Ok, much appreciated. Installing grub2 itself won't change menu.lst, right?
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Steve Langasek < [email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for taking the time to report this problem and help to improve > Ubuntu. > > I see that this system was originally installed as Ubuntu 9.10. Ubuntu > 9.10 installs grub-pc (grub2) by default, but these messages come from > grub (grub1). Do you recall having installed the 'grub' package by > hand, or a package that depends on it such as 'grub-choose-default'? > > Running 'sudo apt-get install grub-pc' should be sufficient to reinstall > grub2 and resolve this error for you. > > ** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > Kernel update couldn't find GRUB file, asked to create it. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/505191 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “grub” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: grub > > Using 9.10 Karmic, I performed a GUI-assisted update, which gave me a > terminal output. It stalled a couple of times trying to write a new menu.lst > file because it claimed it couldn't find the one I have now - I expected it > to ask if I wanted an overwrite. I said no both times, as I usually do. I > dual-boot and don't want that messed with. > > ProblemType: Package > Architecture: amd64 > Date: Sat Jan 9 11:03:41 2010 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 > ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error > exit status 1 > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) > Package: linux-image-2.6.31-17-generic 2.6.31-17.54 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic > SourcePackage: grub > Title: package linux-image-2.6.31-17-generic 2.6.31-17.54 failed to > install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned > error exit status 1 > Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic x86_64 > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+bug/505191/+subscribe > -- Kernel update couldn't find GRUB file, asked to create it. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/505191 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
