Eric06
May 20th, 2008, 08:39 PM
Hello, I have installed unbuntu studio on my acer machine (i wiped our the vista image)
Since the install i have a bizzare boot behavior, as I am not a grub expert, i need help finding out what is wrong.
machine config: 2 hdd (one has linux+swap, the other is for data/backups) The machine is an ACER aspire 5610 (dual core quad intel) with 2 giga. no dual boot on vista, i asked the install cd to remove all windows partitions on the drive 0
problem description: when i power on (cold boot), after the Grub timer (to allow entering the menu) the screen is cleared, there is a starting message ('Starting up...'), then nothing happen at all (I tried waiting for 10minutes). If from there i reboot the machine (by holding the power on psysical switch for 20 seconds) the machine reboots and it passes the starting message, loads linux and everything is fine after this (ubuntu works perfect). in summary my machine will not cold boot, but will warm boot, the problem is solid
what i tryed so far:
1) reinstall grub from a root console: no change
2) remove second hdd: no change
3) check the disk with tools like ctrlpart...: no change, no error log
4) scanned the systems messages for errors : no message showing any error
On june 23rd after the latest ubuntu updates download from the internet the systems now boots OK: this was probably a kernel issue at boot statup
I am glad this is gone, but I cannot tell if this is fixed forever.
Since the install i have a bizzare boot behavior, as I am not a grub expert, i need help finding out what is wrong.
machine config: 2 hdd (one has linux+swap, the other is for data/backups) The machine is an ACER aspire 5610 (dual core quad intel) with 2 giga. no dual boot on vista, i asked the install cd to remove all windows partitions on the drive 0
problem description: when i power on (cold boot), after the Grub timer (to allow entering the menu) the screen is cleared, there is a starting message ('Starting up...'), then nothing happen at all (I tried waiting for 10minutes). If from there i reboot the machine (by holding the power on psysical switch for 20 seconds) the machine reboots and it passes the starting message, loads linux and everything is fine after this (ubuntu works perfect). in summary my machine will not cold boot, but will warm boot, the problem is solid
what i tryed so far:
1) reinstall grub from a root console: no change
2) remove second hdd: no change
3) check the disk with tools like ctrlpart...: no change, no error log
4) scanned the systems messages for errors : no message showing any error
On june 23rd after the latest ubuntu updates download from the internet the systems now boots OK: this was probably a kernel issue at boot statup
I am glad this is gone, but I cannot tell if this is fixed forever.