New Ubuntu installs not loading
Dotan Cohen
dotancohen at gmail.com
Mon Feb 25 08:52:27 UTC 2008
On 25/02/2008, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Every time I've seen this (and I have a machine that I can reproduce
> simpy by adding a defective hard drive or CD drive) the problem has been
> hardware related. To troubleshoot, I usually unplug everything except
> the drive that I need to boot with; if that works, then I start plugging
> things back in one at a time until it fails. I'm sure there are easier
> ways, but that always seems to work for me.
>
> That said, this might be of some help:
>
> <http://www.chengfu.net/2008/01/ubuntu-not-booting-anymore-initramfs-failed-to-set-xfermode/>
>
Thank you NoOp. I will try the irqpoll recommending in the article.
Is there no way to disable the Ubuntu logo at login and see the error
messages that are generated? I tried removing the "quiet" parameter
from grub but that did not surpress the Ubuntu graphic.
Dotan Cohen
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