dan062 <dan062@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
Ubuntu install with no errors using default options.
However when booting off newly installed OS, it just shows a blank white screen after showing a few bios stuff - I am not even sure if it has booted and it is just a video issue or a complete crash - but it does not seem to respond to keyboard.
If you press escape at the right moment (as soon as it accesses the drive) you might be able to access the Grub prompt, edit the options passed to the kernel and start the system with all of the boot messages displayed. Alternatively, you could boot a live CD and edit /etc/grub/grub.cfg (assuming that Ubuntu is using Grub 2), and remove the quiet option so that the boot messages are displayed. You really need access to those boot messages at this point. Someone who is familiar with Ubuntu will be able to provide, or give a reference to precise details as to what options you need to change to display boot messages on the console. You could also get to the Grub prompt and try booting into single user mode. In most distributions, this is the second choice in the Grub boot menu.