Worse problem with upgrading 12.04 to 14.04

[Cindy-Sue Causey]

On 9/5/14, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 7:15 AM, J.L. Blom <joep at neuroweave.nl> wrote:
> :
>> Yes, I think so. When I try to start it says:
>> Verifying DMI pool data......
>> error: file not found.
>> grub rescue>
>> Which I think means that grub suddenly can find the boot sector, which is
>> strange as before the upgrade it worked flawlessly. I don hope that the
>> upgrade messed with the boot sector but I have some tools to find that
>> out.
>
> I had the same problem when I tried to upgrade from 12.04 to 14.04.
> My gripe is that grub-rescue does not have any help or hints
> available, so I did not have a clue what to do, and I don't have
> multiple computers available to just go look on another one to find
> out what to do.
>
> I did a clean install from the DVD and that worked fine, but AFAICT
> the upgrade is just broken.



Clean install was my thought, too.. I've yet to be in a position to do
an upgrade but clean install is my conscious CHOICE should that ever
come up.. I just see too many problems on upgrades across the board..
I "get" (understand) that clean install is not always rational or
feasible, though, depending on individual setups..

What about reinstalling or upgrading GRUB by itself to see what happens?

Just thinking out loud.. :)

Cindy :)

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Cindy-Sue Causey
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