Grub2 displays only flashing cursor

Question

I have a 11.10 system was running 11.04 without any problems, which I upgraded to 11.10.

I noticed that there were many extra kernels that it wasn't using, so I removed all of them other than the 3.0.0.14 that it was using.

Since then the system will not boot. It stops just after starting Grub with a flashing cursor. If I hold down Shift, then it also displays "Loading Grub" and then hangs.

I have attempted all the Grub repair procedures using update-grub, grub-install from the Live CD and the Parted Magic CD, and using the Boot-Repair utility, etc...

Last night, I even completely reinstalled 11.10 from CD with a full repartition of my boot disk.

Same hang.

I'm at my wits end and don't know what to do.

I can think of only two more things to try:

1. Use 'fdisk' to see if the drive is bootable, or
2. buy another system.

Advice?

Thank you,
Randy Stegbauer

Answer 1

Boot-repair should have fixed it! Check for removable media such as USB drives, printers with card readers, or other media that your computer may be booting from by accident.