Look in /boot/grub/grub.conf (I think) Change the file to reflect the new kernel images! Or sudo dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc might do it
2010/1/24 Terry Coles <d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk>: > Well. I'm nearly there (I hope). Microsoft were true to their reputation to > the bitter end and the fix that I discovered earlier (Restore Points) didn't > work out. I had a running system, but Windows Update wouldn't work..... > > Fortunately, Dell provides an excellent 'Restore to Factory Defaults' feature > which uses a Recovery Partition to allow the machine to return to the state > when we got it. One happy afternoon of Windows Updates and reinstalling > software later, I think I have a working Vista installation. > > Unfortunately, somewhere along the way, the Linux installation got broke. I > don't think it was Microsoft's fault this time; it seemed to happen when I > upgraded Kubuntu from 9.04 to 9.10. The problem is that the upgrade worked > fine; I simply can't boot into it because the boot menu still lists the old > kernel images (2.6.28-13, instead of 2.6.31-17). > > I burnt Super Grub Disk and following the instructions in last month's Linux > Format, was able to boot into a working 9.10. But it won't work from the boot > menu. ;-( > > Still following Linux Format, I typed: > sudo update-grub > > followed by: > sudo grub-install /dev/sda > > which all seemed to work fine, but made no difference to the boot menu. > > This is a hybrid GRUB2 installation, because it was upgraded from a version of > Kubuntu that uses old GRUB. > > Any ideas before I reinstall a clean version of 9.10? > > -- > Terry Coles > 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux > > > -- > Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010-02-03 20:00 > http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 > Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset > List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset > -- Dan Dart _____ Need a website? Want some music tailored to you? Visit http://www.dandart.co.uk -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010-02-03 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
