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On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:35:01 -0700 "Kristian Erik Hermansen" <[hidden email]> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Richard E Smith <[hidden email]> > Date: Oct 26, 2007 9:24 PM > Subject: Fw: ubuntu problem > To: [hidden email] > > > > > I have been running 'feisty fawn' quite reliably for some time and had > begun with v:6.06 LTS from CD back in the beginning. > Problem: > Today I received a upgrade to 'Gutsy Gibbon' v 7.10 message > and because of all of the hype, I went ahead and started the upgrade > foolishly. During the upgrade it asked me if I wanted to remove > current settings so I said yes. The Installation finished and started > the reboot. Everything looked good right up through "Grub 2". The > orange ubuntu logo screen came up and started the orange loading line > under it and than it seemed to freeze. The screen cleared after a > short time and came up with BusyBox v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-5ubuntu7) > Built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. > (initranfs) - > I typed 'help'/enter and got a list of commands similar to > those I am so familiar with from early versions of 'dos' command > lines. However this being a derivative of UNIX I am out in the cold. > Can I recover from this? Or should I reformat and send for / or > download the CD and reinstall. Or go back to 'Feisty Fawn' and wait > for better days? > If you can't help maybe you could direct me to someone who could? > Help, > Dick Smith > PS: Machine is a Pentium III, 450Mhz, with 384 M of ram. (wife's machine).
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