Hello
I got an old laptop for a friend of mine (Dell Inspiron 2500), he used to use Ubuntu 8.04.
He wanted to try Xubuntu 9.04 but it wouldn't boot.
After a while I discovered that I had to add "acpi=off" in the kernel boot command.
I thought a BIOS upgrade would fix it. Using the old Ubuntu I was able to use the "dellBiosUpdate" to update the bios.
The PCMCIA doesn't work anymore for some reason, I'm thinking to downgrade again. The problem is when it restarts the bios doesn't update/downgrade (using the new Ubuntu).
I followed the advice there:
http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php...dellBiosUpdate
Doing a warm reboot doesn't work, Ubuntu 8.10, 9.04 & 9.10 when using "reboot=bios" in the kernel boot command.
My problems are as follows:
#1 How to warm reboot Ubuntu 9.10 (knowing reboot=bios doesn't enable bios updating)
#2 How to edit the new GRUB's menu so I would add the "acpi=off" permanently.
Note: /boot/grub/menu.lst doesn't exist (using GRUB beta, installed by default with Ubuntu 9.10 installer).
I got an old laptop for a friend of mine (Dell Inspiron 2500), he used to use Ubuntu 8.04.
He wanted to try Xubuntu 9.04 but it wouldn't boot.
After a while I discovered that I had to add "acpi=off" in the kernel boot command.
I thought a BIOS upgrade would fix it. Using the old Ubuntu I was able to use the "dellBiosUpdate" to update the bios.
The PCMCIA doesn't work anymore for some reason, I'm thinking to downgrade again. The problem is when it restarts the bios doesn't update/downgrade (using the new Ubuntu).
I followed the advice there:
http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php...dellBiosUpdate
Doing a warm reboot doesn't work, Ubuntu 8.10, 9.04 & 9.10 when using "reboot=bios" in the kernel boot command.
My problems are as follows:
#1 How to warm reboot Ubuntu 9.10 (knowing reboot=bios doesn't enable bios updating)
#2 How to edit the new GRUB's menu so I would add the "acpi=off" permanently.
Note: /boot/grub/menu.lst doesn't exist (using GRUB beta, installed by default with Ubuntu 9.10 installer).
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