> the kubuntu initial splash appears and the list of loading stuff > scrolls on the botton. Shortly after it states "starting > network..." the screen changes to a similar kubuntu splash with the > blue progress bar under it. That's it!!!! No more, no less, NADA! Edit grub, (hit 'e' then 'e' again at the grub menu), and add 'vga=0 init=/bin/bash' to the kernel load line, then 'b' to boot that entry. It should give you a shell, where you can then edit your fstab and check your disks and such to make sure things are intact. Roll it back to a pre-edited state and see if you can get it booting. Once that is done, try booting up as normal and fix from there. > I know this is a rather open ended questions but the startup process > seems so different that what I am used to (SUSE, RH and AIX) that I > am stumped. Did you add any hardware? Can you be sure your motherboard and power lines (from the PSU) are not overloaded with too many devices on one line and not enough on the others? Everything seated properly? In my experience, things like this are generally due to simple "out-of-band" errors like something vibrating loose or some easy to fix problem. Can you verify that the system works by booting up to a KNOPPIX cd or dvd? That would at least eliminate most of the hardware as being damaged in anyway, so you can then explore local configuration changes that may need to be adjusted. Start with the basics and work your way up from there. David A. Desrosiers desrod at gnu-designs.com http://gnu-designs.com
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