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I'll try to hit pause but it is very quick.
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ubuntu 9.10 install with xp doesn't boot
I have just installed ubuntu 9.10 alongside xp he and everything seemed to go ok.
On restart the grub menu comes up. Just before it displays I can see the word error but not enough time to read anything else.
The grub menu offers ububtu, ubuntu safe, two mem tests and xp he.
either of the ubuntus result in
error no such device : < some long series of characters and numbers>
xp boots ok
Help please
TIA
BTW I am pretty inexperienced with linux
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Hi,
ok, mean while you can also try :
press A when you see the grub menu, and post the parameters that you see there. There should be something like :
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda9
initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
If
/dev/hda1 , 2 ,3 ,4 until you find the actual drive that works, and once it works, you can modify it permanently.
To edit that you need to press E when you see the grub menu.
Thanks
"A" didn't do anything
"E" shows me
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail ; fi
set quiet=1
insmod ext2
set root=(hdo,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set fd4d4e24-1baf-4942-9d74-01
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-ge
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14
Along side, as in another partition? You used the partition editor from the trial boot of Ubuntu (before the actual install)? You can boot from the live CD and start over. When installing, manually set partitions (partition editor) and select the current Ubuntu partition to blow away. Now you can format the mount point (/), /home and a swap file area.
How much space did you allow for the new partitions?
Hi,
You see the line set root=(hd0,5) . This determines your root partition for booting the ubuntu. When you press E in the Grub menu , you can use up arrow and down arrow key to position to that line. Then you can change the statement.
make it like :
set root=(hd0,0) put this 0 to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 upto 8 to try.
When you change press B to boot with changed paramenter. Once you are done wth the number, if you can boot successfully , then you need to edit /etc/grub.conf file to put the number permanently.
Hope this helps.
Thank You
>set root=(hd0,0) put this 0 to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 upto 8 to try.
tried 0-9 same result each time
>Along side, as in another partition?
yes
>You used the partition editor from the trial boot of Ubuntu (before the actual install)?
the partitons were created during install
>You can boot from the live CD and start over. When installing, manually set partitions (partition editor) >and select the current Ubuntu partition to blow away.
Is it obvious what to do when reinstalling?
>Now you can format the mount point (/), /home and a swap file area.
don't know what you mean here. The first time I just let the install process do it all
>How much space did you allow for the new partitions?
30 gb for ubuntu. I don't recall being asked about home and swap
At this point, my suggestion is to remove the grub menu and its resultant menu.lst. You do this with the Windows XP boot disk and drop to a dos prompt. Type 'fixmbr' without the single quotes. Then type 'exit'. REboot (removing the WinXP CD) and test to make sure your XP will mount.
If it does, reboot to the Ubuntu LiveCD. (Do the try Ubuntu first option). Under System>Administration there is the Partition Editor. Run this. Once the partition editor has found all your partitions, you should see a scroll on the upper right. You can view your 'hard drives' consecutively. My guess is, your Windows XP is on the first partition (sda - if sata or hda if ide). If this is the case, select the sda2 or hda2 whichever has the Ubuntu. Select each of the partitions you created Ubuntu including the swap and hit the delete key. Once you hit the apply, your have all your unpartitioned space. If you need help with using partition Editor (gparted) there is a guide here - http://gparted.sourceforge
Reboot to your WindowsXP installation and go to this web site -
http://apcmag.com/
Having said all that, it might be better to use the Partition Editor to 'grow' your Windows XP partition by about 30 gigs and install Ubuntu into Windows via Wubi. That way, you can try out Ubuntu from within Windows without the mess of repartitioning. (http://download.maketeche
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by: amitnepalPosted on 2009-10-31 at 16:04:50ID: 25711954
Hi,
You can try to press Pause Break at the time that screen displays, and then you can note the error. If you could post the error , that might be helpful. Also do you have a SCSI or an IDE hard drive ?