I encountered this problem in Ubuntu 11.10 when applying the latest Software Update. The updater reported "Grub Upgrade failed" and offered only a reboot now button. When the laptop rebooted, there was the grub- rescue prompt.
This is a single-drive machine with only Ubuntu installed. I hadn't made any changes to the drive configuration or to Grub. >From a user's point of view, this is devastating. Luckily I have another machine so I was able to find the boot repair tool via a google search, but considering that Ubuntu is being marketed as an OS for unsophisticated users, it is just wrong to brick the PC during a routine software update. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/836378 Title: Oneiric upgrade, boot hangs at error: symbol not found: grub_divmod64_full To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/update-manager/+bug/836378/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
