I found that I did not have ia32-libs installed..installed the libs & grub was still complaining about this:
[sudo] password for dean: GRUB >= 2.00 has been unpacked but not yet configured. grub-mkconfig will not work until the upgrade is complete. It should run later as part of configuring the new GRUB packages. I found that I did not have all parts of grub in /boot/grub--only in /boot/grub/i386-pc ...My system is 64bit. I copied all the missing parts into my /boot/grub & left the duplicates in /boot/grub/i386--the system boots, but stills gives the above error with the sudo update-grub or sudo grub-mkconfig commands. I am reverting back to 1.99-23 again & await more information--here is the log: Log started: 2012-09-30 18:39:25 (Reading database ... (Reading database ... 5% (Reading database ... 10% (Reading database ... 15% (Reading database ... 20% (Reading database ... 25% (Reading database ... 30% (Reading database ... 35% (Reading database ... 40% (Reading database ... 45% (Reading database ... 50% (Reading database ... 55% (Reading database ... 60% (Reading database ... 65% (Reading database ... 70% (Reading database ... 75% (Reading database ... 80% (Reading database ... 85% (Reading database ... 90% (Reading database ... 95% (Reading database ... 100% (Reading database ... 338513 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace grub-common 2.00-7 (using .../grub-common_2.00-7_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement grub-common ... Preparing to replace grub-pc 2.00-7 (using .../grub-pc_2.00-7_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement grub-pc ... Preparing to replace grub-pc-bin 2.00-7 (using .../grub-pc-bin_2.00-7_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement grub-pc-bin ... Preparing to replace grub2-common 2.00-7 (using .../grub2-common_2.00-7_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement grub2-common ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for install-info ... Setting up grub-common (2.00-7) ... Setting up grub2-common (2.00-7) ... Setting up grub-pc-bin (2.00-7) ... Setting up grub-pc (2.00-7) ... Installation finished. No error reported. GRUB >= 2.00 has been unpacked but not yet configured. grub-mkconfig will not work until the upgrade is complete. It should run later as part of configuring the new GRUB packages. Log ended: 2012-09-30 18:39:30 -- Cheers!!! Dean Loros Performance by Design Ltd. autocrosser at http://forums.linuxmint.com
