
alright.. so i got Ubuntu working last night and i was using windows again for a bit and i tried to reboot, but it suddenly just started going to a black screen with a flashing cursor (text cursor, not a pointer). so i just left it for a bit and it eventually went into ubuntu, but i wanted to see if i could get back into windows, and i did. so i figured all was good and tried getting back into ubuntu, and now when i start it up is shows the first loading screen for the computer, and then goes to a different screen for a half second then just restarts. it just keeps looping. I tried booting from a CD and that works, so im guessing it has to do with my Hard Drive boot stuff. so... anyone know what to do? i'm going to drop by LOCIS later to see if anyones here to help me.
Do you get the Ubuntu
Do you get the Ubuntu loading screen with the progress bar before it tries to load the GUI? You could try booting without the splashscreen and quiet options to see if anything is broken.
If it's dying when it's trying to load the login manager (GDM) then your X config is broken some how. Are you on 7.04 or 7.10?
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Andrew
bad vista/Toshiba magic?
Something is writing into the mbr and goofing up grub. A reinstall of grub would fix the problem for a while, then same thing would happen. The solution was to use the vista boot-loader (bcd) to load grub.
A windows utility called easy BCD was helpful to config it. (thanks to Kiril)
when did windows stop using ntldr?
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Matt Englert
SOCIS System Admin
NTLDR was phased out, and
NTLDR was phased out, and replaced with a more modular solution. Instead of a single stage boot-loader, it was forked into 2:
Windows Boot Manager, which reads the Boot Config Data and loads an OS selection menu.
winload.exe is the second part of the fork, and this itself is what loads Windows.
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Jordan Kapp
Second Year - BAH/CIS
Canadian Forces Regular Officer - Aerospace Control Officer
just though i'd mention that
just though i'd mention that if you ever want to restore the windows boot record, boot off the (well this works for XP) windows disc, go to the recovery console and type
FIXMBR
this should wipe out any broken or alternate bootloaders (grub, etc)
i had to run a FIXMBR today,
i had to run a FIXMBR today, after i deleted my linux partition without thinking that my boot loader was on it.
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Currently: Rob
Formerly: TurdFerguson
Good one.
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Josh Gaber
Put 1000 monkeys in front of 1000 terminals, and they'll eventually code Windows Vista