why I can not use the 3.2 kernel

[Colin Law]

On 19 November 2012 12:58, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Resending in plain text.
>
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 6:38 AM, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 5:37 AM, Chen Liang <slimhigh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The output of the script at [1] is in the RESULT.txt. And the boot menu
>>> when I startup shows below:
>>>
>>> entering in the Previous Linux versions option shows :
>>> So there is not a 3.2 kernel options.
>>>
>>> 2012/11/19 Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Chen Liang <slimhigh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > slim at lab:~$ sudo update-grub
>>>> > [sudo] password for slim:
>>>> > Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
>>>> > Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
>>>> > Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found:
>>>> > /boot/grub/menu.lst
>>>> > Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
>>>> > Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-34-generic
>>>> > Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-33-generic
>>>> > Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-31-generic
>>>> > Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-20-generic
>>>> > Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
>>>> > Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
>>>> >
>>>> > The 3.2 kernel titles do show in the menu.lst, but when I restart my
>>>> > computer, I can't see the options. I really don't know why!
>>>>
>>>> What's the output of the script at [1]?
>>>>
>>>> You're updating your grub1 menu but it may be that you're, somehow,
>>>> booting from grub2.
>>>>
>>>> 1. http://sourceforge.net/projects/bootinfoscript/files/bootinfoscript/
>>
>> The picture clearly shows that it'd grub2 (grub 1.99-12ubuntu5) that's
>> controlling your boot through "boot/grub/grub.cfg" and not grub1. So the
>> "menu.lst" that you're generating with "update-grub" has no influence on
>> your boot menu.

Since it appears that the OP's update-grub is the wrong version would
his best bet be to reinstall grub-common, then update-grub again?

sudo apt-get install --reinstall grub-common
sudo update-grub

Colin

>
> --
> ubuntu-users mailing list
> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users