Failure of reboot after update

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Jim Croft schreef op 11-10-2016 20:26:
> The thumb drive was not a bootable drive. It had a Kubuntu 16.04
> download, but an installation download, not a bootable one, so the
> fact that it would not boot from there may not mean anything (am I
> right?)

Right. Indeed.

> Anyway, I will not bother you any more until I get someone who is
> tech-savvy to check out the computer. It is older than you wrote, I
> copied the wrong ID for the machine. It is a Satellite A305-S6872,
> model PSAG8U-02E018, and is several years old.

Well perhaps it is a Kubuntu problem then, but you said that it freezes 
at the boot prompt (before anything happens) but are you really meaning 
to say that the F12 prompt still works?

Regards.