download linux kernel 2.6.33.2

Sat Apr 17 19:49:48 UTC 2010

On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 2:41 PM, axel <uraliin.asti at btinternet.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-04-17 at 14:05 -0400, Xander Pirdy wrote:
>> On 4/17/10, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 6:33 PM, axel <uraliin.asti at btinternet.com> wrote:
>> >> On Sat, 2010-04-17 at 18:23 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
>> >>> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 6:01 PM, axel <uraliin.asti at btinternet.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>> > Greetings !
>> >>> >
>> >>> > I am running Ubuntu 8.04 with BIOS 2.6 24-27-generic.
>>
>>
>> Fairly certain that you mean Ubuntu 8.04 with Linux Kernel 2.6.24-7
>> generic, your bios is hardware specific and is stored on hardware
>> built into the motherboard. See bellow:
>>
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Quite often , on Startup I get "Unable to obtain Operating
>> >>> > System"....or
>> >>> > words to that effect...and that is as far as it goes.
>> >>> > I have to reboot and go thru the F12 ...harddisk ...etc.to get things
>> >>> > going.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > So... I tried downloading LINUX KERNEL 2.6.33.2 ...which I managed to
>> >>> > do ...up to the point of "save file".
>> >>> >
>> >>> > The problem is , that I have been unable to "Install".
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Would somebody be so kind as to point out how I can proceed ?
>> >>> > With thanks
>> >>> > Axel.
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm afraid it's a little more complicated than that, and the newer
>> >>> kernel will not help you. Indeed it will probably break your PC if you
>> >>> did manage to install it, so excuse me if I do not tell you how or
>> >>> point you at web pages about it!
>> >>>
>> >>> Do you update your system regularly? It is a good idea to do so. You
>> >>> are on the current Long Term Support release of Ubuntu - the next one,
>> >>> which replaces your current one, is currently in the final stages of
>> >>> testing and will be out at the end of this month. If you want the
>> >>> latest kernel and so on, when the new version, called 10.04, is
>> >>> available, you should upgrade to it. Backup all your data first,
>> >>> though!
>> >>>
>> >>> For now, though, you can update your system with the latest fixes and
>> >>> so on by opening a terminal (from the Accessories menu, or press
>> >>> Ctrl-Alt-T) then type these 2 commands:
>> >>>
>> >>> sudo apt-get update
>> >>>
>> >>> (wait for that to finish; it may take some minutes.)
>> >>>
>> >>> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
>> >>>
>> >>> (again, this might take quite a long time. Wait for it to finish and
>> >>> do not interrupt it once it has started.)
>> >>
>> >> Thank you for the info!
>> >> I did follow your suggestion and got the following:
>> >>
>> >> < axel at axel-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
>> >> Reading package lists... Done
>> >> Building dependency tree
>> >> Reading state information... Done
>> >> Calculating upgrade... Done
>> >> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>> >> axel at axel-laptop:~$ >
>> >>
>> >> Do you think this will cure....for the time being .... the problem I
>> >> have ...i.e problem with accessing Ops System ?
>> >> Thank you .
>> >> Axel.
>> >
>> > OK, well, that message indicates that your system is up-to-date, so
>> > you must have been applying updates to it as you go along. That's
>> > good.
>> >
>> > So nothing has changed, in which case, no, I don't think it will have
>> > helped, I'm afraid.
>> >
>> > Can you write down & post the /exact, verbatim/ error message(s) you
>> > are getting when your machine won't boot?
>> >
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>>
>> Your problem to me sounds unrelated to ubuntu, I have seen that error
>> message before and I am fairly sure that it comes directly from the
>> bios, though there are similar error messages from grub.
>>
>> So first figure out whether it is the bios or grub that is giving you
>> the error. This is probably a grub legacy setup, so if you see the
>> messages at the top that start with "Stage" (1.5 is the main one I
>> think): then grub is your problem.
>>
>> IF GRUB -
>> I would maybe try re-installing grub if that is so or try upgrading to
>> grub 2. Neither of these are really simple processes, and there are
>> potential pitfalls, so don't just try to "Download and Install",
>> without reading the fine print.
>>
>> IF BIOS (or just for good measure)-
>> Go to your motherboard manufacturer's website (or laptop manufacturer
>> if that is the case) and see if it needs to be updated, and then if
>> you feel confident doing it (they are often fairly easy but you always
>> risk permanently bricking your machine, if you mess up and forget to
>> check something, power dies etc).
>>
>> I have always seen this error after a terrible windows crash, and I
>> can't figure out why it would be happening, but afterwords I go into
>> the bios and it has disabled my main hard drive as a boot device, so I
>> just reset it. It is a minor annoyance, but it happens so rarely I am
>> not concerned. Also a reboot usually fixes mine.
>>
>> I take it from the above post that you can boot this machine which
>> makes me think that it you might have a very similar situation? Are
>> you dual booting? Do you often have hard restarts (power failure, full
>> system crashes where you have to unplug it, or hold the button down
>> etc?) If so I would try to fix those, and you may see this stop.
>> Something else is that the motherboard may have physically degraded
>> since you got it and it is causing this glitch as well (check the
>> capacitors and make sure they aren't bloaded, and that nothing is
>> there that could be giving you shorts). Also check your power supply,
>> as it might not be performing as it should.
>>
>> Good luck,
>> Xander
>
> Xander ...Hi !
> I did update Grub :
> axel at axel-laptop:~$ sudo update-grub
> [sudo] password for axel:
> Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
> Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
> Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ...
> found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
> Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
> Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-27-generic
> Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic
> Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
> Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
>
> I hope it works.
> Thanks again
> Axel.

Did you have any luck? With either of these methods?

If you think that is still something ubuntu related you could try
doing a fresh install (though if you are using 8.04 I assume that you
are more interested in stability) and thus would probably be better
served by waiting for the 10.4 release (or really a couple of weeks
afterwords as there seems to always be a short period where "problems"
abound and help is hard to get.

Glad that I might have helped a little,
Xander
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