<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Steven Vollom <<a href="mailto:stevenvollom@sbcglobal.net">stevenvollom@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On Saturday 01 August 2009 08:12:04 pm John DeCarlo wrote: > On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Steven Vollom <<a href="mailto:stevenvollom@sbcglobal.net">stevenvollom@sbcglobal.net</a>>wrote: > > On Saturday 01 August 2009 07:07:54 pm John DeCarlo wrote: > > > cat /etc/fstab > > > > I don't know if it makes a difference, but remember I am working from a > > Live > > CD. > > > > ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ls -l /media/disk > > total 32 > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-14 19:37 backup > > drwx------ 2 root root 16384 2009-07-14 19:37 lost+found > > drwx------ 20 1001 1001 4096 2009-07-21 07:44 Shabakthanai > > drwxr-xr-x 44 1000 1000 4096 2009-08-01 03:47 steven > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-07-14 19:37 svpersonal > > ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/fstab > > aufs / aufs rw 0 0 > > tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0 > > /dev/sdb1 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ > > OK. For a Live CD, not too bad. > > Try this one, please: > > > sudo fdisk -l (or kdesudo fdisk -l) </div>ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ kdesudo fdisk -l kdesudo: Unknown option 'l'. kdesudo: Use --help to get a list of available command line options. ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ kdesudo fdisk -I kdesudo: Unknown option 'I'. kdesudo: Use --help to get a list of available command line options. ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00061a07 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 60801 488384001 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000a81aa Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 1945 15623181 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sdb2 * 1946 4377 19535040 83 Linux /dev/sdb3 4378 65165 488279610 83 Linux /dev/sdb4 65166 121601 453322170 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdd: 1010 MB, 1010826752 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 122 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x91f72d24 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdd1 * 1 123 987104 6 FAT16 Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(121, 254, 63) logical=(122, 227, 40) ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ just want you to know how much I apprediate the help. Thanks so much. </blockquote><div> So I guess you booted from LiveCD to try and fix your /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Here is how to do so: 1. kdesudo mkdir /media/disk/boot 2. kdesudo mount /dev/sdb2 /media/disk/boot 3. kdesudo kate /media/disk/boot/grub/menu.lst </div></div> -- John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34091576500&ref=mf">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34091576500&ref=mf</a>