[Bug 479597] Re: HP Mini 311 - Does not always boot

[Mark]

I did that too syntax ...

Anyway ... the machine was working beautifully today.  I even got some
real work done while watching the hockey game.

As per Nick's suggestion, I used the GUI network tools to connect to
wireless, and it was flawless.

Unfortunately, I booted in to Windows (NT) for my wife briefly ... the
plan is for her to take this little machine on a trip to Korea and use
the windows installation (hence the wubi install),  I downloaded a
simple piece of photo software, and we tried to insert her memory card
to try it out.  All was well.  I rebooted it again to go in to linux,
and wouldn't you know it ... somehow windows fried grub.

After the initial menu, windows or ubuntu, it goes straight to a grub
prompt instead of the secondary menu.

So ... #1, how the f*ck does that happen?
#2 anybody want to spell out the commands for me to boot it again with linux ... and initrd commands? 
and 
#3 tell me how to reset grub in the bootsector, or however the hell this works with loop0?  I know lilo, but I've never used grub.

#4 How the hell did the canucks lose after all that pressure in the
first?

All in all, at this point, I don't really care.  My wife is leaving with
the machine on Sunday ... my plan when she gets back is to rid the
machine of the redmond infection  and install ubuntu from a usb key.
So, it doesn't matter if I can recover this install or not.  It would be
kind of nice to have a windows bootable machine around, just in case,
but definitely not worth the pain if it's going to hose the boot sector
like that.

I'm pretty flippin' impressed with ubuntu all things considered.  I've
used slack since like 95 or so with a  stack of 3.5" floppies.  I'm not
used to things being this slick ... when they work ;)

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HP Mini 311 - Does not always boot
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/479597
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