[olug] Boot error updating F14 to F16

[Sam Tetherow]

Been a while since I have dealt with something line this, but that error 
I think is grub not being able to find the kernel file.  Boot with a 
rescue disc and check out menu.lst file and make sure it is selecting 
the right root for the partition for /boot, so if /boot is on /dev/sda2 
then your menu.lst file should have
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz...

On 1/13/12 10:59 AM, Obi-Wan wrote:
> Last night, I attempted to upgrade my old Dell M1201 laptop from
> Fedora 14 to Fedora 16.  Everything went fine at first, and I went
> to bed while it was downloading&  installing packages.  When I
> awoke this morning, I found this window on the screen:
>
> "Warning:  There was an error installing the bootloader.  The
> system may not be bootable."  [OK]
>
> No, not OK.  Since I had no option, I clicked OK, and the laptop
> rebooted while I went to eat breakfast.  When I returned a while
> later, the GUI was gone, and I found the following on the console:
>
> "Error 15: File not found.  Press any key to continue..."
>
> Pressing a key rebooted.  At the grub kernel chooser screen, the only
> option is "Upgrade to Fedora 16 (Verne)".  Choosing that immediately
> takes me back to the "Error 15" screen.  Repeat ad nosium.
>
> Where do I go from here?  Rex?  While I do have the important bits
> backed up, installing from scratch would be annoying.
>