Grub: file not found

[Ralf Mardorf]

For what reasons ever, my first mails sent to the list seems not to come
through anymore :D, I need to resent them.

-------- Forwarded Message --------
From: Ralf
To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: Grub: file not found
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2014 21:20:30 +0100
Mailer: Evolution 3.10.3

On Mon, 2014-01-06 at 12:18 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> The OP here did not provide enough information to explore all possible 
> avenues of failure.

I agree, however I'm using GRUB 2 for a multi-boot too:

[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for rocketmouse: 

Disk /dev/sda: 298.1 GiB, 320072933376 bytes, 625142448 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x000f2fc6

Device     Boot     Start       End    Blocks  Id System
/dev/sda1  *           63 121274495  60637216+ a5 FreeBSD
/dev/sda2       121274746 625137344 251931299+  5 Extended
/dev/sda5       121274748 183751469  31238361   7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda6       183751533 246421034  31334751  83 Linux
/dev/sda7       246421098 309283379  31431141  83 Linux
/dev/sda8       309283443 361967615  26342086+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda9       361969664 477483007  57756672  83 Linux
/dev/sda10      477485056 482031387   2273166  82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda11      482031616 561872895  39920640  83 Linux
/dev/sda12      561873438 569215079   3670821  83 Linux
/dev/sda13      569215143 615514409  23149633+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda14      615514473 625137344   4811436  83 Linux


Disk /dev/sdb: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x000525e5

Device     Boot     Start       End    Blocks  Id System
/dev/sdb1  *           63  42971039  21485488+  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sdb2        42973936 976766975 466896520   5 Extended
/dev/sdb5        42973938  85931684  21478873+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6        85931748 128696714  21382483+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb7       128696778 133789319   2546271  82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb8       133789383 175943879  21077248+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb9       175943943 219190859  21623458+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb10      219190923 220211199    510138+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb11      220213248 273919999  26853376  83 Linux
/dev/sdb12      273922048 347549695  36813824  83 Linux
/dev/sdb13      347550273 429359103  40904415+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb14      429361152 871667711 221153280  83 Linux
/dev/sdb15      871669760 976766975  52548608  83 Linux

> >  at best it should be
> > installed to /dev/sda instead of installing it to a partition.
> 
> That deserves one of the words you were censored for using.

No ...

> Installing Grub 
> to MBR on a multiboot system with multiple Grubs installed, each presuming 
> *it* is the *master* boot loader, is a sure path to headaches for all but the 
> most experienced Grub users, particularly if one or more non-Linux OS is 
> installed.

... since why should somebody use more than one GRUB?

Regards,
Ralf