Thread: Can't boot Ubuntu after upgrade to 9.10

hi,
i've searched threads no luck. i'm newbe ubuntu.

here's problem:
upgraded 9.04 9.10. during restart grub load stage1.5 menu (dual-boot vista). no matter version of ubuntu select ("recovery mode" or "generic") same results. tried live version of 9.10 cd won't recognize linux partition in "places" (tried sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt keeps asking file system). after grub menu selection, ubuntu logo moving bar comes on screen. next, graphics disappear , folowing text on black screen:

init: ureadahead main process (2833) terminated status 5
mountall:/proc: unable mount: device or resource busy
mountall:/proc/self/mountinfo: no such file or directory
mountall: root filesystem isn't mounted
init: mountall main process (2834) terminated status 1
general error mounting filesystems.
maintenance shall started.
control-d terminate shell , re-try.
give root password maintenance
(or type control-d continue):

using control-d gives same info except "main process number" chanes (i.e., 2866, 2867, 2875, etc). i've pressed control-d 60 times no luck.

if type password get:

root@don-linux:~#

none of commands i've written down other threads work @ prompt.

i'm loving ubuntu having trouble command line structure of it.

can me this?

in advance,
coolmod_200

hi,

if faced that.... after calming down, i'd re-install grub2. seems route of least pain you, appears pretty messed up.

need know partition ubuntu on - covered in drs's excellent how-to

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...ghlight=drs305

want heading section 12.

if instructions don't work, points towards grub2 - reinstalling grub 2:

more involved method. 1 of 2 & running.

if, after getting ubuntu back, win area has vanished, there's how-to that, --> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1014708

remember - you're in grub2, not grub legacy.

regards,

phill.

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