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24th Sep 2009, 18:13
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The last two times I installed ubuntu i started to get boot problems. First instants i couldn't get the grub to boot it kept restarting in a loop. then recently had the time to reinstall it but it happened again and when I tried to fix it but the disk I used to fix the boot loader.
I installed the OS using ext2 but I could have sworn I installed it in ext3 I have. Can some one help me? |
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15th Oct 2009, 08:43
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Hi pest79456
Are you doing a clean install with ubuntu? You don't have any other operating systems on the computer? When I installed ubuntu I just clicked install. How much memory do you have on the computer? compwiz 
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16th Oct 2009, 13:10
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no its a dual boot and and it work fine for a little bit but when i turn the thing back on it keeps running in the same cycle booting grub and I have to re install Lilo to get it to work. I have used the Super Grub Disk and even it can't run the linux partition
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17th Oct 2009, 03:57
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Is your hdd partitioned off?
It might work easier if you had two partitions. What is ext 2 and ext 3??? compwiz |
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17th Oct 2009, 15:40
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Um I must have got the partition types wrong correct me i should remember then.
but any way how could the partition be shut off when i didn't tell it too? Is that why grub refuses to detect that partition? I also tried manually booting that partition using the Super Grub Disk- or Ultimate Boot Disk- I can't remember which one. it says the partition is in the wrong format. |
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#6
18th Oct 2009, 01:58
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Hi pest79456
You might have one on fat32 and another on ntfs which I don't think will work together. What I would do is do a clean boot with your xp (if that is what you have) and do 2 partitions and note them down. Just make sure that they are the same format. Then try to install ubuntu. compwiz |
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#7
28th Oct 2009, 14:26
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How did you go with sorting your problem out?
compwiz |
