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

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 3:20 AM, Goh Lip <g.lip at gmx.com> wrote:
> 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

Goh,

Not so sure about Bob, but I'm certain you are having a good time.
What makes me anxious is the feeling (probably wrong) that given the
opportunity to sit by that machine for a couple of hours I would fix
it. You certainly would in a couple of minutes. Sitting here at the
distance, I feel kind of useless. But then, if your patience is
lacking , shouldn't go fishing...

Bye Goh, best regards...

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