Won't boot after upgrade to 10.10

[oldskool]

Hi all,

Desire to try ubuntu at work but also not to break my work machine so i opted for the windows installer desktop edition.

10.04 64bit AMD version installed, after getting flash installed everything was great, very impressed.

Something telling me there was a newer version, so i went to the updater, ran it, it found 10.10, i proceeded, got to the clean up step, said something about x# of files not needed, clicked remove, ask me to reboot. I reboot and it gets to the OS choices screen, i choose ubuntu and i see no messages, it just flicks me back to the bios.

I can't seem to find this problem documented anywhere. Is it best to just re-install or can it be fixed?


Secondly, is the windows installer version decent enough? Are there many disadvantages? I'm just a bit wary of trying the conventional method in case i mess up the partitions/MBR or windows which would be disastrous on my work machine.

[Rubi1200]

Hi and welcome to the forums :-)

For Wubi solutions, see here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1639198

See problem #2, solution #2 or #3 depending on the situation.

Don't forget to apply the Permanent Fix back in Ubuntu.

Generally speaking, it is preferable to install to the hard-drive.

But, in your situation, Wubi is likely the best option.

The issues affecting Wubi installs at the moment are relatively easy to fix.

If you need more help, let me know.

[oldskool]

Thanks very much

Problem 2 and solution 2 fixed it!

Same issue on my laptop at home and again solution 2 worked out fine.

[Rubi1200]

No problem, you are more than welcome :-)

Don't forget to apply the Permanent Fix back in Ubuntu.

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