Ok heres the link to Boot Repair. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
Give it a try. If you still cant get Ubuntu running give us a shout. On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Christopher Barnes <chris.p.bar...@gmail.com > wrote: > Hi Johannes, > > I have a link to a cdrom you can download to fix grub boot probs with > Ubuntu. Ill dig it up and send it to the list. > > Failing that, I'm just over at Annandale so it shouldn't be too far for me > to travel to take a look at your lappy. > > Sent from my BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Johannes Nielsen <bammeb...@gmail.com> > Sender: slug-boun...@slug.org.au > Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 13:18:11 > To: Michael Fox<micha...@heimic.net> > Reply-To: bammeb...@gmail.com > Cc: <slug@slug.org.au> > Subject: Re: [SLUG] Re: Ubuntu instalation > > Hi Michael > Yes it is a lap top and I would do that only my brother has terminal cancer > and he is back in hospital and so I am now packing to go to support him in > the final hours of his life on this Earth > > Yours in Wellness > Johannes Nielsen CEO > BAMedia > Wellness Marketing and Event Management > ABN 32 071 013 220 > > bammeb...@gmail.com > > + 61 (0) 451 326 960 (Optus Cell Phone) > > ICQ 70972773 > Skype fuzzy8561 > > Excellence in Service Provision > > http://bikedaddybike.blogspot.com/ > > > > On 2 April 2012 13:03, Michael Fox <micha...@heimic.net> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > If this is a laptop based machine, you should take it along to the next > > SLUG meeting, as someone should be able to help on the spot. > > > > Thanks > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Johannes Nielsen <bammeb...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >> Hi all > >> Who is on the list that is around the Balmain area happy to travel that > >> would be willing to support me with getting Ubuntu to run off of my HDD > I > >> managed to install it successfully as I did the last time. > >> > >> As far as I am aware it was a Grub loader issue and when I boot from the > >> HDD it comes up to a blank screen and blinking cursor > >> > >> Yours in Wellness > >> Johannes Nielsen CEO > >> BAMedia > >> Wellness Marketing and Event Management > >> ABN 32 071 013 220 > >> > >> bammeb...@gmail.com > >> > >> + 61 (0) 451 326 960 (Optus Cell Phone) > >> > >> ICQ 70972773 > >> Skype fuzzy8561 > >> > >> Excellence in Service Provision > >> > >> http://bikedaddybike.blogspot.com/ > >> > >> > >> > >> On 2 April 2012 01:52, Johannes Nielsen <bammeb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > Hi all > >> > I had a HDD failure which wiped out my Ubutnu install and I have put a > >> new > >> > HDD in and installed Ubuntu and what comes up when I boot from the HDD > >> is a > >> > blank screen and the cursor. > >> > > >> > Someone was kind enough the support me in getting Ubuntu running the > >> last > >> > time and I would really appreciate if someone could guide me through > the > >> > process now. > >> > > >> > Yours in Wellness > >> > Johannes Nielsen CEO > >> > BAMedia > >> > Wellness Marketing and Event Management > >> > ABN 32 071 013 220 > >> > > >> > bammeb...@gmail.com > >> > > >> > + 61 (0) 451 326 960 (Optus Cell Phone) > >> > > >> > ICQ 70972773 > >> > Skype fuzzy8561 > >> > > >> > Excellence in Service Provision > >> > > >> > http://bikedaddybike.blogspot.com/ > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On 30 March 2012 20:43, Jim Donovan <j...@aptnsw.org.au> wrote: > >> > > >> >> >From the Westpac site this evening: > >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> >Online Banking will be unavailable from 02:50 am Sydney time for 1 > >> hour > >> >> 25 minutes on Sunday 1 April 2012 due to scheduled maintenance. > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> Meanwhile, NAB says: > >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> >Due to scheduled maintenance Internet Banking will be unavailable on > >> >> Sunday 1 April from 1AM-5AM AEDT. > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> We discussed this before. Looks like banks still haven't worked out > how > >> >> to handle changing timezones. And NAB doesn't understand that there > >> simply > >> >> won't be 5AM AEDT on 1 April. > >> >> > >> >> Jim Donovan > >> >> -- > >> >> SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > >> >> Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> -- > >> SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > >> Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > >> > > > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Kind Regards, Christopher Barnes e. chris.p.bar...@gmail.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
