[xubuntu-users] Upgrading to newer version

[Tom H]

On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 2:49 PM, mischa falkenburg
<because_productions at myfairpoint.net> wrote:
>
> Well, I've never seen the likes of this...perhaps you have and can help
> with a solution.
> I was going "up" to 9.10...after the install (no error messages), or
> boot (ditto) when the Grub screen came on, here's what I saw:
>
> GNU GRUB version 1.97~beta 4
>
> Next a flashing bar on "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic"
> Pressing Enter led to :
>
> error: no such device: 83adab12-732b-436c-a56f-43944e3ec6b5
> Press any key..., etc.
>
> If I chose the (recovery) line underneath, I would see the same
> information.

What does "chose the (recovery) line underneath" mean?

What prompt do you get, "sh:grub", "grub", or "grub rescue"?