Install issue with Ubuntu. Help!
Ok. I want Ubuntu as my other OS. Actually I want it to be my main OS but...
I am having trouble installing my Ubuntu 8.10. I installed it from Windows first because it told me I have that option when I put the disk in. But when I booted and chose Ubuntu, it's just a blank screen (black) with the cursor blinking for about 5 minutes or so. Then I installed it again through rebooting cd first as ordered in BIOS. It has more user interaction involved and it finished sucessfully and asked me to reboot. then it asked me to take out the cd. And then... I got this: Code:
usplash-setting mode 1152 x 864 failed What am I doing wrong? I checked the cd for errors and no errors were found. |
basically it's telling you that the device:
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Try going onto a command line in maintenance mode (or repair mode, or single user) and running the following as root (or preceded by sudo):
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update-initramfs [code]nano /boot/grub/menu.lst{/code] nano is a command line editor. To exit from the file and save your work, press "Ctrl-X", at which point it'll ask if you want to save the file, which you would. There's usually something like the following: Code:
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro splash=silent Quote:
disclaimer: I use Debian, not Ubuntu. So, my advice may not apply. For that matter, given that I'm a pretty average guy, even if you were using Debian, my advice may still not apply. |
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