grub2

Asked by j3lc

I recently installed grub2. When i rebooted i realized that the lines of kernels to choose from to boot ubuntu did not work. I get a message wrong string or something like this. Is there a way to fix this and boot ubuntu again? Can i boot using command line and how?Thanks in advance

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Steven Danna (ssd7) said :
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Is grub2 your only bootloader or have you chainloaded it from grub? Either way you should still be able to boot but the step by step directions will be a bit different.

Basically, there is an error in the installer where a line that should start with "uuid" should actually start with "root." Please see the following link:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Grub2Testing

On that page there are directions about how to edit your grub entry on startup to correct this error. Once you have done that you should be able to boot once. Then you can edit /boot/grub/menu.list or /boot/grub/grub.cfg depending on your setup.

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Steven Danna (ssd7) said :
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Correction: "/boot/grub/menu.list" should be "/boot/grub/menu.lst"

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Best Steven Danna (ssd7) said :
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Sorry. I had a complete typing failure when posting that first message. Here is how it should read:

Is grub2 your only bootloader or have you chainloaded it from grub? Either way you should still be able to boot but the step by step directions will be a bit different.

Basically, there is an error in the installer where a line that should start with "uuid" actually starts with "root." Please see the following link:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Grub2Testing

On that page there are directions about how to edit your grub entry on startup to correct this error. Once you have done that you should be able to boot once. Then you can edit /boot/grub/menu.lst or /boot/grub/grub.cfg depending on your setup.

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j3lc (j3lc) said :
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Thanks Steven Danna, that solved my question.