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If you have a dual DVI ATI card and the live cd boots to a blank screen, switch the monitor plug to the other DVI socket.
If you have Grub2 problems, continue reading...
There is something seriously wrong with 10.04. If you have a recent ATI graphics card you are in trouble.
A clean install from a live CD fails because the Live CD dies to a black screen.
Upgrading with the update manager proceeds through the upgrade but results in a broken Grub2 install.
The Grub2 rescue mode doesn't recognize the linux command needed to point to the installed kernel.
You can reinstall Grub2...if the live cd works. But it doesn't.
Enter Super Grub Disk http://www.supergrubdisk.org/index.php?pid=5
Their cd download page gives you this inspiring message: "If you are a newbie please check for Cdrom, Usb or floppy download instead of SG2D Cdrom, SG2D Usb and SG2D floppy on mirror #0. This is the old Super Grub Disk which actually works better than the new Super Grub Disk based on Grub2. Sorry for any troubles that you run into."
I'm downloading SG2D Cdrom 1.30, hopefully that will fix the broken grub install.
If you have a dual DVI ATI card and the live cd boots to a blank screen, switch the monitor plug to the other DVI socket.
If you have Grub2 problems, continue reading...
There is something seriously wrong with 10.04. If you have a recent ATI graphics card you are in trouble.
A clean install from a live CD fails because the Live CD dies to a black screen.
Upgrading with the update manager proceeds through the upgrade but results in a broken Grub2 install.
The Grub2 rescue mode doesn't recognize the linux command needed to point to the installed kernel.
You can reinstall Grub2...if the live cd works. But it doesn't.
Enter Super Grub Disk http://www.supergrubdisk.org/index.php?pid=5
Their cd download page gives you this inspiring message: "If you are a newbie please check for Cdrom, Usb or floppy download instead of SG2D Cdrom, SG2D Usb and SG2D floppy on mirror #0. This is the old Super Grub Disk which actually works better than the new Super Grub Disk based on Grub2. Sorry for any troubles that you run into."
I'm downloading SG2D Cdrom 1.30, hopefully that will fix the broken grub install.
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