On 8/1/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">david</b> <<a href="mailto:papabeardk@comporium.net">papabeardk@comporium.net</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Opps, Hit send prematurely.<br><br>Thanks for the reply. So when I try and reload the xubuntu and get to<br>the partitioning step, I manually create a /boot partition? I have<br>always just used the guided auto partitioning, so I am a bit unsure of
<br>the steps to get to what you are suggesting. I can conceptualize the<br>goal, just not how to get there. Could you indulge an old computer fool?<br>Thanks very much</blockquote><div><br>
Well, I'm not at my ubuntu machine, but what you have to do is select
custom partitioning during the install. The first partition you make
select /boot as the mount point. Select the size (100MB?), ext2 type
and make it bootable. Then make your / partition and swap if you'd
like. and install, the loader takes care of the rest.<br>
</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">David K.<br><br><a href="mailto:rpowersau@gmail.com">rpowersau@gmail.com</a> wrote:
<br>> It's an old machine so maybe your hittng the bootable address space<br>> limit? Don't remember the details. But the cure is creating a small<br>> (100 MB?) /boot partition as the first partition when you install.
<br>><br>> On 8/1/06, *david* <<a href="mailto:papabeardk@comporium.net">papabeardk@comporium.net</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:papabeardk@comporium.net">papabeardk@comporium.net</a>>> wrote:<br>>
<br>> I have run into a problem, and have found this several times on<br>> several<br>> computers. The boot up process stalls.<br>><br>> I loaded a HD with xubuntu 6.06<br>> Installed the HD into an older Gateway system (PII 350, 256 mg Ram, 6
<br>> Gig HD, DVD Rom)<br>><br>> The grub loaded and screen shifted to initial text<br>> Gets to Save Default and then Boot Then stalls.<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> --<br>> Regards,
<br>> Russ<br><br>--<br>ubuntu-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Regards,<br>Russ