Grub problem since update

[Nils Kassube]

Jim Byrnes wrote:
> Yesterday I accepted some software updates to  Ubuntu 12.04, one of
> them was to grub. Now the grub menu I normally see is gone.  From
> memory what I used to see is:
> 
> Ubuntu        # this is ubuntu 14.04
> Ubuntu advanced
> *Ubuntu 12.04     # this was the default
> other options including memtest
> 
> Now, again from memory, I see:
> 
> ubuntu
> previous ubuntu
> ubuntu with linux generic ...
> memtest
> 
> Memtest is now the default.  If I select the very first entry I am
> booted to 12.04.

To me it looks like you had installed grub to the MBR with both 14.04 
and 12.04. IIRC, the grub update reinstalled the boot loader which 
replaced the 14.04 menu with the 12.04 menu. I would suggest you boot 
into 14.04 and install the updates there as well. If the grub update 
really replaces the boot loader, you should now have the old 14.04 menu 
back.


Nils