distro with something like Fluxbox/Blackbox is out). Something like what's in netbook designed OS's are good
3. Has to actually be able to run good on laptops that aren't netbooks, for I'm hoping to run the OS on proper laptops too
4. Can be propiertary, though open-source and free is good too and preferable
5. Has to have a GRUB so I can switch between Ubuntu/Windows 7/whatever fast-booting OS it might be or at least an easy way to switch between the 3. More preferable is that it comes as an .exe that can be installed inside Windows, like xPud
I updated yesterday. I'm not sure if problems started before or after.
The problem yesterday [URL]
Went to bed last night and left the computer running, something weird occured this morning (media file wouldn't play) so I just decided to restart.
now I am getting this,
Mount of root filesystem failed. A maintenance shell will now be started. CONTROL-D will terminate this shell and reboot the system.
ctrl-d just brings me back to the above error message.
in the GNU GRUB version window I no longer have
Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-15-generic
Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-15-generic (recovery mode)
listed
using the other two listed 16 and 14 does nothing
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This is how it looks now:
So the pc starts up .. and just before you (normally) see the ubuntu logo i see a row of sentences passing by fast, and then the screen becomes black.
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However, I can't seem to get the comp to boot from cd. i know the 9.10 cd works because I had originally installed Ubuntu using it and can't figure out why now with ubuntu installed I can't get the cd to boot.
Since today, I cannot start to X anymore. Grub loads, I let it start, then after a while screen goes black, stays black, puter not responding at all, screen goes to power save.
I can boot to safe console though but not start X there either.
So far I tried Memtest (no errors found) and apt-get update and upgrade. SafeX doesn't work.
I deleted the partition I had grub installed on.
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I have tried other methods I have found on google, but it keeps coming back to grub rescue.
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Does anyone know why this is and how to fix it? I tried reinstalling Ubuntu but that didn't change anything.
did some updates on the buntu-box but everytime I start it it now goes to some CMD-like screen that lets you go through F1-FX and comes up with diffrent tty thingies, before the update it used to go into the proper GUI, I have 10.10 installed, I think I updated my GPU driver and looked on here for some hints on what to do, I have tried: cd /etc/x11
Above command did not work for some reason, think it couldn#t find it? Sudo service gdm start Said above process is already started or something
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So, If I select to boot from Windows, which then leads to another selection asking for Ubuntu (GRUB) or Windows, you could select Ubuntu, which chucks you up at the standard version of GRUB, which to my understanding does support from USB booting? Select your stick and your off. If somebody would be willing to try this theory or correct me, maybe you could think up some easier way in which to boot from a USB with a Mac.
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I am wondering though that since I have an old printer, scanner, web cam, etc. whether I would have problems with my system running 64bit. I am also concerned as to whether the software in the library would work properly (if they are not 64bit).There is no pressing reason for me to run 64bit except curiosity so if it will cause problems I can wait.
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The motherboard is fairly old, about 6 years, it's an Aopen AX4SG-N with 4Gb RAM, but it goes thru the bios boot OK, no complaining beeps etc.
I'm thinking of a complete reinstall but would like to check other possibilities first (and maybe work out what happened).
I am on my new HP envy 14, and I have both a USB drive and a Live CD with the latest version of 64 bit ubuntu.
When I run the Live CD, it takes me to a purple screen with a keyboard and person symbol at the bottom, and after a minute it opens up a black window that looks like a command prompt, and then the screen goes black.
When I try to run the USB, either selecting the "install" option or the "run from USB option", it goes through the boot processes like everything is working, and then the screen goes black.
The same thing happened on my main computer with a 32 bit live CD.
I just downloaded Ubuntu no problem, and put it on a DVD just fine. I have 2 HDD in my computer, a 1.5TB (main drive, in slot SATA 0) and an 80GB (back up, in SATA 1). I intended on installing Ubuntu on the 80GB drive, and it seemed I did so just fine; I got to the end of the process perfectly. However, when I restart my computer to boot it up it just gives me a black screen with a white flashing underscore in the top left hand corner, kinda like a DOS screen. I also tried booting up from my 1.5TB drive, but another black screen said that it didn't exist, along with throwing me a code, which leads me to believe that I deleted my Win7 partition by mistake.
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