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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=284355012-11032010> I have been
using Fedora distros for a long time but still keep around some older PC's
to try out different Linux distributions. Lately I have been trying out
Ubuntu and Debian.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=284355012-11032010>I would really like
to switch to Ubuntu but after I install Ubuntu 9.10 from a Ubuntu supplied disk,
I get GRUB displayed and the load hangs up. The hardware is old (P3)
but is known to be good. Fedora loads with no
problems.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=284355012-11032010>On another machine
of the same type I have Debian loaded and it has been running fine for
several months. Weekly I check and install all updates
offered. After power cycling the PC, I find GRUB now offering six kernel
options; 2.6.30.5.old, 2.6.30.5, and 2.6.26-2-686, each with a single user
version. When I try to boot any of the 2.6.30.5 kernels, I
get:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=284355012-11032010>Kernel panic - not
syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=284355012-11032010>When I try the .26
version the boot progresses for awhile then hangs. If I read back in the
screen info, I see it also seems to be having trouble mounting a
fs.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=284355012-11032010>Maybe Debbie and Ian
don't like me.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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