installation problem - grub hangs

[Frank Lynch]

It was a Dell Optiplex System (quite an old box actually), bios
version was A07 moving to A10 resoilved the issue.
Below[1] is a link to the Dell website where I grabbed the new bios from.
regards,
--Frank


[1] http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&releaseid=R31962&SystemID=PLX_PNT_PII_GX1&category=1&os=NAA&osl=en&deviceid=162&devlib=1&fileid=34958



On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:09:22 +0200, Christian Schmitt
<christian at schmittchen.de> wrote:
> Hi Frank,
> 
> could you please give any specs of your box (e.g. Mainbord/Chipset, etc.)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Christian
> 
> 
> 
> Frank Lynch wrote:
> 
> >FYI  - a simple upgrade of the machine bios resolved this issue.
> >
> >
> >On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 13:20:29 -0400, Frank Lynch <frank.lynch at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi Folks,
> >>I just gave ubuntu a try. Downloaded the iso, burned a CD, poped it in
> >>and started the installation process. All appeared to be going well,
> >>it formatted the disk installed the ubuntu base system, then it wanted
> >>to reboot the system. Upon reboot the system failed to come up. I
> >>simply get a blank screen with the text "GURB" and a blinking cursor.
> >>I am not able to input anything.. it appears that the boot loader is
> >>hosed... Has anyone encountered anything like this before? Any ideas
> >>as to how I can workaround or fix this?
> >>Is it possible to use lilo in place of Grub?
> >>thanks,
> >>--Frank
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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