<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Hold the Shift key after Post and during boot to get to the Grub menu - this is a change from past behaviour where you would press Esc. </div><div><br></div><div>In any case, that should get you to a Grub menu where you can choose to enter Recovery Mode, check for broken packages, etc. If yoy can't get to that menu you may have a Grub problem. <br><br>-d</div><div><br>On 2011-04-02, at 3:51 PM, Chris <<a href="mailto:candive1@gmail.com">candive1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>I will check these suggestions out on Monday.<div>I believe GRUB failed to load on restart.<br><div>Thanks</div><div>Chris.</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 5:44 PM, bergfly <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bergfly@gmail.com"><a href="mailto:bergfly@gmail.com">bergfly@gmail.com</a></a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Most bios will post a insert system disk type message if a drive fails<br> so I would rule that out. Did you used to see a grub menu. If so start<br> with a grub repair. On single OS linux boxes you don't always see<br> grub, in which case X has dropped the ball. My experience says this is<br> the most likely. Does ctrl alt F2 produce anything<br> <div><div></div><div class="h5"><br> <br> On 4/2/11, Leigh Honeywell <<a href="mailto:leigh@hypatia.ca"><a href="mailto:leigh@hypatia.ca">leigh@hypatia.ca</a></a>> wrote:<br> > On 11-04-02 08:23 AM, Chris wrote:<br> >> Hi all,<br> >> Yesterday I was _updating_ 3 _Edubuntu_ desktops when I<br> >> allowed_restart_, I saw the bios then the flashing cursor then nothing.<br> >> No HDD activity light, I guess you could call it the _Black Screen Of<br> >> Death_.<br> >> Waited 10 minutes.<br> >> Tried hard restart twice.<br> >> *Anyone else had this problem?*<br> ><br> > That sounds like a couple of harddrive failures... while it's unlikely<br> > that they'd all fail at the same time, it's not unheard of.<br> ><br> > Can you boot any of the computers off a USB stick or CD drive and mount<br> > the internal hard drive to confirm it's not dead?<br> ><br> > -Leigh<br> ><br> > --<br> > ubuntu-ca mailing list<br> > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com"><a href="mailto:ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com</a></a><br> > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca" target="_blank"><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca</a></a><br> ><br> <br> </div></div><font color="#888888">--<br> Sent from my mobile device<br> </font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br> --<br> ubuntu-ca mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com"><a href="mailto:ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com</a></a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca" target="_blank"><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca</a></a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><span></span><span></span><div>Linux! The Freedom to Choose.<div><a href="http://www.bglug.ca" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.bglug.ca">www.bglug.ca</a></a></div><div><br><div><br></div></div> </div><br> </div></div> </div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>-- </span><br><span>ubuntu-ca mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com</a></span><br><span><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>