Ubuntu 9.10 Hangs Frequently

[Goh Lip]

On 04/06/2010 11:29 AM, MirJafar Ali wrote:

> here is the output:
>
> csverma at blackhole:~/QuadMesh/src$ grub-install  -v
> grub-install (GNU GRUB 0.97)
> csverma at blackhole:~/QuadMesh/src$ sudo fdisk -l
> [sudo] password for csverma:
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x69afd9f3
>
>     Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sda1   *           1        9037    72582028    7  HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda2           13734       14593     6907950    7  HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda3            9038       13733    37720620    5  Extended
> /dev/sda5            9038       13534    36122121   83  Linux
> /dev/sda6           13535       13733     1598436   82  Linux swap / Solaris
>
> Partition table entries are not in disk order
>
> I am wondering why Solaris is out there.

Swap is a Solaris innovation, so swap partitions are in Solaris 'format'.

As to your booting latest kernel problem, your grub version is in 
grub-legacy. As a *last resort*, and updating grub may even fail, you 
can always manually modify your /boot/grub/menu.lst to boot the latest 
kernel. But please try this first temporarily at boot menu to make sure 
it works.

Regards - Goh Lip