[xubuntu-users] Upgrading to newer version

[mischa falkenburg]

Tom H wrote:
> 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"?
>
>   
When the Grub screen displays there are usually 4 choices: 2 of them are 
for the OS (1 of which is recovery mode), and 2 are for memtest.

I haven't seen anything that says "sh:grub", or "grub rescue". Should I?