I had a problem, and found the solution here
I have installed ubuntu hundreds of times, but first time having this problem.
After the install, I always get to the GNU GRUB version 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.4 terminal.
I'm able to boot into the correct place on the machine using the following commands from the answer below
set root=(hd0,1)
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-39-generic root=/dev/sda1
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.19.0-39-generic
boot
Once I run those commands, I'm booted into my terminal...
As a side note, on the second command linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-39-generic root=/dev/sda1, If I try to auto complete the /dev/sda1, it won't....like it's not there.
And if I run ls (hd0,1)/dev/ then sda1 also isn't there.....however
Once I run boot and log in, I can see /dev/sda1
At any rate, the new problem is that when I reboot the computer, I get to this grub terminal every single time.
I have tried, after logging into the machine, running update-grub, and that doesn't work.
I also tried installing and using boot-repair from these instructions.
I did get a warning out of the boot-repair...
gcfontool-2:6097): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon:
Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11
I'm not sure that has anything to do with the problem though.
side side note....add-apt-repository wasn't installed by default, so I had to install using this
Some background info, this is a brand new SuperMicro server with a single HDD. It used to have two, but I took one out just to make sure I wasn't accidentally installing GRUB in weird places.
Any help is appreciated.
