Heres a little background info that might or might not be relevant:
Running Ubuntu 9.10 or 9.04
Recently I added some some software for dvd backups, and also changed my repositories allowing restricted extras using the medibuntu howto
http://medibuntu.org/repository.php When I rebooted the following day I got to Grub diplaying on the screen and then a kernel panic.
SO as I understand it this means that the grub has done all its stage 1 and 2.
When I boot up using a Ubuntu 9.04 live cd I cannot get a full live ubuntu, only a command prompt. There are lots of errors:
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[78.391716] SQUASHFS error: sb_bread failed reading block 0xa759c
[78.391716] SQUASHFS error: unable to read page , block 29d61838, size 57fb
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AT the command prompt I tried to use the /usr/sbin/grub command but it returns a similar
Quote:
SQUASHFS error zlib_inflate returned unexpected result
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Quote:
segmentation fault (core dumped)
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I also tried booting using a 8.10 live cd and got a bunch of similar errors messages
ANY advice is welcome bear in mind I am a noob