Grub beta issue with Kernal update/upgrade

[Karl F. Larsen]

mdovell at comcast.net wrote:
> Recently there was a kernal upgrade/update. I can boot my pc and get

  an option of windows or ubuntu. If I select ubuntu it puts 
it into a

  some beta grub...I get the command line but I'm not sure 
what to do now. I can reboot by typing reboot but that's about 
it. Is there a way to boot into a safe mode from the prompt?
> I think this is a grub error rather than the OS itself. 

I don't like these betas of grub they tend not to work for 
me..:-(
> 
> 
	I am going to guess your using Karmic 9.10 and the grub you 
have is version 2 and your file system is ext4. As for the 
kernel update I got it in my Karmic and there were zero problems.

	Is my guess right? Can you still boot up with an earlier kernel?


73 Karl


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