"You need to load the kernel first" after update

[mlsquad]

I installed the latest kernel updates this morning and now when I boot with Linux 2.6.31-16-generic I get "You need to load the kernel first." If I boot with Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic boots fine. Attached is my grub.cfg. I am running Ubuntu Karmic 9.10.

[buteomont]

I'm having the same problem. Version 2.6.31-14-generic still works, but the 2.6.31-16-generic says "Error, you need to load the kernel first."

David

[mlsquad]

I'm having the same problem. Version 2.6.31-14-generic still works, but the 2.6.31-16-generic says "Error, you need to load the kernel first."

David

This is on a Wubi install. Is your install also via Wubi?

[buteomont]

I don't even know what a Wubi is. But I finally fixed the problem - I moved all of the files in the /boot directory that ended in "-16-generic" to a temporary directory, and then copied them back. I then ran update-grub, followed by grub-install /dev/sda. I can now boot into the new 2.6.31-16 kernel.

Hope everyone that has this problem finds it this easy to fix.

David

[mlsquad]

More about Wubi at http://wubi-installer.org/
I'm excited that you found a fix. I look forward to giving this a shot on Monday.

[Gtklocker]

I installed the latest kernel updates this morning and now when I boot with Linux 2.6.31-16-generic I get "You need to load the kernel first." If I boot with Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic boots fine. Attached is my grub.cfg. I am running Ubuntu Karmic 9.10.

I'm having the same problem. Version 2.6.31-14-generic still works, but the 2.6.31-16-generic says "Error, you need to load the kernel first."

David

Try to get on your desktop by the previous kernel at recovery mode, take yourself at a terminal and:

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade

May devolopers have put a new update solving this

[ExpressNature]

I don't know much about ubuntu. Last two previous updates does not caused problems. But yesterday I updated resulted in GRUB shell. I don't know what to do next. How to boot or load ubuntu 9.10?

[mlsquad]

I don't know much about ubuntu. Last two previous updates does not caused problems. But yesterday I updated resulted in GRUB shell. I don't know what to do next. How to boot or load ubuntu 9.10?

Did you get the error message posted in this thread? If not, please start a new thread and document exactly what you get on boot up along with any error message you might be receiving.

[indian_gamer2003]

update-grub worked for me, thanks!

[Technical]

I've tried both Kubuntu and Ubuntu with wubi.
I'm getting the "You need to load the kernel first" with all options (2.6.31-14-generic and 2.6.31-20-generic), some days ago I got the same for 2.6.31-19-generic.
The problem must be in the beta version of Grub.
It's a shame that we have such an instable release.
I've lost all my files and settings on wubi.
Tried to install 4 times, lose time...
I've tried to install a virtual machine having Windows 7 as host. The same.

My self-confidence on this distro...
It's not the first time I need to install all over again...