the symbol 'grub_xputs' not found

**ost2life** · October 9th, 2010

HELP! I appear to have cocked my upgrade to 10:10 right up. First the upgrade seemed to go fine until the reboot when I got dumped to the GRUB rescue prompt with the error "the symbol 'grub_xputs' not found". I tried to follow the instructions on www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1580752 and now all I get is rapidly blinking underscore in the top left, which wont accept any input.

UPDATE:
I'm also trying this one http://www.webupd8.org/2010/05/fix-s...ound-when.html

**sideaway** · October 10th, 2010

I get this as well, I ran the bootinfo bash script and get the following;

Can anyone help?

Code:

                Boot Info Script 0.55    dated February 15th, 2010                    

============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================

 => Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in 
    partition #1 for (,msdos1)/boot/grub.
 => Grub 0.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb and looks on the same drive 
    in partition #1 for /boot/grub/stage2 and /boot/grub/menu.lst.
 => No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdc
 => Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdd and looks on the same drive in 
    partition #1 for /boot/grub.
 => Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sde and looks on the same drive in 
    partition #1 for /boot/grub.
 => No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdf
 => Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/mapper/nvidia_djhfhafb and looks on 
    the same drive in partition #1 for /boot/grub.

sda1: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  Windows Vista/7
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files/dirs:   

sdb1: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  Windows Vista/7
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files/dirs:   

sdc1: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  Windows Vista/7
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files/dirs:   

sdd1: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ext4
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:  
    Mounting failed:
mount: /dev/sdd1 already mounted or sdd1 busy

sdd2: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       Extended Partition
    Boot sector type:  Unknown
    Boot sector info:  

sdd5: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       swap
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:  

sdd3: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  Windows Vista/7
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Mounting failed:
mount: /dev/sdd1 already mounted or sdd1 busy
fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy
fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy

sdd4: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ext4
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:  
    Mounting failed:
mount: /dev/sdd1 already mounted or sdd1 busy
fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy
fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy
mount: /dev/sdd4 already mounted or sdd4 busy

sde1: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  Windows Vista/7
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files/dirs:   

sdf1: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  Windows Vista/7
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files/dirs:   

nvidia_djhfhafb1: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ext4
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:  
    Operating System:  Ubuntu 10.10
    Boot files/dirs:   /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img

nvidia_djhfhafb2: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       Extended Partition
    Boot sector type:  Unknown
    Boot sector info:  

nvidia_djhfhafb5: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       swap
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:  

nvidia_djhfhafb3: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  Windows Vista/7
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  Windows 7
    Boot files/dirs:   /bootmgr /Boot/BCD /Windows/System32/winload.exe /grldr

nvidia_djhfhafb4: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ext4
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:  
    Operating System:  
    Boot files/dirs:   

=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda ___________________ _____________________________________________________

Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition  Boot         Start           End          Size  Id System

/dev/sda1    *          2,048 1,953,519,615 1,953,517,568   7 HPFS/NTFS


Drive: sdb ___________________ _____________________________________________________

Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition  Boot         Start           End          Size  Id System

/dev/sdb1                  63   976,768,064   976,768,002   7 HPFS/NTFS


Drive: sdc ___________________ _____________________________________________________

Disk /dev/sdc: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders, total 2930277168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition  Boot         Start           End          Size  Id System

/dev/sdc1                  63 2,930,272,064 2,930,272,002   7 HPFS/NTFS


Drive: sdd ___________________ _____________________________________________________

Disk /dev/sdd: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders, total 390721968 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition  Boot         Start           End          Size  Id System

/dev/sdd1               2,048    58,587,135    58,585,088  83 Linux
/dev/sdd2          58,589,116    66,589,424     8,000,309   5 Extended
/dev/sdd5          58,589,118    66,589,424     8,000,307  82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdd3    *     66,590,720   187,975,679   121,384,960   7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdd4         187,976,565   390,716,864   202,740,300  83 Linux


Drive: sde ___________________ _____________________________________________________

Disk /dev/sde: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition  Boot         Start           End          Size  Id System

/dev/sde1    *             63 1,953,520,064 1,953,520,002   7 HPFS/NTFS


Drive: sdf ___________________ _____________________________________________________

Disk /dev/sdf: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders, total 3907029168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition  Boot         Start           End          Size  Id System

/dev/sdf1                  63 3,907,024,064 3,907,024,002   7 HPFS/NTFS


Drive: nvidia_djhfhafb ___________________ _____________________________________________________

Disk /dev/mapper/nvidia_djhfhafb: 200.0 GB, 200049623040 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders, total 390721920 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition  Boot         Start           End          Size  Id System

/dev/mapper/nvidia_djhfhafb1              2,048    58,587,135    58,585,088  83 Linux
/dev/mapper/nvidia_djhfhafb2         58,589,116    66,589,424     8,000,309   5 Extended
/dev/mapper/nvidia_djhfhafb5         58,589,118    66,589,424     8,000,307  82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/mapper/nvidia_djhfhafb3   *     66,590,720   187,975,679   121,384,960   7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/mapper/nvidia_djhfhafb4        187,976,565   390,716,864   202,740,300  83 Linux


blkid -c /dev/null: ____________________________________________________________

Device           UUID                                   TYPE       LABEL                         

/dev/loop0                                              squashfs                                 
/dev/mapper/nvidia_djhfhafb1 2c3b2240-133c-4ee1-a13e-099463d6c97c   ext4                                     
/dev/mapper/nvidia_djhfhafb3 2CD0D4C9D0D49B02                       ntfs                                     
/dev/mapper/nvidia_djhfhafb4 98384c72-6e9d-408c-9951-47b2215ff4ec   ext4                                     
/dev/mapper/nvidia_djhfhafb5 93645ecc-7ce6-483e-9b4e-334c823a0c8d   swap                                     
/dev/mapper/nvidia_djhfhafb: PTTYPE="dos" 
/dev/sda1        F2388FA0388F6309                       ntfs       First tb                      
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos" 
/dev/sdb1        518E81ED0DC23652                       ntfs                                     
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos" 
/dev/sdc1        705EB65471F84A8A                       ntfs                                     
/dev/sdc: PTTYPE="dos" 
/dev/sdd1        2c3b2240-133c-4ee1-a13e-099463d6c97c   ext4                                     
/dev/sdd2: PTTYPE="dos" 
/dev/sdd3        2CD0D4C9D0D49B02                       ntfs                                     
/dev/sdd4        98384c72-6e9d-408c-9951-47b2215ff4ec   ext4                                     
/dev/sdd5        93645ecc-7ce6-483e-9b4e-334c823a0c8d   swap                                     
/dev/sdd                                                nvidia_raid_member                               
/dev/sde1        28BFFB126F16DD75                       ntfs       New tb                        
/dev/sde: PTTYPE="dos" 
/dev/sdf1        01E006162323F47C                       ntfs       2.0 TB                        
/dev/sdf: PTTYPE="dos" 
error: /dev/mapper/nvidia_djhfhafb2: No such file or directory

============================ "mount | grep ^/dev  output: ===========================

Device           Mount_Point              Type       Options

aufs             /                        aufs       (rw)
/dev/sr0         /cdrom                   iso9660    (ro,noatime)
/dev/loop0       /rofs                    squashfs   (ro,noatime)


===================== nvidia_djhfhafb1/boot/grub/grub.cfg: =====================

#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  set have_grubenv=true
  load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
  set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
  save_env saved_entry
  set prev_saved_entry=
  save_env prev_saved_entry
  set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
  if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
    saved_entry="${chosen}"
    save_env saved_entry
  fi
}

function recordfail {
  set recordfail=1
  if [ -n "${have_grubenv}" ]; then if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}

function load_video {
  insmod vbe
  insmod vga
}

insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd3,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2c3b2240-133c-4ee1-a13e-099463d6c97c
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  load_video
  insmod gfxterm
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd3,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2c3b2240-133c-4ee1-a13e-099463d6c97c
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ]; then
  set timeout=-1
else
  set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-22-generic-pae' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd3,msdos1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2c3b2240-133c-4ee1-a13e-099463d6c97c
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic-pae root=UUID=2c3b2240-133c-4ee1-a13e-099463d6c97c ro   quiet splash
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-22-generic-pae (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd3,msdos1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2c3b2240-133c-4ee1-a13e-099463d6c97c
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.35-22-generic-pae ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic-pae root=UUID=2c3b2240-133c-4ee1-a13e-099463d6c97c ro single 
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-25-generic-pae' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd3,msdos1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2c3b2240-133c-4ee1-a13e-099463d6c97c
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic-pae root=UUID=2c3b2240-133c-4ee1-a13e-099463d6c97c ro   quiet splash
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-25-generic-pae (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd3,msdos1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2c3b2240-133c-4ee1-a13e-099463d6c97c
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.32-25-generic-pae ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic-pae root=UUID=2c3b2240-133c-4ee1-a13e-099463d6c97c ro single 
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic-pae
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd3,msdos1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2c3b2240-133c-4ee1-a13e-099463d6c97c
	linux16	/boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd3,msdos1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2c3b2240-133c-4ee1-a13e-099463d6c97c
	linux16	/boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sdd3)" {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ntfs
	set root='(hd3,msdos3)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2cd0d4c9d0d49b02
	chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f  $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
  source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###

========================= nvidia_djhfhafb1/etc/fstab: =========================

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    nodev,noexec,nosuid 0       0
# / was on /dev/sdd1 during installation
UUID=2c3b2240-133c-4ee1-a13e-099463d6c97c /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /home was on /dev/sdd4 during installation
UUID=98384c72-6e9d-408c-9951-47b2215ff4ec /home           ext4    defaults        0       2
# swap was on /dev/sdd5 during installation
UUID=93645ecc-7ce6-483e-9b4e-334c823a0c8d none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0       0


/dev/sde1/	/media/TV/		auto	defaults	0       0	
/dev/sdc1/	/media/Movies/		auto	defaults	0	0
/dev/sda1/	/media/Movies2/		auto	defaults	0	0
/dev/sdb1/	/media/Installers/	auto	defaults	0	0
/dev/sdf1/	/media/Music/		auto	defaults	0	0

============= nvidia_djhfhafb1: Location of files loaded by Grub: =============


  17.3GB: boot/grub/core.img
  26.2GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
  28.8GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic-pae
  28.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic-pae
  22.8GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic-pae
  23.0GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic-pae
  28.0GB: initrd.img
  28.8GB: initrd.img.old
  23.0GB: vmlinuz
  22.8GB: vmlinuz.old
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================

Unknown BootLoader  on sdd2

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00000010  09 eb 72 82 a8 e4 cd 61  2d 0f c6 8f 8a 94 4a 4e  |..r....a-.....JN|
00000020  1c cd cf b3 7d e6 0f 83  f1 65 bd 6b b3 94 b1 be  |....}....e.k....|
00000030  b3 c3 cd 3e 1f 83 f1 f0  d6 d1 5a 79 4c 3f 7e f8  |...>......ZyL?~.|
00000040  eb 19 d0 1f 50 2e d5 b1  62 89 b5 a7 22 7d 0f e5  |....P...b..."}..|
00000050  42 be fd da 56 29 43 47  cb d2 16 c6 cc 05 ed de  |B...V)CG........|
00000060  7c 63 2b 2e fc bc 56 3b  7e 77 00 e4 9b 4f ef 4d  ||c+...V;~w...O.M|
00000070  20 d0 8e 25 a1 c7 83 fc  c0 ef 69 d4 f1 6a 5c 3c  | ..%......i..j\<|
00000080  9d f7 62 d6 3a 28 8f 5c  d2 ee b4 cb d0 a2 ed 99  |..b.:(.\........|
00000090  23 83 21 df 69 9e 56 1e  98 2a f0 0c 1c 17 ca ab  |#.!.i.V..*......|
000000a0  07 fe a1 11 08 86 e4 ee  2f 1d 23 28 dd 79 0c f0  |......../.#(.y..|
000000b0  3d bd 7d 2b aa f4 3d f6  d4 39 be 6f 28 f0 b7 7d  |=.}+..=..9.o(..}|
000000c0  51 93 f9 b4 bc 2a d7 7a  be 59 cf e4 93 b0 cb 71  |Q....*.z.Y.....q|
000000d0  d4 ff 62 ce 9e 47 83 a1  fe 68 5e 72 37 c5 1d da  |..b..G...h^r7...|
000000e0  77 f6 0f af 02 e3 ed ca  bd 14 04 ed 3f e6 40 df  |w...........?.@.|
000000f0  03 fb 8f 4b 22 ef 49 c9  26 f7 73 b5 c5 cc 7c 5d  |...K".I.&.s...|]|
00000100  10 dc 81 f6 c2 ef 34 3e  cb 27 ed a9 74 47 f3 73  |......4>.'..tG.s|
00000110  01 e7 4b 82 eb 2a 19 fb  d0 a9 80 0d f5 e5 56 35  |..K..*........V5|
00000120  cb bf 67 36 bb e5 6b a6  91 c7 bd 68 fe 38 ed 53  |..g6..k....h.8.S|
00000130  32 d0 ff 28 d9 65 c8 09  bf d8 f2 3a e4 96 b4 a4  |2..(.e.....:....|
00000140  98 b1 2f 1d f2 3e b4 34  f5 63 93 22 9d c6 0b 28  |../..>.4.c."...(|
00000150  55 56 2e 0f cc b3 74 1c  31 29 00 f0 09 9a 4e d0  |UV....t.1)....N.|
00000160  78 9a 7b e1 62 99 cb 73  06 5f 9b 48 64 a2 6c 47  |x.{.b..s._.Hd.lG|
00000170  cd ac e5 30 be 64 0e 0b  cb c2 45 fe b8 ed 35 7a  |...0.d....E...5z|
00000180  c0 40 bf f6 e4 5d 19 f6  24 fe 82 b0 99 89 cf 7f  |.@...]..$.......|
00000190  ad d4 c5 61 91 ed 81 a7  c2 50 88 c7 38 7c 35 1e  |...a.....P..8|5.|
000001a0  db 91 ba 6f ca ed 38 38  7f ea 7c 52 2e f4 d8 fe  |...o..88..|R....|
000001b0  d8 2f 00 fa c7 6c ba ab  0e c8 d1 c5 77 6b 00 fe  |./...l......wk..|
000001c0  ff ff 82 fe ff ff 02 00  00 00 33 13 7a 00 00 00  |..........3.z...|
000001d0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
*
000001f0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa  |..............U.|
00000200

Unknown BootLoader  on nvidia_djhfhafb2



=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================

hexdump: /dev/mapper/nvidia_djhfhafb2: No such file or directory
hexdump: /dev/mapper/nvidia_djhfhafb2: No such file or directory

**Repabil** · October 10th, 2010

Check out http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1580752

**franklamoureux** · October 14th, 2010

If you have more than 1 SATA drive, check out also my update in http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...99#post9969299

**fermulator** · January 8th, 2011

It's unacceptable. Any normal user would have a hard time figuring this out, if they even tried. Upgrading distributions SHOULD NOT break the boot sequence!

Here's the bug report that I found: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...b2/+bug/609280

I fixed mine with:
1) Boot alternate 10.04 disc
2) drop to shell with the root partition as my ubuntu partition (/dev/mapper/isw_fegbaeadg_RAID0_SSD1
3) re-install grub on the MBR of the drive containing ubuntu:

Code:

# grub-install /dev/mapper/isw_fegbaeadg_RAID0_SSD

Rebooted, and I was back in business.

**bororeh** · May 5th, 2011

What if I don't have the disc? Is is possible to do this without it?

**Repabil** · May 5th, 2011

I think you'll need to boot from a CD or an USB drive. There's instructions to create on of those in step 2 "Burn your CD or create a USB drive" of the download page.

Also check the thread I linked in my previous post.

**bororeh** · May 5th, 2011

I got to that thread before this one. It also mentions CD using. I downloaded the installation and now I'm gonna try to use a pen drive.
Thank you!

PS: lousy, lousy, lousy bug, ain't it? I use ubuntu for two months now and I am not comfortable at all doing this kind of stuff.

**Repabil** · May 5th, 2011

Yeah, go for an USB drive if you can. They boot much faster than CDs.

It is a nasty problem. I have had to deal with it every upgrade since more than a year back. Doing some research I found what might be a permanent solution.

**bororeh** · May 5th, 2011

This is harder to fix than I thought!

I did what user drs305 said at the topic u mentioned, but all I've got was a weird blinking cursor at the screen where boot options should appear.

Here is what I did:

Created "Live PenDrive"
Booted from it
At the terminal:

Code:

 sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt
 sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda

Restarted

What now? Any ideas? Ty!

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