error:you need to load the kernel first

[tintu1212]

Hi all,
Booting problem,when i boot my ubuntu 11.10 it shows following,
error:invalid magic number
error:you need to load the kernel first
press any key to continue.


I do 'sudo update-grub' on terminal,then get following results,

Generating grub.cfg ...
dpkg: error: version '2.6.10_mvl401' has bad syntax: invalid character in version number
dpkg: error: version '2.6.10_mvl401' has bad syntax: invalid character in version number
dpkg: error: version '2.6.10_mvl401' has bad syntax: invalid character in version number
dpkg: error: version '2.6.10_mvl401' has bad syntax: invalid character in version number
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10_mvl401
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.10_mvl401
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-19-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-19-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-17-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-17-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-16-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-16-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-12-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Found Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sda1
done

Please give me a reply.

[yancek]

Does this happen immediately after the installation, on first reboot? Or have you had it installed and working for some time? I notice you have five different kernels so I expect it is not a new install. I guess the question would be, what change(s) were made immediately prior to this error? The first four lines tell you what the problem is, is there any reason you installed/need that particular kernel?

[tintu1212]

ya...the problem is on kernel 2.6.10_mvl401,that one is default.i want to load on that kernel.

[gdawg]

Ubuntu 11.10 uses version 3 of the kernel. See: [URL=https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2011.../016964.html[/URL]