9.10 to 10.4 Upgrade trouble

[hwychld]

I recently attempted to upgrade from 9.10 to 10.4 (on my way to 10.10). I can no longer boot, it hangs immediately, I don't even see any messages from Grub.

My system is a virtual machine (Sun Vbox) on a Dell laptop (host OS is XP). Version 9.10 ran without any trouble and the upgrade process seemed to go without error. When the system restarted is when the trouble started. I made a snapshot of the 9.10 image before the upgrade so I can easily get back, but sometimes things like this are great learning experiences so I would like to debug this.

Below is the results of the Boot Info Script. When booting the 10.4 version never requests a IP address from my DHCP server so it really appears to be hung (as opposed to just being a display problem).

Let me know if there are any useful logfiles I should be checking. From what I can tell it doesn't appear to get far enough to write any files though. One curiosity is the boot/grub/core.img is much smaller now than a very similar 9.10 VM on another host.

Thanks for the help/advice.


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 /boot/grub.

sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img

sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

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

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 8589 MB, 8589934592 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1044 cylinders, total 16777216 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0002fffa

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sda1 * 63 15,952,544 15,952,482 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 15,952,545 16,771,859 819,315 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 15,952,608 16,771,859 819,252 82 Linux swap / Solaris


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 c1125637-ac33-404a-9974-faf219180199 ext4
/dev/sda5 cb340ff7-e74b-4cf5-a456-419d217abf92 swap

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

Device Mount_Point Type Options

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


=========================== sda1/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================

#
# 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 $prefix/grubenv ]; then
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 ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c1125637-ac33-404a-9974-faf219180199
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c1125637-ac33-404a-9974-faf219180199
set locale_dir=($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 2.6.32-25-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c1125637-ac33-404a-9974-faf219180199
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic root=UUID=c1125637-ac33-404a-9974-faf219180199 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-25-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c1125637-ac33-404a-9974-faf219180199
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-25-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic root=UUID=c1125637-ac33-404a-9974-faf219180199 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.31-22-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c1125637-ac33-404a-9974-faf219180199
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic root=UUID=c1125637-ac33-404a-9974-faf219180199 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-22-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.31-22-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c1125637-ac33-404a-9974-faf219180199
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.31-22-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic root=UUID=c1125637-ac33-404a-9974-faf219180199 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-22-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c1125637-ac33-404a-9974-faf219180199
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c1125637-ac33-404a-9974-faf219180199
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
if [ ${timeout} != -1 ]; then
if keystatus; then
if keystatus --shift; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=0
fi
else
if sleep --interruptible 3 ; then
set timeout=0
fi
fi
fi
### 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 ###

=============================== sda1/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 defaults 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=c1125637-ac33-404a-9974-faf219180199 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=cb340ff7-e74b-4cf5-a456-419d217abf92 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0

=================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


.4GB: boot/grub/core.img
1.0GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
5.3GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-22-generic
2.2GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic
3.8GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic
5.4GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic
2.2GB: initrd.img
5.3GB: initrd.img.old
5.4GB: vmlinuz
3.8GB: vmlinuz.old

[hwychld]

OK, discovered a bit more. By holding the shift key during the boot process I am able to get to GRUB. If I select 2.6.31-22-generic I can get the system to boot (although it behaves a bit squirrelly). I am unable to boot into 2.6.31-25-generic and 2.6.31-25 recovery. The normal 2.6.31-25 just goes blank. The recovery one spews a bunch of stuff and then stops. The last thing it was able to perform was "Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.". After that it appears to hang.

Any ideas?

[hwychld]

I realize that I am talking to myself but ...

I found that I cannot boot the live CD for 10.04 in my VM, the same thing happens. It is odd that 10.10 live CD does work. Strange.

[hwychld]

Just in case anyone else has this problem I have figured out the answer. The problem was the result of an outdated version of Virtual Box. After upgrading to the most current version the upgrade went without a hitch.