Thread: xubuntu 10.04 doesn't boot anymore after update, grub problems.

hello everybody, new forum , not expert linux user.
after recent update (didn't see kind of update beacuse wasn't me @ pc) system doesn't boot , gives fololopwing error:

code:

mount: mounting /dev on /root/dev failed: no such file or directory mount: mounting /sys on /root/sys failed: no such file or directory mount: mounting /proc on /root/proc failed: no such file or directory target file system doesn't have /sbin/init. no init found. try passing init=bootarg.

with livecd type in terminal

code:

 sudo fdisk -l

, get:

code:

disk /dev/sda: 500.1 gb, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes i/o size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes disk identifier: 0x0009ac3f     device boot      start         end      blocks   id  system /dev/sda1   *           1       60431   485407744   83  linux /dev/sda2           60431       60802     2976769    5  extended /dev/sda5           60431       60802     2976768   82  linux swap / solaris,

sda2 , sda5 have same start/end, normal?
tried mount sda1 with:

code:

sudo mkdir /mnt/oldxubuntu sudo mount /dev/sda1  /mnt/oldxubuntu

nothing happens.
suggestion? thank u.

sda2 , sda5 have same start/end, normal?
guided install typical
extended partition contains single partition
use live cd , post in /boot/grub/grub.cfg or /boot/grub/menu.lst
gparted screen shot of drive nice

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