problems in upgrading to/installing Ubuntu 9.10

[Tom H]

>> I read the following on http://grub.enbug.org/Manual :

>> "The grub-rescue> mode is a more restricted subset of the grub> shell.
>> Some commands are phrased differently here for easier use. Try help to
>> start.

>> "Useful tip: try to load normal mode: insmod /boot/grub/normal.mod

>> "After this command help will show normal as possible command. Try it.
>> Normal mode will be loaded. Now try to load ls (insmod
>> /boot/grub/ls.mod), help and so on."

>> And switched to grub-rescue> from sh:grub> and looked into what
>> restricted meant.

> Thanks. I did indeed try 'help' in that mode & didn't do anything
> useful. I'll need to experiment more, as the "manual" doesn't really
> give much information.

You're welcome. The link on http://grub.enbug.org/ to the manual says
that it is a draft, although I don't think that it will ever be
updated completely.

I don't think that there is much to be done in grub-rescue except find
the correct /boot/grub and load normal.mod in order to switch to
sh:grub. I think of it as Grub's initrd equivalent because if you are
dumped into initrd at boot, you have a limited number of tools to boot
fully.