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nilius2 Joined: Oct 04, 2008 Posts: 2 Other Topics	Posted Oct 04, 2008 at 5:14:39 PM Subject: Aspire One with Linux stopped loading,help Hi, i have purchased this laptop today, never used linux before:) When i loaded the pc, i have connected it to my wnetwork, then i was asked if i want to download updates on linux Afer installing it, system asked for reboot and after pressing rebbot button it freezed so i pressed the on/off button for several sec (like we do on windows) I went off and now i only get to aspire one logo on the screen and then it becomes black with "X" displayed on it and that's it Any suggestions Thank you in advance
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proopnarine Joined Apr 03, 2008 Posts: 590 Location:San Francisco Other Topics	Posted: Oct 04, 2008 5:52:56 PM Subject: Aspire One with Linux stopped loading,help First point: NEVER press the on/off button for several seconds, on _any_ computer, not even Windows. That is a last resort method for restarting a machine and will almost always result in the accumulation of small errors or occasionally, a large scale error. What was the indication that the system was frozen? And is the X a large graphic X, or is it a small x icon? Do you, or any reader here, know which distribution is installed on the machine? Also, you should check out http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page If you can get a copy of this, you should be able to boot the machine, and then maybe go from there. Take the red pill Climate Change Blog Food Weblog
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nilius2 Joined Oct 04, 2008 Posts: 2 Other Topics	Posted: Oct 05, 2008 8:04:03 AM Subject: Aspire One with Linux stopped loading,help Hi there again, when i pressed reboot on live update window it just freezed, even after a minute it was at the same stage that's why i pressed on/off.. It is a small graphic x, like 5mm x 5mm. It is Linpus Lite on the machine, BIOS v0.3109 if it is any help I have a recovery cd with the machine but i don't have a cd-rom so before buying one i want to make sure there is no other way to restore it Thank you
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ady1306 Joined Oct 05, 2008 Posts: 2 Other Topics	Posted: Oct 06, 2008 5:41:13 PM Subject: Re: Aspire One with Linux stopped loading,help had this problem with mine, i'm also very new to this os but i did have to re-install from the recovery dvd, if you have access to a main pc i believe the you may be able to tun the recover via network boot....worth a go but buying an ext dvd/cd rom is the easiest answer. that or usb stick and copy the dvd on to it. ady [Modified by: ady1306 on October 06, 2008 05:42 PM]
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