Unable to use Ubuntu 8.04 live CD

[NoOp]

On 09/06/2008 06:41 AM, Jerry Alber wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
>> On 09/06/2008 12:37 AM, Jerry Alber wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> NoOp,
>>>
>>> Before filing a bug report, I did try something else which allowed me to 
>>> install to a partition rather than the whole HD, as I did on another 
>>> machine.
>>>
>>> This came about when installing Fedora 9 and after the installation, 
>>> received a "unkown file or directory type" from GRUB. I managed to find 
>>> out that it had to do with 256-byte inodes versus the 128-byte inodes. 
>>> My version of GRUB can not handel 256-byte inodes, so I formatted the 
>>> partition using a live Knoppix CD and then made sure that I did not 
>>> re-format the partition during installation. This worked.
>>>
>>> I also did the same with Ubuntu 8.04.1 Alternate CD and managed to 
>>> install it to a partition with /boot/grub being there. It wasn't before. 
>>> However, I still can not log in as  when I try with my login name and 
>>> password, it takes me right back to the login screen:(

But can you log in using Failsafe GNOME? If so you are back to the
graphics issue (I think).

>>>
>>> I have successfully installed Ubuntu-Studio 8.04.1, but still had to 
>>> make sure the partition was formatted with 128-byte inodes. No problem 
>>> logging in at all.
>>>
>>> If you think I should file a bug report, I would be happy to, but will 
>>> need your help.
>>>
>>> Thanks for all of the help you have given me.
>>> Jerry
>>>
>>>
>>>     
>>
>> What version of grub are you running? Can you provide the outoput of:
>>
>> dkpg -l grub
>>
>> You might want to download and burn a copy of SuperGrub to a cd:
>> http://www.supergrubdisk.org/

> NoOp,
> 
> The version of GRUB that I am using is (GNU GRUB 0.97) which is the 
> "legacy" version. The system didn't understand the dkpg command so I am 
> unable to give you the output. As I understand it, the GRUB maintainers 
> are putting all of their energy into GRUB 2 and have put GRUB legacy 
> into a feature freeze. GRUB 2's current reliability is questionable and 
> they are still making "incompatible changes". Stabilizing the features 
> is planned for sometime in November of 2008. Since Ubuntu is not the 
> only distro I have running and since there are other distros that I have 
> installed with no problems, I think I will wait until GRUB 2 is 
> stabilized before changing over.
> 
> Hope the above "rant" helps :)
> Jerry
> 
> 

Ubuntu is using the 0.97 version:
grub           0.97-29ubuntu2 GRand Unified Bootloader

And I have used 'fix grub' with SuperGrub on several occasions without
problems. So it should be compatible with your grub version. However, I
know nothing about 128 v 256 inodes, but this may be of interest:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+bug/207001

Other grub bugs:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub