[Bug 1352523] Re: Ubuntu 14.04 i386 will not boot on Dell Dimension 4600

[taylorkh]

I have finally resolved this issue.  The problem was not something in
grub2. Rather there was an issue with the BIOS.  I managed to get Ubuntu
Mate 14.04 to boot - until I did did a kernel update. The PC would no
longer boot. Just on a hunch I popped out and replaced the button
battery and let the BIOS return to factory default. I then booted the
PC, set the date and time and let the machine discover the hard drive
etc.  It now boots fine.

Please feel free to close this bug as resolved/not a grub2 issue.

Thanks,

Ken

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Title:
  Ubuntu 14.04 i386 will not boot on Dell Dimension 4600

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Recently I tried to install Mint 17 Mate (based on Ubuntu 14.04) on my
  trusty old Dell test PC. The OS worked from the CD and the install
  seemed to go fine. However, when I did the first reboot I only got as
  far as the grub menu. At that point the machine was totally
  unresponsive. Not even Ctrl-Alt-Del was recognized. So I then did a
  clean install of Ubuntu 14.04. Same thing. I have also tried Lubuntu
  14.04. It does not work. I have two of these PCs and they have run
  Ubuntu from 6.something through 12.04 with no issues. I think I tried
  13.something on the test one - not sure and I do not recall the
  results.

  I reinstalled grub onto the Ubuntu 14.04 system from the live CD. No
  improvement.

  I installed Fedora 20 Mate along side the non-functional Ubuntu 14.04
  install and I can now boot either one! I have observed that Ubuntu
  14.04. Lubuntu 14.04 and Mate 17 use GNU GRUB version 2.02~beta2-9
  according to the grub menu. Fedora uses grub 2-2.00.25.fc20.i686.
  Smells like an issue with the Ubuntu version of grub to me.

  For my next trick I did a clean install of Ubuntu 14.04. As expected
  it did not work. I then did an install of Lubuntu along side of the
  Ubuntu install. Again, both showed on the grub menu but the machine
  was frozen at that point. Considering that Ubuntu is based on Debian I
  installed Debian Wheezy alongside the other two operating systems. I
  can now boot to any of the three. The version of grub used by Debian
  is GNU GRUB version 1.99-27+deb7u.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: grub (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Mon Aug  4 15:14:34 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-04 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140417)
  SourcePackage: grub
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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