Re: Boot problem

[Robert Citek <robert.citek@gmail.com>]

What version of Ubuntu are you using?  You might also want to run
"check disk for defects" at the boot screen.

Although, this issue is likely a different issue from the OPs.

Regards,
- Robert

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 12:50 AM, Daniel <dascamel@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just got the same error when trying to install on a new, new to us,
> computer with my daughter.  I downloaded the current stable, burned to cd
> then rebooted twice, tried twice, and got the same error.  I am
> re-downloading to see if it was just a bad download.
> Daniel
>
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Robert Citek <robert.citek@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> It seems odd that the machine would stop working like that without any
>> underlying reason, e.g. a failing disk, an upgrade, deleted file.
>>
>> The first step you might want to consider it to create a backup of the
>> disk.  You can do so by booting with an Ubuntu desktop CD, mounting
>> the internal drive, and copying the important data (e.g. Chemistry,
>> English, etc.) to an external USB drive.
>>
>> Once you have done that, open a shell terminal and run this collection
>> of commands:
>>
>> sudo true && (
>> set -x
>> sudo fdisk -l
>> blkid -o list
>> ls -la /dev/disk/by-uuid/
>> ) >& output.txt
>>
>> Post the contents of the output.txt file here as that will give us
>> some clues as what to do next.
>>
>> Regards,
>> - Robert
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:17 PM, Craig Ziegel
>> <mwtransport@wisperhome.com> wrote:
>> > My son uses Ubuntu Studio. He turned his computer on the other day and
>> > this is what he got. His system wouldn't boot this system has his
>> > Chemistry stuff, English and what ever else. So I can't nuke it and do
>> > a fresh install. Can anyone tell me some scripts to run to possibly get
>> > this system up and running again. I tried the help option and still the
>> > same issue. Please help
>>
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