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[Question #78564]: Stuck with "root@laptopname:/# " while installing Ubuntu 9.04 (14)

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From: blessedone <question78564@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:18:19 -0000
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New question #78564 on Ubuntu:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/78564

I was updating my Ubuntu using the Update Manager, and all was going well... until it tried to install it.  It noticed my grub menu was different, and wanted to know if it should overwrite it or what. I didn't know which option to choose, so I chose something along the lines of "Open a new shell to examine."  And now, I get this:

Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found ... skipping...
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-14-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-13-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
root@laptopname:/#_ (the input box is flashing at the underscore location)

Hitting Enter/Return yielding root@laptopname:/#_ again.
What is it asking, and what do I put in?

By the way, I have only had Ubuntu (and Linux for that matter) for only a few weeks... Haven't learned much Linux/Ubuntu vocab...

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