[Bug 479597] Re: HP Mini 311 - Does not always boot

[Scott Wills]

Here's another data point. I bought a HP Mini 311-1000 (US) in December
2009 and set it up to dual-boot Microsoft XP and Ubuntu 9.04 (9.10 had
the blinking cursor boot bug). Also added 2 GB RAM. I recently decided
to move to Ubuntu 10.04 (32-bit generic, not netbook version) and go MS
windows-free (not dual boot). I first flashed the BIOS to version F.15.
The system booted fine from a USB stick (no mods) and the install went
smoothly (entire disk is Ubuntu). When restarted, the blinking cursor
boot returned; the netbook was bricked. I started with the process
outline in #13 but was unable to figure out how to update-initramfs on
the hard drive (not the thumb). Efforts to get the new Ubuntu booted
failed (keyboard playing during boot, multiple reboots). I held the
shift during boot (for GRUB2) and tried the Ubuntu recovery, but its
boot process froze as well. I was ready to try the 10.04 netbook version
and had a CD ready. When the ASUS SDRW-08D1S-U was hooked up and the
boot menu set to the netbook Ubuntu CD, the hard disk version booted
instead. I blacklisted b43, ssb, and b43-pci-bridge, update-initramfs
-u, and then installed proprietary drivers Broadcom STA wireless and
NVIDIA accelerated graphics (version current). I rebooted and then ran
updates (including 2.6.32-24-generic). Now all appears to be working
well (including wireless).

Thanks to everyone for helpful comments and things to try!

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HP Mini 311 - Does not always boot
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