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Removing symbolic link initrd.img.old you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub]

Asked by Warwick Greenham

I have no real idea of what I am doing but up to now, have been able to get by with the answers I have found, it has been a great experience. My problem is that after installing up-grades, I did a kernel removal and on completion I found the following notice, Removing symbolic link initrd.img.old you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub] can some one help with an explanation of what it means and how to do it. Below is the message.
The link /vmlinuz.old is a damaged link
Removing symbolic link vmlinuz.old
 you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub]
The link /initrd.img.old is a damaged link
Removing symbolic link initrd.img.old
 you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub]

Regards, Warwick.

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Best h2g2bob (d-j-batley) said : 		#1

Grub is the boot loader - it is a small program which starts the kernel. If you reboot and your computer starts up then you don't need to reinstall it.

You can install from a live cd, so I would make sure I have a live cd to hand and restart the computer. The instructions are here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=224351

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Warwick Greenham (mytrill) said : 		#2

Thank you so much for the reply, I now have more of an idea what I am doing. I am very new to this O/S, by using the FAQ I have solved a problem with up-grades, eg. locked out of package manager, this action is what led me to ask the question. I now realise that with a little more effort on my part, I should not have needed to ask for help. Once again, thank you for your assistance.
Regards, Warwick.

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Shirish Agarwal (shirishag75) said : 		#3

2 years too late but still better late than never.

Just do :-

$ sudo update-grub
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found background image: /usr/share/images/grub/Lake_mapourika_NZ.tga
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-2-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-2-amd64
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Found memtest86+ multiboot image: /boot/memtest86+_multiboot.bin
done

Now at my end I have debian and have also some image for the grub boot screen hence its saying what its saying.