Help with the 0x42910 error

sundar0206 · 11-23-2009, 12:31 PM

Hi people

Can someone please help me..

I was running a wubi version of ubuntu 8.10. I have got certain important programs and files saved in linux. I am working on a project i need to give off on friday

Now suddenly i try to log in and it throws a 0x42910 error and goes into grub and wont allow me to log in. Is there a way i can retrieve my way and log into linux.

This is soo important and i need those files.. I know i should have made backups and stuff but this was soo unexpected... can someone please help me

tredegar · 11-23-2009, 01:34 PM

My suggestion:

Boot from a linux "Live CD" (many available - anything will do, eg Knoppix or Ubuntu). Linux runs (slowly) from the CD and does not touch your HDD.

Mount your linux partition.

Copy your files to an external device.

Sort out what went wrong.

[I had to search on wubi - it looks like it is some way of "Running Linux on a windows computer".
I cannot imagine why anyone would want to to that, but it's a free world.]

sundar0206 · 11-23-2009, 01:34 PM

That is the content of the Results.txt file after running the boot info script

Code:

============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================

 => Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda

sda1: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  Windows Vista
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files/dirs:   /bootmgr /boot/bcd

sda2: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  Windows Vista
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  Windows Vista
    Boot files/dirs:   /ubuntu/winboot/menu.lst /bootmgr /Boot/BCD 
                       /Windows/System32/winload.exe /wubildr.mbr 
                       /ubuntu/winboot/wubildr.mbr

=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda ___________________ _____________________________________________________

Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders, total 390721968 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x85295522

Partition  Boot         Start           End          Size  Id System

/dev/sda1               2,048    14,706,687    14,704,640  27 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2    *     14,706,688   390,719,919   376,013,232   7 HPFS/NTFS


blkid -c /dev/null: ____________________________________________________________

/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs" 
/dev/sda1: UUID="4E54E2CB54E2B53D" LABEL="Recovery" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sda2: UUID="0EA847F2A847D6BD" TYPE="ntfs" 

=============================== "mount" output: ===============================

aufs on / type aufs (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
/dev/sr0 on /cdrom type iso9660 (rw)
/dev/loop0 on /rofs type squashfs (rw)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
none on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/ubuntu/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=ubuntu)


======================== sda2/ubuntu/winboot/menu.lst: ========================

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

title halt
	halt

any advices on what i can do?

sundar0206 · 11-23-2009, 01:41 PM

But how do i mount a wubi partition from a live cd?? is there any way of running it ? all i need is the files i dont mind reinstalling linux even

sundar0206 · 11-24-2009, 04:14 AM

hi fellas

I managed to retrieve my files.. though i lost my os...

but well it helped...

I wrote a long blog on what exactly happened .. and how i fixed it .. so if anyone want to have a peek

http://sonnysclothsim.blogspot.com/2...em-fixing.html

there it is