RE: Updates Restart and Login question

Generally beeping during boot indicates a hardware issue. It's called "BIOS Post Beep":

http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm = BIOS boot beep codes

When the Ubuntu kernel is booting there is not provision for beeping, since that layer of the OS is not yet loaded.

1) Verify your hardware and BIOS at reboot.
2) Boot noting failing items with exact error messages.
3) Search Google or the Ubuntu Forums for resolution.

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> From: jasons@spatafore.net
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Updates Restart and Login question
> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:58:43 -0700
>
> Nope, you should be fine. Any queued actions should take place at your next
> login.
>
> If you did a clean shutdown (didn't press and hold power), I can't see where
> things could go wrong.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dazed_75" <lthielster@gmail.com>
> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 5:54 PM
> Subject: Updates Restart and Login question
>
>
> >I am running ubuntu 8.04.1 on this machine. Update Manager siad there
> > were updates available and after looking them over, I allowed them. A
> > restart was required and I had it do that. Then I got busy. I was
> > about to leave when I noticed the machine was waiting at the login
> > screen. Since I was about to leave, I choose to shutdown from the
> > login screen rather than logging in. I figured starting up later
> > would be just as good.
> >
> > During shutdown, the machine started beeping at me like something was
> > wrong. Messages flashed by rapidly but I did see the word failure
> > several times. So my question is whether skipping the login on a
> > required restart is a bad idea???\\
> >
> > BTW, I started it up again and everything seemed to go normally
> > including a normal login.
> >
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