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And also no other virtual terminals? Did you try &quot;Alt-F2&quot; or &quot;Ctrl-Alt-F2&quot;<br />
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Probably will need to boot again with a live CD and <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair" rel="ugc">try to fix GRUB</a>...
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And also no other virtual terminals? Did you try "Alt-F2" or "Ctrl-Alt-F2"

Probably will need to boot again with a live CD and try to fix GRUB [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair]...

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Thanks, Experts. &nbsp;This pointed me to the resolution, which was to look at the &quot;advanced partitioning&quot; option during install. &nbsp;Somehow the boot track was being recorded on a secondary drive. &nbsp;Pointing to the desired drive straightened the whole mess.<br />
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Tnx.
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Thanks, Experts.  This pointed me to the resolution, which was to look at the "advanced partitioning" option during install.  Somehow the boot track was being recorded on a secondary drive.  Pointing to the desired drive straightened the whole mess.

Tnx.

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Experts,<br />
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I have tried to install both the above OS's but they both fail to boot after what seems a successful installation.<br />
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There is no grub, no gui, just a flashing cursor.<br />
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Any suggestions?
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Experts,

I have tried to install both the above OS's but they both fail to boot after what seems a successful installation.

There is no grub, no gui, just a flashing cursor.

Any suggestions?

Linux Mint 17.2 and Ubuntu 14.04.2 - Install but no boot

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