Bug#557425: lenny->squeeze upgrade -> system no longer bootable

[Josip Rodin]

Package: grub-pc
Severity: grave

I'm typing this from Windows because the squeeze upgrade a few minutes ago
rendered all my Linux GRUB menu entries useless - they all report "command
not found" either for "linux" or for "initrd".

During the upgrade, I saw three debconf prompts, and just pressed enter on
all of them. I did not want to change the kernel parameters because there
was seemingly no need to do so, and I did not want to reinstall grub into
/dev/sda because I was hoping to avoid rendering my system unbootable
because of a new version of the bootloader. A quick google search indicates
this might be just like #497791, so it seems that the lack of reinstalling
was exactly what caused the problem. Well, that's just inane.

I'll go reboot and try to insert 'insmod linux' in those Linux menu entries
that no longer work.

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