<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font size="2" class="">G’day to anyone who might be able to help.<br class=""></font><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">I’m am interesting in trying Linux to see if I can escape the grasp of Apple which seems to want to own more and more of me. Either that or jump to the dark side.</span></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">I inherited an old HP 8440p laptop which has Windows 7 on one partition and Ubuntu on another. In trying to access Ubuntu, I have ended up with the message 'Grub rescue' upon startup. I am unable to find the startup partition a</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">fter following instructions obtained online and making several attempts to fix it</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">.</span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font color="#231f20" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">I have inserted an Ubuntu DVD and used it to start up the laptop. On more than one occasion it got as far as setting up wireless then stopped. Now it simply churns out lines of text ending for eg in - <i class="">‘frozen’ (timeout), status { DRDY } and print_req_error, Emask 0x4 </i></span></font></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><i class="">(timeout)</i></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">If there is there anyone with the time to assist me get the computer up and running I would appreciate it.</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font color="#231f20" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-size: 14px;" class="">My tel # is 63919288 (</span></font></span><font color="#231f20" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-size: 14px;" class="">Evandale) or 0490121331 and I can travel. </span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#231f20" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-size: 14px;" class="">I look forward to hearing from anyone or getting advice as to where I might get help.</span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#231f20" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-size: 14px;" class="">Many thanks</span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#231f20" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-size: 14px;" class="">Graham</span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#231f20" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div></div></body></html>