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Thread: Karmic (wubi install) won't boot after dist-upgrade

  1. #1
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    Karmic (wubi install) won't boot after dist-upgrade

    Hi, i have Karmic installed with Wubi inside a Vista NTFS filesystem.

    Yesterday i did an apt-get dist-upgrade and Karmic never booted again. It won't even show the grub kernel list, it just shows some really quick text that vanishes before i can even figure out what it is and then drops to some sort of grub shell and then i can't figure out what to do.

    I could boot a livecd and mount my karmic install and everything seems fine, the filesystem is clean and all that. But how do i fix it so it can boot again?

    Does anyone here know wtf happened? Was there a bad upgrade or something?

    Thanks a lot for all help.

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    Re: Karmic (wubi install) won't boot after dist-upgrade

    *bump*

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    Re: Karmic (wubi install) won't boot after dist-upgrade

    It sounds like the same problem I encountered a few weeks back.

    Try this;

    Code:
    sh:grub linux /boot /vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic root=/dev/sda2 loop=ubuntu/disks/root.disk.ro
    [ENTER]

    Code:
    sh:grub initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-16-generic
    [ENTER]

    Code:
    sh:grub boot
    If that works and brings your Ubuntu back, go into a terminal and

    Code:
    sudo update-grub2
    It worked for me on more than one instance.

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    Re: Karmic (wubi install) won't boot after dist-upgrade

    Kernel update?Maybe something like this?:GNU GRUB version.....minimal bash-like line editing is supported.......? If so,it's most probably wubi-related and there are many threads on the forum.

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