[SOLVED] New 10.10 install won't boot from hard disc

[buddhuu]

Hi all,

After happily running a persistent install from a USB stick for a week I decided to delete my Windows install and replace with Ubuntu.

I did the install from the USB stick, selecting the option to use the whole drive.

When the install finished I was prompted to restart. I removed the USB stick and did so. The machine rebooted... and nothing. Just a flashing cursor top left of a black screen.

I've booted the USB stick version and looked at the hard drive. Stuff has been installed sure enough, but it will not boot.

Machine is Acer Aspire 5920 laptop. Running Ubuntu from USB stick has been smooth as silk with no issues.

I'm not technically minded, so I'm afraid that any assistance (for which I would be eternally grateful) may need to be n00b-style dumbed-down.

Please help.

Thanks.

Rick

[buddhuu]

Hi,

After further research I seem to have fixed the issue by following instructions found on another site.

Unfortunately, as a n00b, I don't have privs to link to other sites from this thread, so cannot share the fix.

Mods, please mark this thread 'solved' if necessary.