ubuntu fails to boot from hdd. an error message pops up in dos but is to quick for me to see what it is

[Tony Stuart]

Sorry but all I can say is that it fails to boot 9 out of 10 times from the hard drive

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 6dfcfc096873b93e9c464bc4711c83e8
CheckboxSystem: f134069bba098730d27f59b402920826
Date: Sat Dec 26 22:56:30 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: nautilus 1:2.28.1-0ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: nautilus
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686

[adriangoodyer (adriangoodyer)]

Thanks for your bug report and for your contribution to ubuntu. In order to determine if this issue is usplash related, please boot your computer with usplash disabled and then shutdown to see if you can reproduce the issue? To disable usplash for a single boot, follow these steps:

1. Press Esc during Grub boot delay to access the boot menu.
2. Select your actual Ubuntu boot line and press "e" to edit it.
3. Select the "kernel" line and press "e" to edit it.
4. At the end of the line, remove "splash" and "quiet" and press "enter".
5. Type "b" to boot the custom boot line.

[adriangoodyer (adriangoodyer)]

@ Tony Stuart

Could you please confirm if you have taken the steps suggested in my previous post? If they were successful/unsuccessful then could you please let me know as we can either close this bug or take the next step. Thank you.

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