[ale] ubuntu upgrade issues

[Geoffrey Myers]

A little research allows boot by doing the following:

root (hd0,1)
linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1
initrd /initrd.img
boot

So I suspect the issue is grub install, question is, what is the proper 
approach now?

grub-install hd1:0

grub-install hd0:1

????

Jim Kinney wrote:
> Sounds like grub didn't actually load properly. You'll need to use a 
> live CD to get back in. Once in, chroot to the real system and run 
> grub-install with the correct HD settings (most often is hd0:0 but 
> Ubuntu uses the new grub2 so that changed to hd1:0 - drives number from 
> 1 but partitions number from 0 - thanks GNU!)
> 
> Check back with M.Trouch's presentation on grub2 from about a year ago.
> 
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 7:59 AM, Geoffrey Myers 
> <lists at serioustechnology.com <mailto:lists at serioustechnology.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Upgraded from Lucid to Maverick 10.10 and all worked fine.  Did get an
>     'invalid option' from grub, but all booted fine.
> 
>     Upgrade from Maverick 10.10 to Natty 11.04 and upon reboot, gets as far
>     as the grub prompt and that's it.
> 
>     I don't have extensive experience with grub.
> 
>     Typing boot at the grub menu returns: no kernel loaded.
> 
>     Suggestions?
> 
>     --
>     Until later, Geoffrey
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Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson