grub2 – After update, get “error: file not found.” followed by “grub rescue> _” – Ask Ubuntu

Jovan Stosic March 3, 2017

Use Boot Repair to fix your bootloader.

  1. Boot Ubuntu from a LiveCD or Live USB
  2. Connect to the internet
  3. Open a terminal, and add the Boot Repair PPA

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair && sudo apt-get update

  4. Install Boot Repair

    sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && boot-repair

  5. Launch and use, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair#Using_Boot-Repair for more details

Source: grub2 – After update, get “error: file not found.” followed by “grub rescue> _” – Ask Ubuntu

grub2 – After update, get “error: file not found.” followed by “grub rescue> _” – Ask Ubuntu was last modified: July 13th, 2017 by Jovan Stosic