08-29-2014, 12:01 PM
arunp,
From what I see, everything looks to be in order so really don't know what is causing the problem. At this point, I can only make wild guesses as to what's going on.
A few weeks ago on a different forum someone else was having similar (not exactly the same) problems with booting. Went back and forth trying various things for over seven pages thinking that the person must have been doing something wrong. In the end the cause turned out to be something nobody suspected and we discovered it virtually by accident -- his keyboard wasn't being read properly on boot-up. Maybe something obscure and silly like that is going on with you.
Since you appear to be partitioning and installing everything correctly, I can only guess that there might be some kind of miscellaneous hardware issue going on. So, let's just run through some things to check.
1. Is your monitor connected directly to the computer, or are you using some type of adapter or switch between the monitor and computer connection?
2. Is your keyboard connected directly to computer, or are you using some type of adapter or switch between it and the computer?
3. Do you have access to another keyboard that you can plug into computer and try? (Can you borrow one to test on your computer from a friend, relative, or from work?)
4. Check all connections to make sure they are not loose -- either where they are plugged into back of computer or where they are connected to your peripherals.
5. Open computer and check that all connections are secure:
6. If none of the above help, report back with exact brand and model # of your computer, your monitor, your keyboard and your mouse. Maybe we can do searches for those to see if there are any reports of strange Linux issues with them?
Unfortunately that's all I can think of right now. Countless people use NTFS and FAT32 partitions with Linux without issue, so I seriously doubt that is the cause of the problem. It must be some other miscellaneous thing causing the problem.
From what I see, everything looks to be in order so really don't know what is causing the problem. At this point, I can only make wild guesses as to what's going on.
A few weeks ago on a different forum someone else was having similar (not exactly the same) problems with booting. Went back and forth trying various things for over seven pages thinking that the person must have been doing something wrong. In the end the cause turned out to be something nobody suspected and we discovered it virtually by accident -- his keyboard wasn't being read properly on boot-up. Maybe something obscure and silly like that is going on with you.
Since you appear to be partitioning and installing everything correctly, I can only guess that there might be some kind of miscellaneous hardware issue going on. So, let's just run through some things to check.
1. Is your monitor connected directly to the computer, or are you using some type of adapter or switch between the monitor and computer connection?
2. Is your keyboard connected directly to computer, or are you using some type of adapter or switch between it and the computer?
3. Do you have access to another keyboard that you can plug into computer and try? (Can you borrow one to test on your computer from a friend, relative, or from work?)
4. Check all connections to make sure they are not loose -- either where they are plugged into back of computer or where they are connected to your peripherals.
5. Open computer and check that all connections are secure:
- check that RAM are firmly seated in their slots
- check cable connections between hard drives and motherboard
- check cable connections between DVD/CD player and motherboard
- if you have a graphics card, check that it is firmly seated in its slot
6. If none of the above help, report back with exact brand and model # of your computer, your monitor, your keyboard and your mouse. Maybe we can do searches for those to see if there are any reports of strange Linux issues with them?
Unfortunately that's all I can think of right now. Countless people use NTFS and FAT32 partitions with Linux without issue, so I seriously doubt that is the cause of the problem. It must be some other miscellaneous thing causing the problem.
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