Locked up in boot process.

[Steven Vollom]

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> Beats me. Even if you have updated to grub2 inadvertently, you still
> should have menu.lst. But, how did you find this out if you cannot boot
> in? If you can, can you make sure there is also no grub.cfg?

I am using the Live CD.  It is the only way I can communicate or try things.  
I am not able to make certain changes, but I am able to view my files in the 
regular OS.  I wanted to save an email I got while in the Live CD and tried to 
copy and paste it to the document file of my normal OS, but it would not let me 
do that, and I had to write it out long hand.  I was being obedient to an 
instruction that involved editing the menu.lst, even though I could non find a 
Grub or a Menu.lst.  My reference to the ACPI _PSS was to the comment at the 
end of the boot explaining why things were not continuing.  I hand wrote that 
screen, and it is around here some place.  But when I posted it, no one made 
any comment about it, so I forgot about it.
>
> Steven, if all you can get is only the command line, you cannot do a
> kdesudo kate ..... at all.
> Try locate...
>
> Regards,
> Goh Lip
When I try to open Kate to /boot/grub/menu.lst, kate opens blank.  I guess I 
am going to have to re-install again, but I sure would like to know how to 
save then reinstall my mail stuff and e-Sword and Wine, and perhaps the PPA's 
and keys.  I always have trouble reinstalling them, and I don't know why.  I 
suppose if I knew why, I wouldn't have the trouble.  But, I don't know how to 
save that data and get it installed again without starting over.  Those steps 
take me a couple of days to work through.  I am getting tired of having to do 
that instead of fixing the problems that arise.  I don't learn either, if I 
take that short-cut which for me is a long-cut.  Thanks for continuing to try 
to help, my friend.

Steven