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Boot failures are issues that makes a system impossible to boot and hence renders the system useless.

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"Not a COM32R image" error when trying to install from a USB key

Not a COM32R image boot is a message that the console infinitely keeps spitting out when I try to install Ubuntu 10.04 from a USB. I created the USB using the StartupDiskCreator in 11.04. What is the reason for this behavior? What do I do to set it…
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How to install the Boot-Repair tool in an Ubuntu live disc?

When the bootloader (GRUB) is broken, I cannot access neither Ubuntu nor Windows. I heard that an easy solution to fix this is to use the Boot-Repair tool from an Ubuntu liveCD (or liveUSB). What are the steps to do this?
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How to fix the UUID in Grub after restore from another machine?

I want to restore a complete tar backup of Ubuntu 12.04 with all my customizations, documents, installed software, etc. to a different machine. I made the backup with the following commands: sudo su cd / tar cvpzf ububackup.tgz…
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How to fix a COMRESET failed error?

After a new install on my newly-built HTPC, I can't boot! I end up in initramfs every time, and get lots of ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=16) Full error here: ata2.00 exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen ata2.00: cmd…
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Xorg server configuration fail - no screens detected

I have a serious problem with Xorg server on ubuntu 12.04 (with nvidia 420M GT card). At home I am using an external monitor connected to my laptop's HDMI port - the external display is used as extended. But then when I leave my house and go e.g. to…
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Cannot properly boot into Ubuntu after installation of Nvidia driver

I'm on Ubuntu 12.04. Everything was fine until I did a fresh install of a proprietary driver for NVIDIA, using the "Additional drivers" utility. After having restarted my computer, I cannot access to my session as usual anymore. Different things can…
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Error saying "unable to update ICE authority" while booting

I often get an error saying unable to update ICE authority. Is there a way out of this?
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Wont boot from USB, stops at SYSLINUX copyright

Created bootable 11.10 in Windows from Universal USB Installer 1.8.6.8, upon boot in my HP Mini Netbook it displays only this: SYSLINUX 4.04 EDD 2011-04-18 Copyright (C) 1994-2011 H. Peter Anvin et al _(Blinky Cursor) I tried removing "ui" from…
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Reboot hangs 100% - possibly in mountall

UPDATE: It seems mountall is hanging inside the routine emit_event(), which it calls after / is remounted to emit an event to that effect. Inside emit_event, it calls ply_boot_client_flush(), then constructs the env array, calls…
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Boot failure randomly. Can someone help?

I often get stuck at the boot on battery. I can suspend and hibernate without any trouble (even on battery). If I plug the energy cable everything goes right most of the time (edited June 13). Adding "acpi=off" doesn't solve the…
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Hard-drive fails to boot if suspend was activated prior to restarting. Booting a live USB/CD fixes the issue (temporarily)

I am running 12.04 64-bit and am dual booting with Win7, for full disclosure, although I suspect that has nothing to do with my problem. The boot-loader(GRUB) fails to load often and I will be presented with a black screen with a single blinking…
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LiveCD does not work on my desktop

I've installed new version of Ubuntu on my laptop without any issue using the LiveCD. But on my desktop, weird things happen: During the 1st try booting with the LiveCD on my desktop, my 2 year old child just hit the keyboard, and after several…
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"General error mounting file systems"

No idea what I've done, but I just started getting this error everytime I boot. Running Ubuntu 12.04. I was able to see more of the boot log by removing splash and quiet from grub. I believe this is the culprit: init: mountall main process (306)…
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Is there a way to do a fresh install of just Ubuntu and wipe the hard drive completely?

Possible Duplicate: How do I install Ubuntu? I have an older HP laptop that came with Vista. Instead of installing Win8, I installed Ubuntu as an application where it prompts for Windows or Ubuntu during the boot process. Well, Windows has not…
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Ubuntu isn't starting after unexpected shutdown

Due to power cut, My PC went off. Then, when I opened it, Ubuntu wasn't starting. I tried to run Ubuntu from live CD, it's not working. Now, what should I do? I can access BIOS and terminal from recovery mode. Update: I have 256,256 & 512 MB RAM…
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