Here are two true statements:
- My home computer, when running Vista, seems to lockup or crash when hibernating (I should probably try to fix that someday…)
- I’ve been running Ubuntu via the Install in Windows option and sometimes, when attempting to start it, I get a funky error and no pretty UI
The funky error? A brief boot cycle and then I’m looking at something like:
Busybox v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-5ubuntu12) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands(initramfs)
(Hopefully that’s close, I scribbled it down the last time I saw it)
Not overly intuitive! I usually would try to boot Ubuntu a few different times and then give up and go to Vista instead. Next time I got around to trying Ubuntu things would seem to magically be better.
Today I finally realized that point 2 appears to be directly related to point 1. If, when I see that issue, I boot Vista then immediately reboot to Ubuntu everything works just fine.
It must be somehow related to something hibernate does to the boot sector?
Not a huge deal, I’m getting close to wiping this rig and going full time Linux… but glad I think I finally have a handle on that.
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July 6th, 2008 
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You know, that constant talk about Ubuntu makes it incredibly hard to ignore those Ubuntu DVDs waiting underneath a pile of paperwork on my desktop…
Despite being out of time right now I guess I’ll have to give it a try today after work (and since I’m still running XP I’m on the save side here).