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paciotti
May 11th, 2012, 09:56 AM
Hi!
I recently reinstalled my Server with Ubuntu 10.04 (I tried with 12.04, but there are some kernel/CPU issues and I don't need the very latest version of Ubuntu). I configured the network and upgraded the system packets, but after the reboot it stucks in the GRUB command line.
I had some GRUB issues in the past, so I tried to restore the bootloader: from installation CD through the "recover a broken system" option or from the installation process going directly to the GRUB step, It still didn't work.
So I found the way to boot into my system with the GRUB commands:

root (hd0,1)
linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1
initrd /initrd.img
boot
but every attempts to install GRUB fails! I tried with grub and grub2 packets, but no way to let the system boot properly. Every reboot it stops in the GRUB CLI.
Now I'm out of idea, so... what can I try to solve the problem?
Thanks!

paciotti
May 11th, 2012, 04:54 PM
I managed to solve the problem, but not in the most elegant way... I reinstalled from scratch!
This time I reserver a 200MB partition for the bootloader, so I avoid to use the MBR (I'll never know if that was the problem).
Thanks.