Upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10 system will not boot

I'd boot to live CD and reinstall grub2

I can't seem to boot form the cd. It gives me a choice to ESC to kernel menu I only have 2 second to do something. I can't seem to boot from cd in that time.

You boot the CD from BIOS. If you see the menu then you have gone too far.

I must be missing something. when I trun on the computer it goes to the screen that boots or you can hit ESC. It is already at 2 and counting down. Should the BIOS be before this screen? Or how do i get to it. I'm not very technical with computers. Thanks.

I must be missing something. when I trun on the computer it goes to the screen that boots or you can hit ESC. It is already at 2 and counting down. Should the BIOS be before this screen? Or how do i get to it. I'm not very technical with computers. Thanks.

Ok I have a cd with 10.4 on it. I finally found a way to get to the BIOS and boot from CD. I get the same message from above. I will never do another update again. I have never ha any problems until I do the updates. Can some one please help me get back to 9.04.

You will need to reinstall. Rolling back is not advised nor supported. Jaunty will only be given updates in the repos until October 2010 so you may want to consider a clean install of Lucid which is supported until April 2013, or Karmic which is supported until April 2011

Can I install the 10.4 I have on Cd and if so how would I do it form where I am on my computer. I'm using my wifes lap top right now. Thanks

Sure, if you have a Lucid install CD you could wipe all partitions and reinstall a clean OS. Make sure your backups are recent.

How do I wipe partitions and reinstall on a clean OS. Or where can I go to read the instructions. Thanks.

Its part of the installaltion. You can delete the existing partition(s) and instal to the now empty space

Ican only go to the BIos Screen. When I try to boot from the Cd it says it failed and is looking for a disk. I don't have a floppy drive. Can I do an install even though I can't get to the desk top? I appreciate your help.

Perhaps problem lies in Ubuntu 10.04, and it explains you have also problem with 10.04 Live CD.
Can you check with a 9.04 or 9.10 Ubuntu CD ?
What model of PC do you have ?

I have an everex computer,  I don't have 9.4 or 9.10 cds,  The computer came preloaded with 8.04 on it.  I've done all my updates via the net,  thanks

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Date: Thursday, July 29, 2010, 4:49 AM

Your question #119174 on grub2 in ubuntu changed:
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delance proposed the following answer:
Perhaps problem lies in Ubuntu 10.04, and it explains you have also problem with 10.04 Live CD.
Can you check with a 9.04 or 9.10 Ubuntu CD ?
What model of PC do you have ?

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You can get ISO image at http://releases.ubuntu.com/9.10.
Which Everex ?

it is a Gpc3 sempro Le 1150

    * 2Ghz AMD Sempron LE-1150
    * 1GB of DDR2 RAM + 80GB hard drive
    * DVD and CD burner, NVIDIA GeForce 6100 256MB video card
    * Mouse and keyboard and Ubuntu 8.04 OS

http://ohioloco.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9644360
Another guy has same problem unresolved. You could post on this forum to follow their search.
I works on 9.04 at least, so you can download this Ubuntu version!

It's a resume for me:

Error : "general error mounting file systems" (not a Graphic Card problem)
Computer delivered with Ubuntu 8.04.
Glenn and gbuddy66 succeeded to upgrade to Ubuntu 9.04, but both failed with Ubuntu 9.10.
other forum : http://ohioloco.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9644360
boot on Live CD 10.04 fails

You can get ISO image at http://releases.ubuntu.com/9.10.
Can you try to boot on this CD, to check if kernel included in this 9.10 delivery handle properly your hardware ?
If you can boot on CD, use option "Try but don't install". Then open a terminal, type "sudo parted -l" (lowercase L, not 1 or pipe), and post result.
Try again to boot with Ubuntu 10.04 CD, and if it fails, confirm you get same error message. A wrong kernel in 9.10 could have been fixed in 10.04.

If we need to reinstall, do you have data to save ?

I tried to boot with both CDs and keep getting the same message and same result. I have nothing on the computer that if it was lost would be a problem. I think ath this point a reinstall would be the best bet. I just need to know how to do it can't boot to the desk top. Thanks,

Sorry, but if you can't boot on a Ubuntu Install CD, you can't install it.
You need to identify which is the least Ubuntu version on whom CD you can boot.
For what I understand, it's 9.04.

I downloaded 9.04. tried to boot from CD and get DISK BOOT ERROR, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER.

To don't waste time PLEASE BE SURE to made a good live install Ubuntu cd...

1) please download the 700 mb file http://releases.ubuntu.com/9.04/
To avoid download errors download the desired ubuntu iso install cd image using the torrent protocol.

- if you are using Windows please install a torrent client i suggest you http://deluge-torrent.org/
and download the iso using a .torrent link from here:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/9.04/ubuntu-9.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent

2) PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK the md5sum of downloaded file to be sure it have no error https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM
Only if the md5sum number match with this: http://releases.ubuntu.com/9.04/MD5SUMS go to the next steps.

3) burn the iso image onto a cd at lower speed you can do and activate the data verify