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Dapper Server boots up again and again

Asked by Sven Janssen

Hi all:
I´ve installed Dapper Drake Server CD twice already. Both times the installation was finished successfully. Always the same problem. My computer starts booting up again and again. It´s like a never ending loop. On the screen there are the follwoing messages before it goes back to the very beginning:
Booting ´Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-23-server´
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/...
initrd /boot/...
savedefault
boot

Does anybody has an idea what to do here? I already checked the quality of my CD by using the ´Check CD for defects´ funktion. Check was finished successfully.
Thanks.

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Kim Alex Olsen (kao) said : 		#1

Just for be sure - Have you remembered to remove the cd when the installation is over -
otherwise it will boot from the cd/dvd.

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Teru (suiato) said : 		#2

Hi
I had the same problem, and couldn't make it work. But, when I used the Alternate install CD and booted with server option, it worked. It is still weird to me that the official CD setup for server doesn't work in a pretty standard PC environment. Hope people with the same problem show the cases and help finding the bug or the installation pitfall (?) in the server CD.

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Sven Janssen (janssen-bbs) said : 		#3

Thanks to Kim Alex and Teru!
Regarding Alex´ advice: yes, I removed the CD.
Regarding Teru´s advice: I understand I shall try it with the Dapper Desktop CD. I will do and keep you updated.

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Sven Janssen (janssen-bbs) said : 		#4

Thanks to Teru I managed to set up the server function I was looking for.
The only question which remains to me is "Why do the Ubuntu software engineers offer a server CD?"