View Full Version : [ubuntu] Grub, Installation, Blackscreen help needed
BlankKnight
November 5th, 2012, 07:15 PM
I'm pretty new to all this so ill show you my train of thought as best I can. Images are in the attachment.
I used 'Wubi' the windows installer to download Ubuntu 12.10 everything is fully loaded and it asks me to reboot. When it comes back to life my computer has nothing but a white flashing '-' symbol.
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I turn my computer off and on again and it asks me if I want windows 7 or Ubuntu I select Ubuntu and this shows up..
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In conclusion, what should I do with this, baring in mind I know absolutely nothing about computers. Thanks for any help :(
BlankKnight
November 5th, 2012, 07:19 PM
Oh and i forgot to mention I have a Pavilion G6 HP notebook, if that helps anything.
BlankKnight
November 6th, 2012, 05:56 PM
sorry to keep bumping this but I kinda need this to work as soon as possible, any help would be greatly appreciated as I don't have the foggiest idea of what to do in grub despite looking at endless threads on the matter is there anything simple i can do or should i just get windows for my new PC seeing as I know very little about this.
oldfred
November 6th, 2012, 07:44 PM
I do not know wubi, but lets see is this shows anything. You will need a liveCD or liveUSB to boot the ISO from. Either Ubuntu or UbuntuSecureRemix which has Boot-Repair, but is not the standard Ubuntu.
Post the link to the BootInfo report that this creates.
Boot Repair -Also handles LVM, GPT, separate /boot and UEFI dual boot.:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
You can repair many boot issues with this or 'Create BootInfo' report (Other Options) & post the link it creates, so we can see your exact configuration and diagnose advanced problems.
Full RepairCD with Boot-Repair (for newer computers)
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuSecureRemix
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wubi
Also instructions for CD or USB
http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download
Write image or burn image not copy ISO as one large file to CD.
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/burn-a-cd-on-windows
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromCD
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD
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