Net book upgrade problem

[Pete Vander Giessen]

On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 5:43 AM, Douglas Pollard <dougpol1 at verizon.net> wrote:
> Hi  Guys, I upgraded My wife's Dell net book from 8.04 t0 10.04 from a
> download and am getting nothing but a black screen on start up.  I am
> guessing Grub is not loading or working?  Can someone give me some
> help.  As you might guess I am not real popular around my house. :-)
>                                             Doug

Hi Doug,

If grub is toast, you can fix it using a live cd (or usb stick, in the
netbook's case).  This link should get you started:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows

It might also be an issue with the display drivers, which can get more
complex.  But your description -- that you get a blank screen pretty
much as soon as you turn it on, is more indicative of a grub problem.

~PeteVG

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