Kubuntu won't boot

[rikona]

On 2021-07-28 02:25, Nicholas Saunders wrote:

> well, just coming at this tangentially:
> 
> if a live USB drive or similar works, then probably your hardware is 
> mostly fine.  Never hurts to run a RAM test.

Looks OK to me too - everything was running very well until the boot 
failure.

> Anyhow, if it's possible, swap out the hard drive.  Can you pop that 
> hard drive into another machine?

Drives were VERY expensive, so no swaps, but I could use a HD I have. 
Also my older boxes can't run those NVMe drives so can't check them.

> A more technical approach would be, I think, to delve into GRUB.  That 
> however, is beyond my skill-level.

Mine too.:-)

> For general RCA (Root Cause Analysis) I suggest trying to isolate the 
> problem.  Probably your motherboard and RAM are fine.
> 
> GL and HTH,
> 
> Nick

Thanks for the help.