It's a kernel module problem. My suggestion is that you back up your important data, and then use the 6.10 live cd and do a clean install.
this time round, make sure that you have a /home partition and a /root partition. That way you don't need to reformat your entire hard drive every time. Glen Merrick Larry Wolfe wrote: > Many thanks for the advice. I followed both suggestions. > > >From the Western Digital site I downloaded something called Data Lifeguard > and used it to run an extended diagnostic test of the drive. After running > 48 minutes and testing every sector, the drive passed. So I'm reasonably > sure that the drive is not the problem. > > I have two possible kernels bto use: 2.6.15-28-386 and 2.6.15-26-386. I get > the same /bin/sh can't access tty...etc. message with each one. There is > also a "Recovery" option under each kernel. I tried that once and at some > point in the boot process, it wanted me to enter a command. I had no idea > what I needed to enter to continue the boot so I just exited and shut down. > > The thing that baffles me so is that if I reinstalled 6.06 from the ISO disk > that I burned, the thing will boot fine for one or two times, then it fails > and gives the /bin/sh can't...etc. > > Thanks again for the suggestions. I've subscribed to receive all the posts > on this bug, but if you see a fix or work-around elsewhere, I'd be grateful > if you'd pass it on to me. > > Regards, > Larry Wolfe > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "gmerrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 9:44 PM > Subject: Re: [Bug 96084] Re: boot - /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control > turned off > > > if you have a WD drive, go to the WD website and download one of their > ISO's that can check your drive. You may have a bad drive. > > Also to try is one of the older kernel versions that appear in GRUB when > you start up. That worked for me on my laptop. > > Larry Wolfe wrote: > >> As was the case with 7.04, the 6.06 version that was reinstalled on the >> Western Digital hard drive booted twice uneventfully. The third attempt >> to boot produced the /bin/sh: can't access....etc. message. Although >> millions may successfully be runnning Ubuntu, after many weeks of >> playing with it, I have concluded that I am evidently not sophisticated >> enough to use Ubuntu. Good luck to all in sorting out this bug. >> >> >> > > -- boot - /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/96084 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
