My Ubuntu 8.10 cannot boot on my lap top

[Fiifi]

Hi I just updated my linux ubunto 8.04 to 8.10 now my Lap top (TOSHIBA SATELITE) cannot boot from start up. The machine freezes. I have to enter ESC at start up and this is what appears

ubuntu 8.10, Kernel 2.6.27-11-generic

ubuntu 8.10, Kernel 2.6.27-11-generic (recovery mode)

ubuntu 8.10, Kernel 2.6.24-23-generic

I have to select the third before it will boot. Can someone please help me on how to boot it straight from start up? Thank you

[Kieren]

It looks as though your grub has some incorrect entries in it that need to be removed. This is quite simple but before you start I'd recommend backing it up with the command:

sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst.old

Now any changes you make can easily be reversed later if you have any problems.

You can now remove the entries from your grub by editing the file /boot/grub/menu.lst: (Be careful in this file as any errors will stop you being able to boot at all)

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

In this file you will find sections that look like the following:

title ubuntu 8.10, Kernel 2.6.27-11-generic
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic root=UUID=fccafcc7-d7cc-4594-9459-8f0db7b9f7f ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic
quiet
savedefault

Comment these lines out by preceding them with a # character where the title matches your first two options; ubuntu 8.10, Kernel 2.6.27-11-generic and ubuntu 8.10, Kernel 2.6.27-11-generic (recovery mode). In the above example it should now look like:

#title ubuntu 8.10, Kernel 2.6.27-11-generic
#root (hd0,0)
#kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic root=UUID=fccafcc7-d7cc-4594-9459-8f0db7b9f7f ro quiet splash
#initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic
#quiet
#savedefault

Make sure you leave the section with the title of ubuntu 8.10, Kernel 2.6.24-23-generic alone.

Save the file and exit gedit. When you reboot there hopefully should only be the working option in your grub and Ubuntu will boot as expected.

Good luck!

[Fiifi]

Hi Kieren I followed your instruction just as you directed and it worked. I am so much happy now. Your help is much appreciated. Thank you