Fwd: Re: grub rescue

[JAVIER GARDEAZABAL]

On 05/08/2010 12:29 AM, Goh Lip wrote:
> On Fri, 7 May 2010 17:25:21 +0200
> Javier Gardeazabal<javier.gardeazabal at ehu.es>  wrote:


>> I booted from a livecd and typed
>>
>> sudo fdisk -l
>> sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt

Javier, do you have other OS other than kubuntu, like windows?
Do you know how many partitions you had?
And, do you remember the output of "sudo fdisk -l" above?

Regards - Goh Lip

Dear Goh

Thanks a lot for your help.
I did not try your last suggestions yet.
I do not have windows in my box.
This is what fdisk delivers

ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 146.8 GB, 146815733760 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 17849 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: 0x0ecab17e

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1       17119   137508336   83  Linux
/dev/sda2           17120       17849     5863725    5  Extended
/dev/sda5           17120       17849     5863693+  82  Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 300.0 GB, 300000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36472 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: 0xe5b8e05c

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               2       36472   292953307+   7  HPFS/NTFS


Best
javier