Can't boot Lucid after upgrade from Karmic

[Goh Lip]

On 05/27/2010 11:49 PM, Tony Pursell wrote:

>
> I tried the grub commands, but they failed. Are the GRUB2
> commands?  I have the old Grub which doesn't show a 'search'
> command in its list of available commands.

Oh, you're right. It's grub-legacy then and the 'find' function is not 
so refined, just finding the 'stage1' for booting. I now assume the 
following and change if necessary..

o you have the (lucid) 2.6.32-21-generic installed.
o you have a separate /boot partition and you know what it is (hd0,x)
   -note and reminder that (hd0,x) is sda(x+1)
   -reminder I am talking about /boot, not '/'


At grub (legacy) prompt, please type
root   (hd0,x)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=/dev/sda(x+1) ro single
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
boot

As an example, if your /boot is sda8, type the following....
root   (hd0,7)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=/dev/sda8 ro single
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
boot


(I have to continue this as we need to do this if successful..)
If sucessfully booted up, you will go to the recovery mode at *lucid*
choose root shell with networking
then type....
apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop   {if kubuntu, use kubuntu}
apt-get -f install
dpkg --configure -a
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
reboot

(might as well continue this if unsuccessful..)
boot into the recovery mode of your karmic kernel 2.6.27-11-generic
choose root shell with networking...
apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop   {if kubuntu, use kubuntu}
apt-get -f install
dpkg --configure -a
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

*PAUSE*
Others, please add your feedback....
Do you think it's okay to install the linux 
kernel/image2.6.32-22-generic at this point? And install the grub-pc later?

Please advise with the correct install command. Thanks.
*UNPAUSE*

Okay, then Tony, Good luck - I will need to log off in an hour's time.

Regards - Goh Lip





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