[TriLUG] Updates installed, system won't boot now

[matt at noway2.thruhere.net]

Ok, knowing that we are dealing with grub2 helps clarify the path. 
Looking Unfortunately, I am not nearly as familiar with it :(

Looking on the help pages, it looks like GRUB2 changed the indexing, so
your original partition IDs were correct.  This brings us to the
following, part below which matches your initial error.

Just to clarify, do you have /boot/grub/menu.lst or /boot/grub/grub.cfg?

File Not Found (Error 15)

This error is the result of a GRUB 2 installation to /boot but a Master
Boot Record ( MBR ) that points to a different partition/location that
contains Grub Legacy. This can happen if you don't select your drive when
running sudo upgrade-from-grub-legacy. Shortly after starting this command
the user will be asked to select the device (sda, sdb, etc). Highlight the
drive and press the space bar to select it when presented with this
screen. Failure to select a drive will result in an Error 15.

Reinstalling Grub2 and allowing the MBR to be changed so that it points to
the partition containing Grub2 can easily remedy this problem.

To recover from this error, GRUB 2 must be reinstalled. Go to Reinstalling
from the LiveCD for instructions.


> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 3:32 PM,  <matt at noway2.thruhere.net> wrote:
>> I shelled into my home systems. One of which is an older version, the
>> other was a newer install, but both have been upgraded to 10.04 LTS.
>>  The
>> older one has GRUB, the newer install has GRUB2.
>>
>> One other thing: what version were you upgrading from?  Is it possible
>> that you have a GRUB vs GRUB2 conflict?  For example GRUB2, which is
>> used
>> in later installs, does not have a menu.lst.
>>
>> Also, feeding off another message, did you verify your CD media and the
>> download image?
>
> The system was working fine with 11.04 until the system updates today.
> It always had the GRUB2 1.99 installed.
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