appreciation
Many thanks for your excellent guidance (to an octogenarian)!
I will post a question re grub when I have calmed down from this pleasant experience. Much obliged, ulfscha |
How can I delete the grub directory from my W 2000 vintage pc. It prevents me from booting either W2k or Linux 10.10
When I tried the various methods listed on the web via a live cd sudo fdisk -l sudo mount /dev/sdxx /mnt I get invariably no such dir xx for any of the xxx I see a few lines above. with or without the * I tried at least 20 times! I even tried to re-install grub or put on ubuntu LT on a parallel drive but no success. Any guidance what could be wrong or more likely my mistake(s)? |
Hi,
firstly, welcome to LQ. Secondly, Quote:
Code:
sudo fdisk -l Quote:
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Thanks Ubuntu 10/10 is correct
I do not get the grub menu grub 1.5 error ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0004b821 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 14593 117218241 7 HPFS/NTFS Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000ebbe0 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 12256 98446288+ 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdc: 4043 MB, 4043309056 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 491 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000a7574 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 * 1 492 3948512+ b W95 FAT32 Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(490, 254, 63) logical=(491, 145, 38) ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ubuntu@ubuntu:/dev$ sudo mount /dev/sda1 mnt fuse: failed to access mountpoint mnt: No such file or directory ubuntu@ubuntu:/dev$ |
Code:
$ sudo mount /dev/sda1 mnt So issue the following commands and post the output: Code:
$ sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt |
Sorry for my delay as I had no access and sda1 misleader I had tried a, b a1 b c in desperation for all ds but sent you the wrong sample!
With your very helpful advice I got a result that I had not gotten before : ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cd / ubuntu@ubuntu:/$ sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt mount: /dev/sdb1 already mounted or /mnt busy mount: according to mtab, /dev/sdb1 is already mounted on /mnt ubuntu@ubuntu:/$ ls -1 /mnt lost+found (in blue ulfscha) ubuntu@ubuntu:/$ ls -1 /mnt/ lost+found (in blue ulfscha) ubuntu@ubuntu:/$ ls -1 /mnt/boot/ ls: cannot access /mnt/boot/: No such file or directory ubuntu@ubuntu:/$ Many thanks for your patience |
Quote:
http://karuppuswamy.com/wordpress/20...rescue-prompt/ |
Many thanks Eddy1!
After many days I thought I had learned the difference between l and 1 it looks alike l and 1 to my old eyes even on this editor Many thanks for the disk link which I shall try asap today Have a nice day! |
You're welcome
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llllllllllllllllllllllllll this is what the difference between l and 1 looks like on my pc screen ones are on top I was able to print the contents of my grubenv file is : some 14 lines full of ######!!!! I guess I should stick with shovelling snow! Definitely plan to buy the rescue cd though. |
I noticed that the actual message shows a very clear difference between 'l' and number one '1'
while writing they look very similar |
It's just the different fonts people use, the difference is l is square on top, 1 is curved.
It's kind of funny, because as I type l it has appearance as 1, but when I submit to LQ it automatically changes to staright line others submit it appears as 1. |
Via the disk utility on my live cd I can mount and see the Linux drive that is being blocked from starting by the grub troubles. I might have deleted the start-up file acc
to one kind advice CRTS )above as I cannot see a star anymore (except on a a back-up disk). Opening it however is impossible as it sends that I am 'not authorized' (sudo? or my password). Is there a way that I could make myself sudu or myself in the graphical interface presented by the disk utility 2.30.1 (from Red Had Inc 2007-2009 on my live disk)) ???? |
Hi,
on my ubuntu I can bring up the disk utility from terminal like this (with root privileges): Code:
sudo palimpsest |
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