I have created a Live CD with Ubuntu 9.04.
From within Windows 2000 Professional I installed Ubuntu on an external hard disk.
I restarted my computer an had the choice either to boot with Windows 2000 or with Ubuntu.
I Choose Ubuntu and became a screen with command line "Grub>"
Then I got stuck, not knowing what to do to launch Ubuntu.

In the 8GB partition that was created for Ubuntu I found a "Ubuntu directory" with folders and files, so I assume Ubuntu was installed.

What do I have to do to be able to start Ubuntu Linux?

Thanks in advance for help on this matter

Yves Parmentier

I don't understand, can you walk us through this? Did you use a guide? What exactly did you do to install it? Can you give us a copy of the file /boot/grub/menu.lst please

I just launched the installer from the Live CD Rom and followed the instructions.
When the installation was finished, the installer finished and ejected the CD Rom.
Then I restarted the computer with the Ubuntu boot possibility.

Okay, that makes a little more sense. And the other questions I asked?

Hereafter the contents of menu.lst






#This file is modified at runtime by bootmenu.nsh

debug off
hiddenmenu
timeout 5
default 0

title Start installer in normal mode
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /ubuntu/install/boot/vmlinuz
kernel /ubuntu/install/boot/vmlinuz debian-installer/custom-installation=/ubuntu/install/custom-installation iso-scan/filename=/ubuntu/install/installation.iso automatic-ubiquity noprompt quiet splash boot=casper ro debian-installer/locale=en_AU.UTF-8 console-setup/layoutcode=be console-setup/variantcode= -- ROOTFLAGS=sync
initrd /ubuntu/install/boot/initrd.gz
boot

title Start installer in safe graphic mode (only if you have display problems)
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /ubuntu/install/boot/vmlinuz
kernel /ubuntu/install/boot/vmlinuz debian-installer/custom-installation=/ubuntu/install/custom-installation iso-scan/filename=/ubuntu/install/installation.iso automatic-ubiquity noprompt debug debug-ubiquity xforcevesa boot=casper ro debian-installer/locale=en_AU.UTF-8 console-setup/layoutcode=be console-setup/variantcode= -- ROOTFLAGS=sync
initrd /ubuntu/install/boot/initrd.gz
boot

title Start installer with ACPI workarounds (only if you have ACPI problems)
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /ubuntu/install/boot/vmlinuz
kernel /ubuntu/install/boot/vmlinuz debian-installer/custom-installation=/ubuntu/install/custom-installation iso-scan/filename=/ubuntu/install/installation.iso automatic-ubiquity noprompt debug debug-ubiquity boot=casper ro debian-installer/locale=en_AU.UTF-8 console-setup/layoutcode=be console-setup/variantcode= -- ROOTFLAGS=sync acpi=off noapic nolapic
initrd /ubuntu/install/boot/initrd.gz
boot

title Start installer in verbose mode
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /ubuntu/install/boot/vmlinuz
kernel /ubuntu/install/boot/vmlinuz debian-installer/custom-installation=/ubuntu/install/custom-installation iso-scan/filename=/ubuntu/install/installation.iso automatic-ubiquity noprompt debug debug-ubiquity boot=casper ro debian-installer/locale=en_AU.UTF-8 console-setup/layoutcode=be console-setup/variantcode= -- ROOTFLAGS=sync
initrd /ubuntu/install/boot/initrd.gz
boot

title Read-Only Demo (Live CD Desktop)
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /ubuntu/install/boot/vmlinuz
kernel /ubuntu/install/boot/vmlinuz iso-scan/filename=/ubuntu/install/installation.iso quiet splash boot=casper ro debian-installer/locale=en_AU.UTF-8 console-setup/layoutcode=be console-setup/variantcode= -- ROOTFLAGS=sync
initrd /ubuntu/install/boot/initrd.gz
boot

No, that is the menu.lst for the livecd, I want the menu.lst from your Ubuntu partition

I also found this one



debug off
hiddenmenu
default 0
timeout 0
fallback 1

title find /ubuntu/disks/boot/grub/menu.lst
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /ubuntu/disks/boot/grub/menu.lst
configfile /ubuntu/disks/boot/grub/menu.lst

title find /ubuntu/install/boot/grub/menu.lst
fallback 2
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /ubuntu/install/boot/grub/menu.lst
configfile /ubuntu/install/boot/grub/menu.lst

title find /menu.lst
fallback 3
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /menu.lst
configfile /menu.lst

title find /boot/grub/menu.lst
fallback 4
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /boot/grub/menu.lst
configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst

title find /grub/menu.lst
fallback 5
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /grub/menu.lst
configfile /grub/menu.lst

title commandline
commandline

title reboot
reboot

type following in grub prompt
try different posibilities for (hd0,x) (by pressing tab after "hd0,"). I found my partition to be hd0,7.
replace 2.6.x.x by your kernel version.

For windows, you can type

Are you using the live CD here? You'll need to mount the partition the Ubuntu install is on, then find menu.lst on there; /mnt/ubuntu/boot/grub/menu.lst or whatever

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Where can I find the kernel version?
Do I, each time I want to boot Ubuntu, to enter the paramaters you gave me when the Grub command appears?

Yes you do, which is why I would like to see that file to fix it.

I am working with Windows 2000 at present.
But the Live CD works. I tried it and could even access internet.

How can I mount what you say?

If you're on Windows 2000 then, is the partition with Ubuntu on it under My Computer? Are you able to access it anyway?

On the hard disk, in the directory Ubuntu, the installer has made three disks, being:
root disk 2,9 GB
swap disk 0,98 GB
ust disk 3,9 GB

Okay, open root disk, then /boot/grub and lets see that menu.lst