MAFoElffen
October 15th, 2011, 06:57 PM
i am not trying to install a pxe server , i already have one up an running in my local network, yes i have usbBOOT option but would prefer a pxe boot cause several other systems in my network also are having same machine and same problems. Regarding the grub menu, yes i do get it and option to boot into previous linux versions , but none of them give me a command line or anything, they all freeze after a point. thanks for your response.
Offhand, I know of 2 (of many) options that will work for that. Both methods will get you booted (I'm giving both in case one doesn't work for you.) Both then branch into the 3rd set of instructions, to install your video driver, clean up and fix the interrupted upgrade and finish the distribution upgrade.:
A. First Method, (easiest) From Grub Menu
1. At boot, hold down or press repeatedly the shift key. That should bring up the Grub Menu.
2. At Grub menu, Press "e". That will put you into an edit mode on that grub menu item.
3. Arrow down to the line starting with "linux". That is the kernel boot line.
4. Arrow right until after the boot options "quiet splash".
5. Insert the kernel boot option "nomodeset" before the option "vt.handoff=7"
6. Press <cntrl><x> to boot with that option.
Once it boots, go to System Settings > Additional Drivers... Install your driver.
B. Second method from LiveCD (or LiveUSB as it may), if the first doesn't work:
1. Boot from a LiveCD. First page is black with a keyboard/person icon (input). Press Escape.
2. That will get you to a VGA looking keyboard selection screen. Press <esc> or <enter>. Both will end up as a US keyboard.
3. Then you should be at the Advanced Installation Menu.
4. At that menu, press <F6>. That will bring up dropdown Boot Options Menu.
5. Arrow down to where is says "nomodeset". Press your spacebar to select.
6. Press escape to exit the dropdown, it will keep the selection(s).
7. Select "Try" from the menu.
8. When booted from the Live-CD. Open a terminal session.
9. Find your installed Linux partition, e.g. /dev/sda5 (where you've installed Ubuntu ... the "/" or root mount partition)
sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt
3. If you have a dedicated boot partition: sudo mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/boot
sudo mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev
sudo mount -o bind /sys /mnt/sys
sudo mount -t proc /proc /mnt/proc
4. "changeroot" to /mnt
sudo chroot /mnt /bin/bash
5. Now you're "on" Oneiric, see chnageroot man page for details
10. Now in your desktop, go to System Settings > Additional Drivers and install your driver. (I don't know your specific Video Card model or I would have given you the CLI commands to install it...)
C. Both methods above of booting, getting to your install, installing the video driver, then branch to this--> where you fix and finish your update:
From there, open a terminal session (<cntrl><alt><t>).
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get -f
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
- Right before that last cli command, you "could" probably exit and do your automagic install from your pxe server, but you are already there... The point is, you "need" to get your graphics driver installed and working, and the install got hosed on "this single" machine. It is no longer a "generic" install that is covered with your generic PXE install script.
Since "how" graphics is handled now in 11.04 and later (actually in upstream Linux itself), now I'm getting curious about how PXE Server installs are going to handle differences in client GPU's. They are no longer handled as generic graphics as they where in 9.04 and previous. 11.04 and later is getting real particular about that. The installer doesn't probe and adjust to that well <> its still a manual affair (installing proprietary drivers for prorietary GPUs) in that respect.