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upgrade to 10.10 error file missing on boot

Asked by Peter McGrath

Hi,

I have upgraded from that last version of ubuntu to 10.10 (?) all went well except on the reboot. When it rebooted, it came up with the initial select which OS to use (Vista or Unbuntu), I selected Ubuntu and then see two lines :

error : file missing
error : file missing

the system stalls and does not process any further.

Please if anyone has a suggestion, I would greatly appreciate this as I use this system daily.

thanks in advance ....

Peter

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Boot to liveCD and reinstall grub2

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Peter McGrath (g-sales-systemsmanager-net) said : 		#2

I do not have a liveCD to boot from.

I installed directly from the internet...

Is there a way to get just this file or create a LiveDC to boot from here??

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

I suggest you get one as you need to reinstall your bootloader using it.

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Peter McGrath (g-sales-systemsmanager-net) said : 		#4

I am downloading the entire desktop (ubuntu 10.10 amd64.iso), is that I would need, and thanks for your help in this...

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Yes the whole desktop ISO so you can work in the liveCD desktop and fix your system. You can only run the amd64 liveCD on a 64bit CPU so if yours is only 32bit it will not boot. Remember to MD5 test the ISO once downloaded and burn the CD slowly.

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Peter McGrath (g-sales-systemsmanager-net) said : 		#6

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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bcbc (bcbc) said : 		#7

See this thread for Wubi issues with the 10.10 upgrade:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1639198

Basically, you have Problem #2 and the Solution #2 is to copy
c:\ubuntu\winboot\wubildr over c:\wubildr - that will get it booting,
after which you should apply the Permanent Fix.