<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-15" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> satya narayana wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:AANLkTimXSGqi7jkgebqGTxdALMUqxmGqW_JnJCqWx5-G@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">Hi, I am facing one typical problem in ubuntu installation. i am trying to install ubuntu 9.10 Desktop edition in old machine. machine configuration is 512 MB RAM, Intel PIV Processor, 80 GB Hardisk. Installation is completing successfully and i am able to login the system after the installation. then i shot down the system and started next day it is giving one error (press Ctrl+D for continue or give root password for maintenance) there cursor is blinking. I am maintaining 60 PC's Ubuntu networking. This would troubling me a lot. please give me a solution. Thanks in Advance. Regards, satya, cutenest9 -- Regards, Satya </blockquote> Most likely you have a file system that need checking. Boot with a live CD and fsck the file system, use the -f option to force a recheck even if it says it's clean, reboot. You should be good to go. Then create a root password. If you have 60 machines you are maintaining with Ubuntu that is an easy one time task. <div class="moz-signature">-- <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-15" http-equiv="content-type"> <title>Signature</title> Robert Steinmetz, AIA Principal Steinmetz & Associates </div> </body> </html>