up vote 0 down vote favorite

Hi there I seem to have a serious problem that google wasn't able to help me with. I'm a novice with GNU systems. I was clearing up some space on my boot folder (which of course what I think went wrong) because the memory was full for more updates. I followed some instructions I found on the web and everything was working fine. I have another hard-disk with Win10 that I use to game on. After the reset, I tried to return to Ubuntu when I came to the GNU GRUB menu as always and behold there is no more Ubuntu option.

This stinks. What should I try?

share|improve this question
1  
Possible duplicate of How to restore a system after accidentally removing all kernels? – antivirtel Apr 6 '16 at 11:33
up vote 0 down vote

/boot contains bootloader, kernel and other images, what will boot. If you deleted some files, you can fall in to grub rescue, or something like that. If you will not get Grub at all, get a Live Image, and follow the instructions here.

If you must free up some space, you should use package manager (apt-get) to remove old kernels SAFELY.

share|improve this answer
    
I tried the boot-repair from live CD and it hasn't fixed my problem. I cleaned out old kernals, linux images, and so on. Now since it is encrypted, I've run into a whole other mess. – JoeS Apr 5 '16 at 21:25
    
No, it is not a problem, that you've encrypted your files, but the problem is, that you deleted kernels, and boot images. You can restore them, by booting to a Live Disk & reinstalling grub to the MBR: howtoubuntu.org/… - However, if it will not able to find the remaining kernels then install it via apt-get install linux-image-generic in chroot (askubuntu.com/questions/28099/…). If you can't, then comment, and I'll help. – antivirtel Apr 6 '16 at 11:33

Your Answer

 
discard

By posting your answer, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of service.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.