DELL Latitude D600 - Wont boot after 1st system update after install

nicholls15 · 04-06-2009, 04:43 PM

Hi Folks

Hope you can help me .

I have installed ubuntu intrepid 8.10 on my dell latitude d600 .

Its not a dual boot , just has swap 512 , / 10gb , /home 50gb .

The install goes fine no problems at all , even the wireless network card installs fine .

The problem occurs after I do the first system update , The update installs fine , the system shuts down , starts back up , hits GRUB and grub takes ages & wont boot at all .

I've reinstalled the system several times but no joy , same result every time .

Any Ideas

Cheers
Paul

grunt547 · 04-06-2009, 05:04 PM

Sounds like the update is moving boot files. You could try re-running grub-install after doing the install to update the bootloader's map of where the kernel and initrd are. Be careful, messing with bootloaders is a quick way to an un-bootable system. Check your /boot/grub/menu.lst file, and check the first boot section. For my install of Ubuntu 8.10, it looks like this: (near the bottom)

Code:

title           Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-9-generic
uuid            cef4174e-92f8-484d-a63f-3b0bc9274a9a
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-9-generic root=UUID=cef4174e-92f8-484d-a63f-3b0bc9274a9a ro quiet splash
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-9-generic
quiet

AFTER running the update, verify that the files listed as kernel and initrd exist. Then, check your root filesystem's UUID:

Code:

sudo vol_id --uuid /dev/[ROOT DEVICE]

The hex string you get back should match the uuid string in the menu.lst file. If those things are correct, try running grub-install to reinstall the bootloader.

nicholls15 · 04-06-2009, 05:13 PM

Thanks for the reply

I will try that after the system finishes the re-install

I think what U said is right ,

I will keep you informed

cheers