8.04 to 10.04 dist upgrade

[Nils Kassube]

Goh Lip wrote:
> On 08/29/2010 03:29 PM, Vic Main wrote:
> > I tried the upgrade and now the dual boot machine is just a single
> > boot.
> 
> What is the other boot? Windows?
> What is booted up? Lucid?
> 
> Have you checked, if booted to Lucid, if grub is now grub2?
> (grub-install -v ==> gives 1.98)

After the upgrade it should still be grub legacy because the upgrade
doesn't change the grub version (unless something has changed recently).

> If still at grub-legacy, (but recommend you upgrade to grub2, install
> grub-pc)

Well, I wouldn't necessarily recommend to change from grub legacy to
grub2 due to the problems discussed on launchpad [1] and slashdot [2].
The problem Vic Main described seems not to be related with the boot
loader and therefore it probably wouldn't help to move to grub2. However
I have no idea, what the problem could be.


Nils

[1] <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/441941>
[2] <http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/08/28/2112208/Some-Windows-Apps-Make-GRUB-2-Unbootable>