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Re: Hangs at first startup after installation
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:18 pm
by Husse
Can you see grub at all?
Dual booting?
Macbook?
Re: Hangs at first startup after installation
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:46 pm
by Husse
Do you use the built in graphics?
Not that I think it's that but it is a possible culprit
Re: Hangs at first startup after installation
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:37 am
by Husse
This could be that gfxgrub is not working
I think what you could start with is to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst
comment out the line
menu=/etc/grub/message.mint
add ## at the beginning.
If that did not help you could read this post
http://www.linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopi ... it=gfxgrub
to get some understanding
Re: Hangs at first startup after installation
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:12 pm
by Husse
Can I edit the file before Linux has started??
Well not from the not starting Mint
But you can do it if you boot the live CD.
If disks don't get mounted star gparted and they will be...
Re: Hangs at first startup after installation
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:30 am
by Husse
sda is the current for pata and sata
hda is outdated, but I thought it would work....
Re: Hangs at first startup after installation
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:19 pm
by Husse
wonder why LinuxMint installs GRUB with /dev/hda1 when there's no such disk...
Think it's a glitch somehow - I have not seen much of this, just a few instances
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