[Leaplist] Install Troubles ... still

[Steve Litt]

On Friday 12 January 2007 00:38, Bruce Metcalf wrote:
> Hiyas,
>
> Okay, so I've given up on the dark side and am switching over. No dual
> boots, either. All's well on several systems, but.... (cue the sad violins)
>
> My big machine won't load the distro I want. It'll load Knoppix and DSL
> just fine. Some days it'll even load Ubuntu 5.10 live. But I want to run
> Dapper Drake Kubuntu 6.06.1 LTS. Whenever I try, I get as far as the
> first splash screen and it hangs at "Mounting root file system".

What happens when you boot to boot level 1? I think you boot Linux 1 or Linux 
single out of grub by pressing e for edit.

If you can get into single user mode (boot level 1), take a look at /etc/fstab 
and maker sure there's nothing terrible there. Actually, you could do that by 
mounting your root drive in Knoppix and then look at the file from there.

Also, try disabling any unnecessary services, and maybe temporarily disable 
services you DO need.

SteveT

Steve Litt
Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and courseware
http://www.troubleshooters.com/