Kubuntu won't boot

[Liam Proven]

On Sun, 1 Aug 2021 at 03:08, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
>
> That short list is *VERY* good! I did GRUB first - getting the timing to
> enter it IS a bit tricky

Yes, it is. :-( I do not like the approach of hiding it when there is
only 1 OS installed. I think it is foolish: it is often necessary for
troubleshooting, and making it a timing game trying to get into it at
all is unfair and user-hostile.

>- if you go too fast it goes into some strange
> GRUB mode I didn't know what to do with. But it did let me do editing ,
> also needing nomodeset, and this brought me to a login, which worked.

Good!

> Updated the OS, but on a reboot I had to go into GRUB again, which had
> the original stuff and needed an edit again to get in. Then updated the
> BIOS, and after that, a reboot brought me to a login, not needing a
> reedit. Along the way I got several strange messages, most of which I
> didn't understand and ignored [stuff about RAID, Intel defaults,
> Multicore enhancements, etc]. I rebooted successfully twice now and it
> looks like it is working. I didn't do the HWE yet, though, but at least
> it's running.
>
> I reeeeaaally thank you again for all your help!

Excellent! Very glad it worked. :-)


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