Upgrade failed. booting to grub

[DawgMan]

I did an upgrade from 9.10 to 10.04 via the update manager.

I would not boot after upgrade Error 15: File not found.

I finally got it to boot from an older kernel.

It seemed like something was wrong with the menu.lst (I dual boot w/ XP). Something about UUID. According to my previous threads my I was not running grub2.

So I followed this link:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Reinstalling%20from%20LiveCD

I did Method 1 and then Method 2. Now my computer only boots into Grub:

GNU GRUB version 1.98-1ubuntu7

grub>

Do I need to do Method 3?

[Rubi1200]

Hi,
please boot the computer with the LiveCD and follow the instructions to run the boot info script linked at the bottom of my post.

The results will tell us what is where and make troubleshooting and fixing this a lot easier.

Thanks.

[DawgMan]

RESULTS.txt



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 #5 for /boot/grub.

sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows XP
Boot files/dirs: /boot.ini /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM

sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/menu.lst /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img

sda6: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

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

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 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/sda1 * 63 204,796,619 204,796,557 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 204,796,620 976,768,064 771,971,445 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 204,796,683 964,847,834 760,051,152 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 964,847,898 976,768,064 11,920,167 82 Linux swap / Solaris


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 266C51FD6C51C867 ntfs
/dev/sda2: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 cd0c7441-38d1-4e1f-a206-b161f7538854 ext3
/dev/sda6 6e553533-d163-46f3-b633-deb66deb8210 swap
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"

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

Device Mount_Point Type Options

aufs / aufs (rw)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime)
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)
/dev/sda5 /mnt ext3 (rw)


================================ sda1/boot.ini: ================================

[boot loader]

timeout=30

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect


=========================== sda5/boot/grub/menu.lst: ===========================

# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default 0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 5

## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
#hiddenmenu

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
# password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=cd0c7441-38d1-4e1f-a206-b161f7538854 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=cd0c7441-38d1-4e1f-a206-b161f7538854

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all

## specify if running in Xen domU or have grub detect automatically
## update-grub will ignore non-xen kernels when running in domU and vice versa
## e.g. indomU=detect
## indomU=true
## indomU=false
# indomU=detect

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, kernel 2.6.32-25-generic
# root (hd0,4)
uuid cd0c7441-38d1-4e1f-a206-b161f7538854
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic root=UUID=cd0c7441-38d1-4e1f-a206-b161f7538854 ro quiet
# kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic root=/dev/sda5 ro quiet
splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 9.10, kernel 2.6.31-20-generic
uuid cd0c7441-38d1-4e1f-a206-b161f7538854
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic root=UUID=cd0c7441-38d1-4e1f-a206-b161f7538854 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-20-generic

title Ubuntu 9.10, kernel 2.6.31-20-generic (recovery mode)
uuid cd0c7441-38d1-4e1f-a206-b161f7538854
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic root=UUID=cd0c7441-38d1-4e1f-a206-b161f7538854 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-20-generic

title Ubuntu 9.10, memtest86+
uuid cd0c7441-38d1-4e1f-a206-b161f7538854
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1


=============================== sda5/etc/fstab: ===============================

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# -- This file has been automaticly generated by ntfs-config --
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sda5 :
UUID=cd0c7441-38d1-4e1f-a206-b161f7538854 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# Entry for /dev/sda6 :
UUID=6e553533-d163-46f3-b633-deb66deb8210 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
# /dev/sda1 /media/Disk2 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0

=================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


362.9GB: boot/grub/core.img
362.9GB: boot/grub/menu.lst
362.8GB: boot/grub/stage2
366.9GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-16-generic
367.4GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-20-generic
367.4GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic
362.8GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-16-generic
374.7GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic
362.9GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic
367.4GB: initrd.img
362.9GB: vmlinuz

[Hippytaff]

Rubi - is the boot flag on the wrong partition? :-)

[DawgMan]

What is rubi?

What partition is it on?

How do I fix it?

[Hippytaff]

Sorry, I was asking Rubi1200 (the other poster) because I'm not sure if I correctly diagnosed the problem :-)

[Rubi1200]

Sorry, I was asking Rubi1200 (the other poster) because I'm not sure if I correctly diagnosed the problem :-)
The boot flag is not the issue here; it is on sda1 where it should be for Windows to function.

The issue here is that there are vestiges of a legacy-GRUB install. Versions later than 9.10 use GRUB2.

@DawgMan:
to correct this problem you need to use the chroot method to purge and reinstall GRUB outlined here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1581099
Obviously, replace the partition number with what is relevant for you; in this case sda5

[wilee-nilee]

The boot flag is not the issue here; it is on sda1 where it should be for Windows to function.

The issue here is that there are vestiges of a legacy-GRUB install. Versions later than 9.10 use GRUB2.

@DawgMan:
to correct this problem you need to use the chroot method to purge and reinstall GRUB outlined here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1581099
Obviously, replace the partition number with what is relevant for you; in this case sda5

+1 thats the truth.

[DawgMan]

Purged and Reinstalled Grub 2 from the live CD.

it worked. Thanks

[Hippytaff]

Cool - I've learned something here too - remember to mark your thread as solved in the thread tools at the top of the page so others can benefit from what you did :-)

[Rubi1200]

Purged and Reinstalled Grub 2 from the live CD.

it worked. Thanks
You are more than welcome :)

@Hippytaff:
every day is a learning experience; I am glad you could also benefit from this thread :)

@wilee-nilee: thanks, as ever, for your support :-)