grub sees 2 out of 3 systems...lucky me

[Goh Lip]

On 05/03/2010 02:01 PM, Lucio M Nicolosi wrote:
> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 2:19 AM, Robert Holtzman<holtzm at cox.net>  wrote:
>
>>
>> Unless you (or anyone else on the list) have any ideas, words of wisdom,
>> stray thoughts I may try the M$fix and reinstall 9.04, maybe running
>> update-grub from the live CD.
>>
>> --
>> Bob
>
> It's been more than ten days since your original post with little, if
> any, achievement. I agree that scrapping all these past installs may
> be a very good idea. 9.10 Karmic is very stable. 10.04 Lucid, although
> just released, is running fine. If I were you, I'd perform a careful
> backup of your valuable data, then I'd clean up you HD and begin from
> the very beginning, with plain vanilla root, home and swap partitions,
> and a fresh install. This way you could save your efforts for Grub2
> and ext4. Considering the cost-benefit ratio, it is an unbeatable
> deal.
>
Lucio, I think Bob is considering the fun-benefit ratio.  :)
There's no better joy in whacking back a beat-up system.
It's often cheaper in buying a better new car, but the fun in 
resurrecting a beat-up old car is immeasurable.

Ciao, my good fellow - Goh Lip