[ale] ubuntu upgrade issues

[Jim Kinney]

If hd0,1 boots, then that should work with grub-install. I may have
remembered 0 base backwards.
On May 11, 2011 8:56 AM, "Geoffrey Myers" <lists at serioustechnology.com>
wrote:
> 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?
>>
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>> Until later, Geoffrey
>>
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