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can't get past GNU grub screen after upgrading

Asked by Sheila Houser

I upgraded to Ubuntu ver 10.10 from 10.4( which worked fine) but now when I choose Ubuntu over Windows XP in the startup I get a GNU GRUB ver 1.98+20100804-5ubuntu3 screen. I have no clue what to enter at the grub> prompt & is there a way to go directly to Ubuntu like I could do in 10.4?

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Ubfan (ubfan1) said : 		#1

When you have more than one kernel, you are offered a choice. If you remove your old 10.04 kernels, that may restore the old behavior. Other options are to reduce the 10 second countdown on the grub menu screen, and if you need to, change the GRUB_DEFAULT = ? to the kernel you want (default 0 is the first one). Look at the /etc/default/grub file to make these changes.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/reinstall-ubuntu-grub-bootloader-after-windows-wipes-it-out/

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Sheila Houser (shouser) said : 		#3

Is there any way of deleting all of this & statng all over again?

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Ubfan (ubfan1) said : 		#4

You can reinstall, but will first need to backup any of your data you have on the Linux partition, since everything will go away. The live-CD has the "Try" option, which allows you to mount the disk, and copy your files (to USB?, floppy?,...).
When you are absolutely sure you have everything you will ever want from that partition, you can do the reinstall.
It sounds like you just have a bootloader problem -- the rest of the upgrade probably is OK.

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#5

The first thing to try is reinstalling Grub2: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Reinstalling%20from%20LiveCD
It solves lot of issues.

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