Upgrading Hardy Heron 8.04 Beta to Linux kernel .16 breaks it; it won't boot.

[Jim and Judi Harris]

Hi. This is my first post to this kind of list. I'm not a Linux newbie but
close to it. I've been using Ubuntu for the last few years (and tried a few
other versions before that), but mostly as a "Typical Windows User", where I
focus mostly on using the applications, not the OS. Anyway, perhaps because
of that orientation, I have chosen Ubuntu and love it, and have switched all
my learning efforts to applications that Ubuntu supports, e.g. Mythbuntu,
StreamRipper, DVD authoring, OpenOffice (tho I'm getting real disappointed
in Writer compared to M$ Word), lots more.

So here's my problem report: I burned a verified ISO of Hardy Beta a couple
weeks ago, and it installed flawlessly (after CD Check OK) on a new hard
drive in a 5-year-old box I own, and I was using it a little with no
problems on and off for a couple weeks, then last weekend it told me it had
a bunch of updates (about 150 MB or 150 packages; I'm not sure) and that
went flawlwssly too, and I did some more stuff and shut down normally. Now,
when I power on, it appears to boot OK up to where the little orange thingie
stops shuttling back and forth, and becomes a normal "progress bar", then it
goes about 3 jumps till it's about 15% done and then just sits there
forever. So I power off and on, then choose the previous version from the
GRUB menu (I think it's kernel .12 to boot OK, rather than the .16 that
fails). I will be happy to send some startup logs or sys info or whatever
would help, but I don't know how to get them. I can run Terminal and browse
the Filesystem and Locate and install new tools via the Package Manager. So
if you want me to run some command-line utility, maybe with sudo, please
tell me exactly what to type and I will pipe the output to a file and send
it to you or whatever will help.

In general, I would like to learn what troubleshooting/diagnostic tools I
should use in a situation like this, so if you want to send me some URLs to
those I will learn some more.

Sincerely,

Jim Harris

-- 
When sitting down in front of a computer to do
something useful, never say, or even think,
"I will just do this quickly."
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