Thank you, I will try installing 8.04 using a Live CD -- as soon as I find enough time (busy work week right now).
The system will boot up if I keep the Live CD version 7.10 in the drive and choose to boot from the hard drive by selecting F12 on start up. This starts the upgraded 8.04 Ubuntu (that I downloaded over the Internet). It appears that installing 7.10 again would be possible using the CD, but I will make a new version 8.04 CD and try to re-install that version. In the meantime, Dell is mailing me a diagnostic and trouble-shooting CD that should have been included with the computer. Thanks very much for your reply. On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:32 AM, Siegfried <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As mcas noted, please download the installation CD of Ubuntu 8.04 and > run the live installer. If the LiveCD works, then it could be a problem > with the installation. This looks like a message from the kernel. > > -- > Ubuntu 8.04 upgrade results in Major Problem > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223088 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > Since upgrading I cannot get my computer to start. Message as follows > keeps repeating: > > ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen > ata2.00: cmd a0/00:00:00:24:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 pio 36 in > ata2.00: status: { DRDY } > > The only way to shut down is unplug the computer. > > Please advise, if anyone has a solution. > -- Leslie [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Attachment added: "unnamed" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14007287/unnamed -- Ubuntu 8.04 upgrade results in Major Problem https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223088 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
