Grub2 doesn't show the option to boot into Ubuntu after fresh 9.10 install

[shredder12]

I installed Ubuntu 9.10 successfully (i hope so) by following this tutorial.. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromLinux

Everything went well...but when I was to reboot after the installation I ended up in the new grub menu which had 3 options
->2 options were about memory testing.
->1 option was to boot into windows.

Where is the option to boot into ubuntu??
I could have booted using command line.. but I couldn't find the vmlinuz file in the freshly installed partition..

Everything was there except the kernel file..

Help please... I have tried reinstalling too but same result...

[shredder12]

I think the problem is that my grub.cfg file is not correctly configured..
so i decided to run update grub using the live cd
I booted into the live cd and followed this link to recover it..
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2#Recover%20Grub%202%20via%20LiveCD

but when i ran this command

update-grub

I got the following error.

Generating grub.cfg ...
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
grep: /proc/mounts: No such file or directory
Cannot find list of partitions!
done



After that grub.cfg remains the same..this is my grub.cfg file

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

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s /boot/grub/grubenv ]; then
have_grubenv=true
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
save_env saved_entry
prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 59dd0f18-4b79-4da7-9080-453e7c576482
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
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/white
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### 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 ###

what am I doing wrong??
why is there no result for 10_linux??

[shredder12]

About the error..

Generating grub.cfg ...
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
grep: /proc/mounts: No such file or directory
Cannot find list of partitions!
done

I checked the folder /proc in my installation and amazingly it was completely empty..
there was nothing in it.. no hidden files, no folders, no files nothing..
I think I installed my system from a crappy iso..
i will probably download a new one and try installing using it..

[yonkiman]

I'm having the exact same problem, both with the released 9.10 AMD64 Desktop iso and the released 9.10 Mythbuntu iso. I installed Mythbuntu, had this problem, then wiped the disk and installed "plain" Ubuntu, and had the same problem. Boot hangs at grub with no error messages (unlike the "Error 15" I was getting a few days ago), then when I try the repair, I get the same

grep: /proc/mounts: No such file or directory
Cannot find list of partitions!
done
error.

Arrgh! This was the weekend I'd dedicated to getting my MthTV upgraded before the WAF drops to zero!

[yonkiman]

I got a clean install by disconnecting my RAID array.

I had a 4 disk RAID5 array in addition to the disk I was installing onto. When I disconnected those 4 disks so the installer only saw one hard disk, the install went perfectly.

[shredder12]

I think I was right.. there was some issue with the ISO I was using..
I downloaded another one and installed it using a USB this time.. and things are working fine now..

Even though it didn't seem to be a good start but i m loving new Ubuntu karmic..