Can't boot Lucid after upgrade from Karmic

[Tony Pursell]

On 27 May 2010 at 18:06, NoOp wrote:

> 
> On 05/27/2010 04:14 PM, Tony Pursell wrote:
> > On 27 May 2010 at 13:26, NoOp wrote:
> ...
> >>  Tony, can you get to the /var/logs/dist-upgrade and post the apt, main,
> >>  and terminal logs on pastebin?
> >>
> >>  http://ubuntu.pastebin.com/
> >>  or
> >>  http://pastebin.org/
> >>
> >>  and then post back with the links to the logs?
> >>
> > 
> > Logs are in
> > 
> > _http://ubuntu.pastebin.com/2Nwhbimx_
> > 
> > 
> > Note that I had a failed dist-upgrade prior to this with this bug (because I had 
> > Xubuntu also installed). I can get you the logs for this if you need them, but 
> > it won't be until Friday evening.
> 
> Most of it (as far as I can tell) looks fairly normal. Only bits that
> look odd are:
> ====
> #
> Running postrm hook script /sbin/update-grub.
> #
> Your /etc/kernel-img.conf needs to be updated. Read grub's NEWS.Debian[1]
> #
> file and follow its instructions.
> #
> Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
> #
> Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
> #
> Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
> #
> Searching for splash image ...
> #
> Searching for splash image ... found:
> (hd0,5)/boot/grub/splashimages/SunsetOverPontypool.xpm.gz
> #
> Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic
> #
> Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-21-generic
> #
> Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic
> #
> Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
> #
> Replacing config file /var/run/grub/menu.lst with new version
> #
> Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ...
> #
> 6.31-20-generic
> #
> Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
> ====
> 
> Can you try:
> $ sudo update-initramfs -c -k all
> $ sudo update-grub
> 
> and also post on pastebin:
> 
> $ cat /etc/fstab
> $ cat /etc/boot/menu.lst
> $ blkid
> 
> I know that you've done some/most of this before, but having it on
> pastebin will be helpful
> 

fstab and menu.lst are at http://ubuntu.pastebin.com/mVyacMHN

Did these from the live USB.  Can't get the output from blkid as I 
cannot boot at all now, not even with the Karmic kernel. Did the 
update-initramfs cause this?  

So it looks likes re-intstall time. So any advice on this would be 
welcome.  I will want to rescue my data in /home and probably keep it 
in a separate partition.  The rest can go in to a single root partition. 
Plus swap, of course.  

On my 200MB drive (/dev/sda), I currently have:

/dev/sda1 Windows XP NTFS 90GB
/dev/sda2 Extended partiton
  /dev/sda5 swap 1GB
  /dev/sda6 / 3GB
  /dev/sda7 /tmp 5GB
  /dev/sda8 /usr 10GB
  /dev/sda9 /var 5GB
  /dev/sda10 /home 40GB
  unused 
/dev/sda3 Windows VFAT 5GB 
/dev/sda4 Windows Recovery VFAT 6GB (Recovery data)

This last partiton doesn't ever get mounted.

Tony