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just downloaded up dates, now grub will not complete boot of ubuntu 9.10

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i am using ubuntu 9.10, all has been working great... today downloaded new up dates... rebooted as requested. windows xp will boot up no problem... ubuntu grub stops... some Beta format info... some other info, seems to be asking me to input something???

will not go any further... will reboot copy info to ? box...Greg

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Greg (greisdorfer) said : 		#1

boot screen info:
try hd 0,0 NTFS5 _
GNU GRUB version 1.97 beta
[minimal bash-like line editing is supported. For first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anything else TAB lists possible device/file completions]
sh.grub _

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Greg (greisdorfer) said : 		#2

need help rebooting... have homework due... with out being able to get into ubuntu i will loose all my work for this year...

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Arnaudus (a-lerouzic) said : 		#3

Hi,

It's not completely clear from your question, is your GRUB broken or not? You say you can choose Windows, so GRUB is working, right?

So, if GRUB is working, try choosing an old kernel (by default, GRUB tries to boot on the lastest kernel. However, if for some reason the kernel does not work on your machine, you should still have access to a list of older ones).

If GRUB is really broken, it is not very difficult to reinstall it from the Ubuntu CD, see http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-24113.html for instance.

Hope this helps!

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