Need to recover from an ID-10-T error.

[Steve]

On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:45:35 -0000, UNGER, JOHN WM <JWU001 at shsu.edu> wrote:

> Steve,
> Sorry - I'm on 8.04 LTS, 64-bit.
> -John U
> ________________________________________
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> [ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Steve  
> [yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 9:22 AM
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> Subject: Re: Need to recover from an ID-10-T error.
>
> On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:07:15 -0000, UNGER, JOHN WM <JWU001 at shsu.edu>  
> wrote:
>
>> I made a dumb error in trying to solve a problem with the updates saying
>> there is not enough room in /boot.
>>
>> I moved the files from /boot to a temporary directory and then neglected
>> to move them back before rebooting. Now I get a "File not found" error
>> when booting.
>>
>> I can boot from the install cd, but would prefer not to re-install the
>> entire OS if at all possible.
>> I have been able to move the files back into /boot, but still get the
>> "File not found" error. I attempted to copy the files from the CD's
>> /boot and put them in the HD /boot - same result.
>>
>> I have not redirected any files, nor renamed any.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John U.
>>
> Which version of Ubuntu are you using, if 9.10 are you using GRUB2
>
My preference for any problem like that is SuperGrub  
http://www.supergrubdisk.org/
>


-- 
Steve