Stalled Boot

[rpowersau at gmail.com]

On 8/1/06, david <papabeardk at comporium.net> wrote:
>
> Opps, Hit send prematurely.
>
> Thanks for the reply. So when I try and reload the xubuntu and get to
> the partitioning step, I manually create a /boot partition? I have
> always just used the guided auto partitioning, so I am a bit unsure of
> the steps to get to what you are suggesting. I can conceptualize the
> goal, just not how to get there. Could you indulge an old computer fool?
> Thanks very much


Well, I'm not at my ubuntu machine, but what you have to do is select custom
partitioning during the install. The first partition you make select /boot
as the mount point. Select the size (100MB?), ext2 type and make it
bootable. Then make your / partition and swap if you'd like. and install,
the loader takes care of the rest.

David K.
>
> rpowersau at gmail.com wrote:
> > It's an old machine so maybe your hittng the bootable address space
> > limit? Don't remember the details. But the cure is creating a small
> > (100 MB?)  /boot partition as the first partition when you install.
> >
> > On 8/1/06, *david* <papabeardk at comporium.net
> > <mailto:papabeardk at comporium.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     I have run into a problem, and have found this several times on
> >     several
> >     computers. The boot up process stalls.
> >
> >     I loaded a HD with xubuntu 6.06
> >     Installed the HD into an older Gateway system (PII 350, 256 mg Ram,
> 6
> >     Gig HD, DVD Rom)
> >
> >     The grub loaded and screen shifted to initial text
> >     Gets to Save Default and then Boot  Then stalls.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Russ
>
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Regards,
Russ
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