Update manager Ubuntu 9.10... then dead

[merlync70]

Hello,

I am about a week new to Ubuntu 9.10and I am generally very impressed. So much so that I put it on my Dell Inspiron 1420, my home built PC (Quad Core 2.4 ghz), and my thumb drive. 64 bit on the PC, 32 bit on the thumb and Inspiron.

On ALL systems listed above... once I have installed the basic system I used the update manager. They go dead (they don't get to the boot loader). So I reinstall fixes... reupdate killed again.. etc.

Obviously, I can't fear killing my OS everytime I want to update my software. I am entirely new to Linux and Ubuntu. I am operating on the assumption that it's something I am doing, or something that I shouldn't have updated. But I just update all and go with the default next's.

Anyone know of this issue, what is causing it, and what the solution is? Thanks in advance!

[kansasnoob]

Are you perhaps doing Wubi installs like this:

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/wubi

If so there is a known bug:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8627484&postcount=12

Another thought is that your machines may not be liking the newest kernel.

[merlync70]

I DID install it like that on my desktop. But not on the thumb drive or Inspiron... come to think of it, I didn't get the problem on my desktop, just the laptop and thumb drive.

It DID say something about not finding a kernel... that is for sure. So how do I go about fixing that?