my grub2 nightmare won't end

[lmarmisa]

I have change my user's profile in such a way that other users are able to send me private messages. May be you could send me one of this messages with your email address. I am not sure if we will need some time in order to solve your problem.

[Kir_B]

My terminal tells me that there is still a process running when I try to close it. Should I close it anyhow?

[Kir_B]

My terminal tells me that there is still a process running when I try to close it. Should I close it anyhow?

The answer to that question {via email}, was yes, force it if you have to. I just let the computer deal with it and selected "Restart". It booted up with all my normal Ubuntu options on what would normally appear after the "Chainload into grub2 screen". No more Chainloader screen and No Vista option, but it does now boot into Ubuntu. You never know how nice something is until it's gone!!! I love my desktop, and it's even nicer after being restricted to the Jaunty Livecd desktop

[Kir_B]

The following is what Luis had me do next:

First, this command in the terminal, followed by my password:
sudo update-grub2

The following are the results displayed in the terminal:
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-16-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-16-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Found Dell Utility Partition on /dev/sda1
Found Windows Vista (loader) on /dev/sda2
Found Windows Vista (loader) on /dev/sda3
done

I sent Luis an email of these results, to which he responded with a 100% guarantee that we were successful and had me reboot into Vista. I followed his command and he was 100% correct. Vista loads quicker than Ubuntu, but essentially, Problem solved. Praise LUIS. Thank you Luis.

And thank everyone else that looked into this problem for me. Without you all I'd be resigned to using the Microsoft Spy System!!! What a waste of resources it is to compile data on everyone of us.

THANKS AGAIN. Kirby

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[JasonSilver]

Hello Kirby,

the upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10 does not change the grub version. Grub2 is installed only in new installations.

I would recommend you to re-install your grub program.

Start your computer from a Ubuntu 9.10 LiveCD and select Try Ubuntu without any change to your computer.

When the start is finshed, open Gparted (System -> Administration -> GParted) and try to locate the Ubuntu partition (probably a File System ext3 or ext4). I will suppose that this partitios is /dev/sda1. If no, please, chage it with the correct device.

Open a terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal)

Type the following commands:

sudo bash #the system will ask for your password
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt #May be your device is not /dev/sda1
mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
chroot /mnt
grub-install /dev/sda #no number here
update-grub

I hope that you does not get any error on these commands.

That is all.

And now, cross your fingers, shutdown your computer, extract the CD and boot your system again.

The system should be start normally with the new grub loader.

Best regards,

Luis

This didn't work for me-- I have tried all kinds of combinations of (hdX,X) and keep getting partitition not found.

Can I say now that I hate this? Is this all grub2's fault? I have three or four kernels it seems and only one of them boots. What's with that?

VERY furstrated.