[Bug 479099] Re: distribution install from 9.04 to 9.10 taking default actions resulted in bad menu.lst

[madbiologist]

As official support for both Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope" and Ubuntu
9.10 "Karmic Koala" ended some time ago, I am setting this bug to
Invalid.

** Tags added: jaunty karmic

** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

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Title:
  distribution install from 9.04 to 9.10 taking default actions resulted
  in bad menu.lst

Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub-installer

  I did a distribution upgrade from the Update manager and as a typical
  PDU (poor dumb user) took the default action when prompted. "Keep
  Existing" it is a pull down menu

  I actually was asked three times about menu.lst, but no seeing any other visual clues that I should do anything different
  I stayed with the default/recommended/already selected item in the pull-down.

  I ended up with a menu.lst that did not point to my new (or any valid)
  kernel.

  init: sreadhead main process (2783) terminated with status 1
  mountall start/spawned, process 2784
  mountall:/proc: unable to mount: Device or resource busy
  mountall:/proc/self/information: No such file or directory
  mountall: root filesystem isnt mounted
  init: mountall main process (2784) terminated with status 1
  General error mounting filesystems. 

  I fixed my install by doing this:

  In the recovery console I mounted /boot

  mount /dev/sda1 /boot

  (gotten from fdisk -l )

  I then looked to see what kernels I had and found

  initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic and vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic

  which happens to be 9.10 (there were some others...)

  I then edited /boot/grub/menu.lst to point to this kernel and I was
  up!

  I hope this helps others!

  Thread at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1318720

  I can provide any log files... just ask

  Maybe if the install process used radio buttons, I might have made a
  different choice if there was a more attractive choice.

  But again as a PDU I typically take the default action...

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