"Grub loading ...Error 18" - HD's not accessible any more. (Kubuntu Karmic/ WinXP)

[Goh Lip]

On 04/08/2010 06:42 PM, Bas Roufs wrote:
> Hello Goh-Lip
>
> It's already becoming more clear now.
>
>> Bas, I am writing this to you in advance, going for fast dinner (gmt +8)
> Off-topic curiousity: GMT+8: where in the world are you know?
> However it may be, have a nice dinner. I simply go on with my work -
> in the mean time I wait for your reply before doing a next step.
>
>> at grub prompt, note output of either
>> ls (hd1,6)/boot/
> Output from this command:
> error: no such partition.
>
>> or
>> ls (hd1,7)/boot/
> Output from this command:
> error: no such partition.
>
> BUT: The output of "search -f / vmlinuz" is "hd0, 1" as I wrote in my
> previous message.
> That's why, I have also carried out this command:
>
> ls (hd0, 1)/boot/
>
> This is the output generated by it:
> (When I see an<empty space>  between two characters, I indicate it as
> follows: "<s>"
>
>
> System.map-2.6.22-14-generic<s>abi-2.6.22-14-generic<s>config-2.6.22-14-generic<s>initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic.bak
> memtest86+.<s>bin<s>
> vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic<s>initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic<s>grub/<s>System.map-2.6.22-15-generic<s>vmlinuz-2.6.22-15-generic<s>config-2.6.22-15-generic
> abi-2.6.22-15-generic<s>initrd.img-2.6.22-15-generic<s>initrd.img-2.6.6.22-15-generic.bak
>
>> record the latest kernel listed,
>
> Is there any code amongst the codes listed above which is the 'latest
> kernel listed'?
> I stop here at this point until I receive your answer to this question.
> Thanks, respectfully yours,
>
> Bas.
>


The livecd output of fdisk and blkid shows sdb to be kubuntu and sda as 
windows. But with grub cd, it is not and it is the opposite. Your above 
message shows (hd0,1), which is sda1 as the kubuntu 7.10 partition.

Your kubuntu 9.10 should therefore be either sda6 or sda7 or (hd0,6) or 
(hd0,7). The bad news is that /vmlinuz does not exists for your 9.10. 
But we can still boot this up by using the kernel numbers.

Please verify by using the grub rescue cd and at grub prompt, please 
type the following and show the output for each. (yes, the first is "ls" 
only)

ls
ls (hd0,6)/boot/
ls (hd0,7)/boot/

Also please type
cat (hd0,6)/etc/lsb-release
cat (hd0,7)/etc/lsb-release
cat (hd0,1)/etc/lsb-release

Regards - Goh Lip



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