Fwd: help

[Charles Marshall]

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Subject:        help
Date:   Tue, 2 Nov 2021 10:51:39 -0500
From:   Charles Marshall <mudmanclm@gmail.com>
To:     boot.repair@gmail.com



I have a hp pavilion desktop that had been happy running dual boot 
ubuntu and win10 and a Dell laptop likewise. Now, they have a gray 
screen blocking the display. By fumbling around I can usually, finally 
get one of the systems loaded and they run ok. I would love to have the 
startup screen return to allow system selection.

I am not, by any means, knowledgeable on a problem like this. I am 
trying "Boot-Repair-Disk" in the failsafe mode. On the HP, the message 
is, " Purge kernels the reinstall last kernel sda5(ins). This may 
require several minutes....

How many minutes?? or hours??. My patience to date has stopped after 
approx. 30-40 minutes watching the blue bar move back and forth. How 
long should I wait???

PLz offer advice and help.

I have not yet tried to re-install Grub from scratch for fear of doing 
more damage.


Thank you,

chuck