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Grub Rescue In Ubuntu error: out of partition
Hello All,
I have netbook on which i installed Ubuntu 9.10, after 2 days i wanted to install windows xp pro on it and so i used Gparted to create partition and i rebooted the systems with my windowXP USB stick. Instead of rebooting from the USB Stick ( i make sure in BIOS its booting from USB), i get this error
Grub Loading.
error: out of Partition
grub rescue>
at this prompt i typed ls ( grub rescue>ls)
and i get (hd0) (hd0,2) (hd0,1) (hd1) (hd1,1) --- i am assuming hd1 and hd1,1 relate to usb stick
then i typed set ( grub rescue>set)
and i get prefix=(hd0,1)/boot/grub
root=hd0,1
if i type ls (hd0,1)/ i get
./../ lost+found/ var/ etc/ media/ cdrom bin/ boot/ dev/ home/ lib/ mnt/ opt/ proc/ root/ sbin/ selinux/ srv/ sys/ tmp/ usr/ vmlinuz initrd.img initrd.img.old vmlinuz.old
all i want is to reformat the hard drive completely and install windows xp.
any help is highly appreciated. please i am stuck
I have netbook on which i installed Ubuntu 9.10, after 2 days i wanted to install windows xp pro on it and so i used Gparted to create partition and i rebooted the systems with my windowXP USB stick. Instead of rebooting from the USB Stick ( i make sure in BIOS its booting from USB), i get this error
Grub Loading.
error: out of Partition
grub rescue>
at this prompt i typed ls ( grub rescue>ls)
and i get (hd0) (hd0,2) (hd0,1) (hd1) (hd1,1) --- i am assuming hd1 and hd1,1 relate to usb stick
then i typed set ( grub rescue>set)
and i get prefix=(hd0,1)/boot/grub
root=hd0,1
if i type ls (hd0,1)/ i get
./../ lost+found/ var/ etc/ media/ cdrom bin/ boot/ dev/ home/ lib/ mnt/ opt/ proc/ root/ sbin/ selinux/ srv/ sys/ tmp/ usr/ vmlinuz initrd.img initrd.img.old vmlinuz.old
all i want is to reformat the hard drive completely and install windows xp.
any help is highly appreciated. please i am stuck
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i have checked again it wont boot from the USB, how can fix this can some one please help me out
Exactly what hardware is it (ie: IBM thinkpad model no - perhaps even part no)?
> i have checked again it wont boot from the USB, how can fix this can some one please help me out
Ask an admin to change the zones of this question. You are unlikely to get hardware help in zones "Ubuntu, Linux Setup, Disk Partition Tools"
Ask an admin to change the zones of this question. You are unlikely to get hardware help in zones "Ubuntu, Linux Setup, Disk Partition Tools"
ASKER
Thanks guys, i have fixed, i used a ide adapter and hooked the hard drive to my other laptop and formatted the drive and installed XP pro.
Everything works good one.
Thanks
Everything works good one.
Thanks
ASKER
i will close the question and award the points. Thanks
ASKER
i might have to check it more carefully i guess. Thanks