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Grub problem after upgrade to 1.8

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Grub problem after upgrade to 1.8

Postby johnny5 » Fri Aug 22, 2008 4:12 pm

Hello,
I'm having a strange issue with GRUB. I installed Ultimate Edition 1.8 64 version in a dual boot with Windows XP.
Everything was great until I issued an upgrade by clicking the upgrade icon on desktop. When I rebooted, the GRUB screen shows up but no highlight bar shows up to choose a selected operating system. I have rebooted several times and chose a brand new session..No luck. I am forced to boot into Ultimate and nothing else??
Any clues??Thanks :o
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Re: Grub problem after upgrade to 1.8

Postby LeadFingers » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:19 pm

johnny5 wrote:Hello,
I'm having a strange issue with GRUB. I installed Ultimate Edition 1.8 64 version in a dual boot with Windows XP.
Everything was great until I issued an upgrade by clicking the upgrade icon on desktop. When I rebooted, the GRUB screen shows up but no highlight bar shows up to choose a selected operating system. I have rebooted several times and chose a brand new session..No luck. I am forced to boot into Ultimate and nothing else??
Any clues??Thanks :o

I've been bit by the Update bug in the same way in the past.
Go to Startup Manager and select a different theme and color for Grub.
this should allow you to actually see the highlighted area.
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Re: Grub problem after upgrade to 1.8

Postby johnny5 » Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:44 pm

Where can I find the startup manager???Sorry, kind of a dumb question, I'm sure!
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Re: Grub problem after upgrade to 1.8

Postby deate » Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:51 pm

johnny5 wrote:Where can I find the startup manager???Sorry, kind of a dumb question, I'm sure!
Thanks

Look on you top panel...select SYSTEM..>Administration...scroll down and there it is :) You'll be prompted for your admin. password...enter that and you can then make the above changes listed by Leadfingers
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Re: Grub problem after upgrade to 1.8

Postby vinca » Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:22 pm

LeadFingers wrote:
johnny5 wrote:Hello,
I'm having a strange issue with GRUB. I installed Ultimate Edition 1.8 64 version in a dual boot with Windows XP.
Everything was great until I issued an upgrade by clicking the upgrade icon on desktop. When I rebooted, the GRUB screen shows up but no highlight bar shows up to choose a selected operating system. I have rebooted several times and chose a brand new session..No luck. I am forced to boot into Ultimate and nothing else??
Any clues??Thanks :o

I've been bit by the Update bug in the same way in the past.
Go to Startup Manager and select a different theme and color for Grub.
this should allow you to actually see the highlighted area.

this may be the problem, also a possibility is that your bios may have "loaded optimized defaults" and there is no keyboard support in the bios/grub until you have booted an OS. In your bios, if you have a USB keyboard, make sure that the setting is "enabled" for a usb mouse/keyboard. I have had this issue, this is what fixed it.

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Re: Grub problem after upgrade to 1.8

Postby johnny5 » Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:44 pm

Thanks for the suggestion...I really love this distro!!
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