On 11/09/2009 04:27 PM, logical american wrote: > Well, it looks like I shot myself in the foot good and need the > assistance of a person intimately acquainted with grub. >
<snip> > What am I missing? I could reformat the hard disk again and reinstall > Ubuntu 9.04 but then I have a backup disk with 2 more changes in the > linux kernel which will have to be updated. I really would like to get > Ubuntu 9.04 updated, then allow apt to update into version 9.10 again. > > Any ideas? > This probably isn't too helpful, but why not just back up your data and do a clean install of 9.10 at this point? i tried upgrading my 64-bit 9.04 installation, and got pretty well hosed when one key package (rarian-compat) couldn't update. Booted from a live cd and downloaded it manually, still couldn't get it to install, so i just repartitioned my drive, formatted to ext4, did a clean install, restored my data & additional apps. That took a little less time the the botched upgrade and attempts to fix it. Joe ________________________________________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
