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[MD5] Ubuntu 10.04 will not boot! :(

Asked by Michael Langworth

I have a Dell Studio 1737, i have/had Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Full Release installed on my laptop. Just recently, i was burning a few data discs, and found that the data on the disc burning section wouldn't remove its self. I tried to delete but nothing happened.

I then shut my laptop down, rebooted it, and it just hangs on the "Booting Up" screen. None of the Kernels actually work, the Safe (Recovery) Mode doesn't work at all.

HELP!! What can I do???

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Joe (jfarina) said : 		#1

Sorry to hear about your issue....I had the very same issue not too long ago and what I did to solve the issue was I took the Linux cd and put it in the computer and reinstalled Ubuntu. Please let me know if this helps!!!

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#2

Do you call "Booting Up" screen the screen with menu ?

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Michael Langworth (michael-langworth-1991) said : 		#3

Joe:

this will wipe everything off my laptop wont it? As there is valuable work on there that i need.

Delance:

its the screen after it says

"Loading GRUB 1.5" then goes to another black screen saying

"Starting Up..."

I need to get it back up so i can burn my work stuff to dvd's

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#4

Never shutdown your pc in that way

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Reisub:

Please note instead of press the Reset or power button to reboot the pc please try this:

To manage the freeze of your system and even Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn’t work anymore, the mouse is stuck on the screen any none of the key combinations will work, don’t think of the reset button just yet.

Hold down the Right Alt and SysRq keys and press this sequence:

R E I S U B

This will cleanly unmount drives, terminate processes and nicely reboot your machine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key

Hth

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Now:

Please boot your pc using the live install cd and please perform a fsck on your Ubuntu partitions

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#5

"Loading GRUB 1.5" and power off => perhaps the files in "/boot" directory are corrupted, which would be bad news.
1) Boot on Ubuntu CD
2) Choose option "Try and don't install"
3) Open a terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal)
4) Type in terminal (to check file systems on your hard disk)
        fsck /dev/sda1
        fsck /dev/sda2
and so on...
Ans post if:
a) fsck found errors
b) fsck were able to fix all errors
If some errors are found and not fixed, then perhaps you will have to reinstall.

A last question, are you using Grub2 (it's the case for a fresh install of Lucid) or Grub Legacy (it's the case if you have updated from 9.04 Jaunty) ?

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Michael Langworth (michael-langworth-1991) said : 		#6

None of these options are working what so ever... i can not boot the ubuntu disc

And the R E I S U B techbique doesnt work either....

I'm running out of ideas :'(

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#7

What do you mean exactly by "i can not boot the ubuntu disc" ?

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Joe (jfarina) said : 		#8

When you put the disk in the drive, you must turn off the computer and then turn it on so that the bios sees the disk at startup and then you should be able to boot from the cd

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Michael Langworth (michael-langworth-1991) said : 		#9

basically, i did what Joe said to do,

"When you put the disk in the drive, you must turn off the computer and then turn it on so that the bios sees the disk at startup and then you should be able to boot from the cd"

i have even gone into the BIOS settings, set it to load disc up first and it even by-passes this and tries to load the ubuntu OS up...this is just becoming a nightmare as i need to get the laptop working again before tuesday, and i dont think it will work to be honest, but i am prepared to try anything.

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Michael Langworth (michael-langworth-1991) said : 		#10

this is a video i uploaded to show you what i mean by my problem....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxJsUfS-Mwo

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Joe (jfarina) said : 		#11

I reviewed your video about 4 times and I have one more question for you....I noticed right before the screen that your getting hung up on it says press esc to enter the main menu. What happens when you press esc?

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Michael Langworth (michael-langworth-1991) said : 		#12

It comes up showing ubuntu with different kernels, but they dont work as tye other kernels are not on the system

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#13

If CD-ROM is first in BIOS boot order, but boot start on hard disk, it means your CD-ROM can be used for boot.
You have to do a MD5 check of it. Currently, I can't give you the link and you will have search on the web.

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Michael Langworth (michael-langworth-1991) said : 		#14

could the problem be that i am trying to boot Ubuntu 10.04 LTS from a DVD Disc?

Could this be the MD5 Checksum that i need to do?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM

i am also putting 2 video links on here aswell

the BIOS order of my Dell Studio 1737:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRF3rIxTscI

i pressed onto escape when loading GRUB 1.5 and pressed onto Kernel 26.23.xx.x.7 << or something like that. it ended with a 7 and this list of commands came up, only i dont know what i shud be typing into the command.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYhGvAohYAI

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#15

I mistyped; "your CD-ROM can't be used for boot" and not "can" !
1) Yes, you have the right address for MD5.
2) In first video, order is HDD before CD-ROM. At opposite, you must have DVD first, before HDD.
After having check MD5 of disk, change boot order, and boot on Ubuntu CD.

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Michael Langworth (michael-langworth-1991) said : 		#16

sorry to sound daft, im only an 18 year old, intermediate in Ubuntu.

do i need to do the MD5 check on another Linux Pc or can i use Windows?

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#17

Here some general note on install Ubuntu and howto to get a good ubuntu iso cd image (.iso) to burn on a cd:

- Here the steps to install Ubuntu 10.04.1 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GraphicalInstall
- Here a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaqaDZZ_P0g&feature=fvw

The main ubuntu site is this: www.ubuntu.com and the download location is this
http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download

Ubuntu prerequisites: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements
Ubuntu 10.04.1 release notes: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidLynx/ReleaseNotes
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidLynx/ReleaseNotes/ChangeSummary/10.04.1

1) please download the 700 mb file http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download simply press on download button
To avoid download errors download the desired ubuntu iso install cd image using the torrent protocol.

- if you are using Windows please install a torrent client i suggest you http://deluge-torrent.org/
and download the iso using a .torrent link from here:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.04.1/ubuntu-10.04.1-desktop-i386.iso.torrent

2) PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK the md5sum of downloaded file to be sure it have no error https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM
Only if the md5sum number match with this: http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.04.1/MD5SUMS go to the next steps.

3) burn the iso image onto a cd, to do it install and use http://infrarecorder.org/?page_id=5 burn the cd at lower speed you can do and activate the data verify

4) insert the self made install cd into your pc cdrom drive and reboot your pc. YOU MUST NOT SEE Windows starting and you can try Ubuntu from cdrom and then install it

If you have trouble with installation (the system freeze or you can't complete it) be sure to read the above suggestions, then:

1.a ) Please boot entirely (you must not see windows starting) from Ubuntu live install cd and when the system start to boot from cd you will see two bottom screen icons (keyboard and man inside circle ) please press space (choose your desired language) then a screen textual center menu will appear to you with this items in it:

Try Ubuntu without installing
Install Ubuntu
Check disc for defects
Test memory
Boot from first hard disk

Please select "Check disc for defects" and press enter to test if your cd-driver can read in a good way the live install cd... or if the install cd have some defective file in it.
Then please also perform a Test memory to be sure your pc RAM memory have not any issue

If you get a blank screen at boot after install or booting from the Ubuntu install cd please read:

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-fix-ubuntu-10-04-lts-lucid-blank-screen-at-startup.html

---- if you have trouble with intel8xxx graphic cards:

please try this: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Bugs/Lucidi8xxFreezes

Additionally, if you are new to Ubuntu, i recommend reading through the Ubuntu Manual, it's very informative:

http://ubuntu-manual.org/

Click on the "download Button" to download the latest PDF version.

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Michael Langworth (michael-langworth-1991) said : 		#18

Thankyou for the information and help but this still doesnt answer my question....

do i have to do a MD5 check on another Linux system or can i use Windows?

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Michael Langworth (michael-langworth-1991) said : 		#19

Thanks marcobra (Marco Braida), that solved my question.