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New question #76264 on Ubuntu:
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Hello all!  I am currently using a brand new Dell with Windows XP that has plenty of memory and such.  I want to use Windows for the most part for my work, but there is one application I need to use where I need Linux.  I installed Ubuntu 9.04 on a second internal hard drive and it installed fine.  When I boot up my computer I get the option of running Windows XP or Ubuntu, so I must have done something right.  When I choose Ubuntu, it proceeds like it is going to work and gives me the option of pressing [Esc] for the menu.  If I let it go without going to the menu or if I choose the menu and boot it in 'normal mode' (I haven't tried any other modes), the screen changes, and I get a white cursor in the top left hand corner.  Soon after the cursor appears it disappears and there is a flash of blue across the top and then......nothing.  I mean nothing.  The screen goes black, the computer stops crunching and nothing happens.  

Unfortunately my department doesn't support Linux, so there is no where here to go for hands on help.  And I have already tapped the ideas from computer savvy people around.  Does anyone out there have any idea what I can do to get it to run?

Thanks so much!

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