MegaShark
March 25th, 2010, 01:27 PM
Hi guys,
I wanted to use Ubuntu on one of my old laptops (a great, speedy modern OS on a modest hardware PC). Unfortunately this PC can not at the time read all CD-ROM's (can't figure out why it does read some) and I've installed Ubuntu 7.10 - the only CD it did read at the time.
I've used it for two years but I never got my wireless card to work (OK, most of the time it was collecting dust) :)
A couple of days ago I finally realized how to use ndiswrapper (lol...) and I was able to get a working Wi-Fi connection on this laptop. I then proceeded to upgrade it over the internet, to Ubuntu 8.04, then 8.10, then 9.04 and, last night, to 9.10.
It has worked through each and every of these updates, but after 9.10 the PC won't even boot (after "GRUB loading...).
Any clues on what can I check right now?
I'm still quite new to Linux so sorry for being a major noob.
Thanks in advance.
I wanted to use Ubuntu on one of my old laptops (a great, speedy modern OS on a modest hardware PC). Unfortunately this PC can not at the time read all CD-ROM's (can't figure out why it does read some) and I've installed Ubuntu 7.10 - the only CD it did read at the time.
I've used it for two years but I never got my wireless card to work (OK, most of the time it was collecting dust) :)
A couple of days ago I finally realized how to use ndiswrapper (lol...) and I was able to get a working Wi-Fi connection on this laptop. I then proceeded to upgrade it over the internet, to Ubuntu 8.04, then 8.10, then 9.04 and, last night, to 9.10.
It has worked through each and every of these updates, but after 9.10 the PC won't even boot (after "GRUB loading...).
Any clues on what can I check right now?
I'm still quite new to Linux so sorry for being a major noob.
Thanks in advance.