Thursday, May 6, 2010

Check disc for defects in Ubuntu 10.04

The makers of Ubuntu have decided to cleverly hide their text boot menu when you boot from a Live CD in Ubuntu 10.04. Here is a video that I've made that shows you how to access the text menu and its memory testing and disk integrity check functions:

For those that don't want to watch the video, the secret is to press a space bar when you see the graphic logo at boot time.
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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 20, 2010 at 9:01 AM

    Thanks, very useful. What a stupid idea to hide the option.

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  2. WhamalamaMay 20, 2010 at 9:30 AM

    Text-based menus scare new users. They made their live CD more new-user friendly, but kept the old menu. I'm happy about that. I'm not as happy that I needed to figure out this trick in order to do it, which is why I'm trying to share the tip.

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  3. UnknownMay 22, 2010 at 5:19 PM

    Thanks for this. I was wondering where the check for defects had gone.

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  4. PhilJuly 25, 2010 at 10:48 AM

    It would have saved a lot of time and bandwidth if you just said "press a space bar when you see the graphic logo at boot time."

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  5. WhamalamaJuly 25, 2010 at 4:12 PM

    Philip, I have updated the post to include your description text for those that don't wish to spend the time and bandwidth on the video. I apologize for the inconvenience.

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