[Wubi] Re: BIZARRE SITUATION

[Mischa Falkenburg]

NoOp wrote:
> On 12/15/2009 10:20 AM, Mischa Falkenburg wrote:
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>> Hello All,
>>
>> Here's the bizarre situation...at least to me.
>> I have a box that has Ubuntu installed within Windows XP on the C drive. 
>> Has worked fine for quite a while. Until now. Was working on something 
>> from the W-side, and had finished what I wanted and left the room. When 
>> I came back, it was in the process of doing a W update. I thought, "I 
>> don't need to keep THAT going...", so I initiated a restart since 
>> something else needed doing on the Ubuntu side. Rather than GRUB coming 
>> up with the usual selections for me to scroll through, it was showing me 
>> the Ubuntu version back to 8.04(!), instead of 9.04...
>> Normally selecting W XP in grub will then show me the choices of  XP & 
>> Ubuntu. Now when I select Ubuntu the following displays:
>>
>> Booting 'Ubuntu 8.04.2, kernel 2.6.24-23-generic'
>> Filesystem type is ntfs, partition type 0x07
>> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-23-generic 
>> root=UUID=afe0fc43-e49d-4e85-913c-d5a03
>> 932b192 ro quiet splash
>> Error 15: File not found
>>
>> Press any key to continue...
>>
>> I'd be REALLY surprised if all the latest data is gone, and that's not 
>> what I expect.
>>
>> Could anyone steer me in the right direction?
>>
>> Booting off the 9.04 disk was tried, but I don't see the choice of 
>> repairing a broken system. I can run 8.04 ok, so if I need to open a 
>> terminal that shouldn't be a problem.
>>
>> Thanks-in-advance,
>> Mischa
>>
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> Not snipping so others can see the full post...
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> Mischa did you get this sorted out, or do you still need assistance?
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Well, NoOp...you're my first response. It's still a problem, but I 
probably didn't "help" myself any since I did a re-install of 9.04...so 
I would assume that ALL of the "stuff" like, emails, & documents and 
Firefox bookmarks are G-O-N-E, true?

Mischa