Only mem test showing on GRUB 1.98

[Gary J. Kirkpatrick]

On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 8:34 AM, Marius Gedminas <marius at pov.lt> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 06:28:42PM +0100, Gary J. Kirkpatrick wrote:
> > I installed Ubuntu 10 on a number of computers in Panama when I was a
> Peace
> > Corps volunteer.  One of them contacted me. When grub loads all he has to
> > choose from is memory test.  Grub version 1.98.
>
> Ouch.
>
> > 1) Should I just have him go ahead an run the memory test, say over
> night?
>
> That won't fix the problem.
>
> > 2) He says he ran a program which resulted in this problem.  I do not
> know
> > what he did.  I think it is probably just a GRUB issue as he is not the
> > kind of user that would somehow wipe the system.
>
> The question is: are there any kernels in /boot?  If yes, it's a simple
> matter of fixing the grub configuration (by booting a live CD,
> chroot'ing into the real system, bind-mounting /proc and /sys and /dev,
> and running 'update-grub').  If no, it's a simple matter of
> installing a kernel package (by by booting a live CD,
> chroot'ing into the real system, bind-mounting /proc and /sys and /dev,
> and running 'apt-get update; apt-get install linux-generic').
>
> There are probably docs on the Internet about how to fix either of these
> situations.
>
> > I figure to just have him install Xubuntu on a usb and take a look at the
> > drives to see what is there and then run Boot repair.
>
> I think that should to fix situation 1 (bad grub config) but probably
> won't help situation 2 (missing kernels).  Worth a try anyway, and
> easier than doing the chroot/bind mounts etc. manually.
>
> Marius Gedminas
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10.04 is past its sell by date and we should be able to run Xubuntu 14,
another reason I am heading in that direction.  I'd take some time to learn
how to do what you suggested.

thanks!

garyk
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