I had the same problem. Updating from 16.04 to 16.10 in place. I ran boot-repair, but the tool had not been updated during the migration (the update 16.10 removed the boot-repair ppa from the sources.list). Running the repair completely botched my grub.cfg files (update-grub was complaining about syntax errors). After a (painful) manual restart through the grub command line, I was able to boot.
The I did: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade Using the new boot-repair (version 4ppa38, instead of the old 4ppa35), I ran the repair tool, setup grub again, rebooted, and the "error: no symbol table. Press any key to continue..." was gone. People looking for a solution may update boot-repair to 4ppa38, run it, and see if it fixes it. Make sure to backup your data first, it worked for me but I can't guarantee that it will work for you. I am attaching the boot-repair report done with 4ppa35, which may be of interest for people trying to debug this. ** Attachment added: "boot-repair output" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1633839/+attachment/4763425/+files/Boot-info.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1633839 Title: No symbol table. Press any key to continue To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1633839/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
