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I exhausted all suggestions on this site for this situation, in particular the cited answer. Let me elaborate:

  • Tested the DVD - fine
  • booted from an installation DVD and selected "Try Ubuntu" (from DVD)
  • Ubuntu booted fine, I could navigate the directory tree and open files, browse the internet - everything!.
  • I then clicked "Install Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS". Installation completed successfully.
  • I removed the DVD media, and hit "reboot now". The boot up got stuck with a black screen and a flashing underscore cursor at line 2 or 3. screen seems to be in SVG text mode. The only signs of life were when I reinserted the DVD and operated Ubuntu from it. When doing so I could get to the HDD and see that Ubuntu is installed there. But as soon as I removed the DVD media and rebooted, the box got stuck right after the BIOS self test.
  • I repeated the above steps but before rebooting, still running from the DVD, I opened the "Drivers" window. It did detect the "Intel microcode on Intel CPU" as a missing driver. I Installed it (where? In memory? on HDD? I have no idea where to look!)
  • I then rebooted again. The same result - black screen with a flashing cursor.
  • Assuming it is waiting for my password I typed the password blindly, no response whatsoever. I then tried typing my User's name and password, nothing! ALT/Right-arrow then ALT/left arrow - no response.

Now what??? Please help...

MeirG
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  • Boot with nomodeset after install. – Pilot6 Sep 23 '16 at 13:21
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    Possible duplicate of [My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/162075/my-computer-boots-to-a-black-screen-what-options-do-i-have-to-fix-it) – Pilot6 Sep 23 '16 at 13:21
  • @Pilot6: It never gets to the screen where I can choose manual boot, then F6. and I read that post you refer to through and through. – MeirG Sep 23 '16 at 13:52

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Well folks,

The culprit was my RAID Mirror volume. As per Shlomi Fish advice, once I dismantle the RAID into two separate disk volumes, all went well and no boot up problems.

Thanks for all your help,

Meir

MeirG
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