Fixed my ubuntu boot problem

Installed Feisty Fawn Xubuntu (and above) on a Toshiba 325CDS

It kept hanging at the initramfs prompt

Basically it apparently wasn't loading the ide-generic module
because at the prompt i was able to type

modprobe ide-generic
exit

after the modprobe you could then ls /dev/disk which has all the new UUID stuff i guess.
Anyway, after the "exit" the boot continued normally.

So after much fooling around and guessing and reading random stuff with similar errors....

finally figured out on my own that there is a file called /etc/initramfs-tools/modules where you can add modules to be loaded by the initramfs

so edited /etc/initramfs-tools/modules by

sudo vi /etc/initramfs-tools/modules

and added

ide-generic

to the end.

Then to make the init stuff use this file you have to use the update-initramfs command (this one is for my current kernel of 2.6.20-15-generic)

sudo update-initramfs -u -k 2.6.20-15-generic

which built a new file in the /boot directory

rebooted and it actually worked.
:-)

New Dryer

Happy Thanksgiving.

We got a new dryer.
It dries things.

Zoom in forever.

You can zoom forever.

Digging a hole

This site would be handy if you are trying to dig a hole to China or making an "Earth Sandwich"

Got a new Bowflex

Just like this.

The DR is revived.

Got a fresh front tire and the fork seals and boots replaced as well as
a new chain rub strip.
The wheel hasn't fallen off yet.

Happy May Day.

Comrade, let us dance about our may poles.

Brothers...

Joshua James on the left... Big brother William Wyatt (1 1/2 years earlier) on the right...

Welcome Josh...

Click his pic for more info.

Josh has arrived.

Loose the pigeons. Willy has a playmate.

Got some stuff done.

Took 3 days off after my 2 week trip to Seattle.

Got the following accomplished:

1. Oiled and greased the JD
2. Fixed the hood on the JD (broken mount)
3. Oiled and greased the tillers
4. Got horse poop and put on garden
5. Tilled the garden
6. Got an appt. to get the DR a new front tire and the fork seals replaced
7. Got a trailer load of wood mulch
8. Sawed up a lot of the cottonwood
9. Ate lunch with Fred B.
   

About 1 week until a new nephew.

The Poulan Lives

Since I had the big cottonwood tree chopped down, I finally got around to replacing the sprocket on the old poulan.
Also put on a new chain.
It worked fine all day.

Sliderule Clock Calendar

here.

Happy New Years

That is all.

Merry Christmas

That is all.

A good Sudoku game

Play Sudoku here. Info about the game a Wikipedia.
If you are a lazy cheater you can have this guy solve your puzzle.

Morse code watch

This watch will beep the time in morse code. Get out your Yen.

Hufu

Eat HUFU. You too can pretend to be a cannibal with this tofu stuff that is made to look like human flesh.

Print your own Star Wars masks

Go here for your Star Wars masks... be Yoda or a Wookie.

Got an Apple ][+ ???

Then maybe you wanna make a music video like this guy.