Ubuntu 9.10 Hangs Frequently

[NoOp]

On 04/05/2010 08:29 PM, MirJafar Ali wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 9:56 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 04/05/2010 07:30 PM, MirJafar Ali wrote:
>> ...
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > Even this time also, after following ur instructions, I don't get Kernel
>> > updated. Still uname -a and boot gives the old
>> > kernel and machine hanging is becoming pathetic. I think I made a bad
>> > judgement of upgrading ubuntu to 9.10.
>>
>> No. At least now you are not getting the 18 packages witheld from before
>> (and sorry about the 'sudo grub-update' vs 'sudo update-grub' mixup -
>> glad you caught that.
>>
>> So perhaps it is time to try Goh's suggestion of reinstalling grub. He
>> suggested:
>>
>> sudo grub-install /dev/sda
>>
>> Before you do that, can you please provide the output of:
>>
>> $ grub-install -v
>>
>> and
>>
>> $ sudo fdisk -l
...

> Hi
> 
> here is the output:
> 
> csverma at blackhole:~/QuadMesh/src$ grub-install  -v
> grub-install (GNU GRUB 0.97)

This indicates that you still have the original grub1 installed.

Might be interesting to see what you have in menu.lst:

$ cat /boot/grub/menu.lst

> csverma at blackhole:~/QuadMesh/src$ sudo fdisk -l
> [sudo] password for csverma:
> 
> Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x69afd9f3
> 
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sda1   *           1        9037    72582028    7  HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda2           13734       14593     6907950    7  HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda3            9038       13733    37720620    5  Extended
> /dev/sda5            9038       13534    36122121   83  Linux
> /dev/sda6           13535       13733     1598436   82  Linux swap / Solaris
> 
> Partition table entries are not in disk order
> 
> I am wondering why Solaris is out there.

I'd go ahead and try Goh's recommendation:

$ sudo grub-install /dev/sda

That will install/reinstall grub to sda.

Note: the Solaris notation is normal.