Continuous rebooting after new install
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Brian Murray | ||
Bug Description
Warning newbee....
In a dark corner of my basement, I have a number of old PC's I use to learn about hardware & software. Most
recently, I've been trying to get Ubuntu Server up and running but I am having some difficulties.
Problem: PC keeps rebooting after the installation of Ubuntu Server V-6.10
- After the installation, I reboot. The PC goes through its memory tests and hardware
detection OK. I then get the following messages:
* GRUB Loading
* Press ESC to enter the menu
* The message "Starting Up" then flashes on the screen and immediately it starts to reboot going through
the memory tests etc.
Hardware:
- Home built PC with an MS-5156 motherboard.
- Pentium-MMX 233 processor
- BIOS - Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
- 8 Gig hard drive (HDA) (will later install an 80 Gig HD as second HD)
- 128 Meg of memory
- Keyboard, mouse etc...
What I've done:
- Previously had the PC running FREENAS - works just fine
- Did the default Ubuntu Server installation from CD - no special options. Same problem
- Installed it on another PC. Configured it for SAMBA, Apache2 etc. Works just fine
- Reconfigured the master/slave hard drives on the failing computer - no success
- Installed as a regular and LAMP server. Same problem
What I want to do:
- Load and run Ubuntu Server on P233 PC to run SAMBA, Apache2 but I can't get it to load and boot.
Any idea what is causing this rebooting problem and more importantly, how to fix it?
| delight (delight222) wrote | #1 |
| Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote | #2 |
| delight (delight222) wrote Re: [Bug 104786] Re: Continuous rebooting after new install | #3 |
| Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote | #4 |
I found a reference in other bugs to the fact that the image loaded during a normal install may not work on older systems. The work around is to install the linux-image-386 after the normal install is finished and the continuous rebooting has started to occur.
To load the linux-image-386:
- Place the Ubuntu CD in the drive and start the install.
- Proceed through the install until you get to the part where is is going to partition the hard drives.
- Press ALT-F2 and then press enter. You are now in a black command screen.
- enter the following commands
mkdir /mnt/temp
mount -t ext3 /dev/hda1 /mnt/temp
chroot /mnt/temp
apt-get install linux-image-386
Sit back, relax and wait for the install to complete. After it completes, it should boot OK