[ubuntu-in] need help - for rebooting / opening

[74yrs old]

Reg: find out *which drive* has ubuntu.
Will you please elaborate how to find which drive has ubuntu - which I am
not aware since I am newbie to linux. In windows it is easily can be located
any drive but not in linux which is difficult for me!
-sriranga(76yrsold)

2009/8/22 Mallikarjun <mallik.v.arjun at gmail.com>

> On 22/08/2009, sivakumar bharadhwaj <jeyendrasiva at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I am using (now become my favourite) JAUNTY - and enjoying every moment -
> > for the past 2 months. And some of my collegues too have starting
> installing
> > Jaunty, and they too are very very happy about it. (not about it being
> FREE,
> > but the freedom to mix, and customise it for their / my desktop !!!).
> > Further I am a newbie to LINUX, have been a faithful windows (from DOS
> days
> > - XP).
> >
> Some of my friends provided links to rescue your jaunty and some to
> reinstall a new OS, but i will guide your to rescue jaunty if few
> steps
>
> 1) Boot live CD, open Terminal
> 2) type in these commands
>   a) sudo grub (a new command line opens with prompt>)
>   b) find /boot/grub/stage1
>      Output:  (hdx,y) (similar to that)
>   The above output means grub is installed on x drive and y
> partition, so if more than one output (in your case one for ubuntu one
> for suse) find out which drive has ubuntu or try both
>   c) root (hdx,y)
>   d) setup (hdx)
> 3) exit and reboot
> 4) happy ubuntuing
>
> any probs mail me back
>
> > I have grub installed, have XP & Jaunty, in my laptop - Lenovo 3000 G530.
> > 250 GB, 2 GB ram, integrated camera - 5 months old.
> >
> > Yesterday, I installed, with some difficulty OPEN SUSE 11.  and my
> problem
> > started.
> >
> > I could see in the initial boot - grub - OPEN SUSE 11, ubuntu 9.04,
> > microsoft xp.
> >
> > But when I clicked / enter - It did not boot, and says - no software
> > detected.  still the same situation.
> >
> > BUT, I USED JAUNTY LIVE CD - and could take out the documents and files
> in
> > my thumb drive.  so my datas are safe now. LIVE CD is a REAL HELP in
> these
> > situations.  WHEN PC / LAPTOP DO NOT BOOT, and you want to secure your
> > files,  IT HELPS SO MUCH.
> >
> > I THANK WITH MY FULL HEART FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE THIS 'LIVE CD' stuff.
> >
> > But, at the same time, help me to open my favourite Jaunty - in my usual
> > way, and I want to delete OPEN SUSE 11. Want to have only Jaunty & XP.
> >
> > Help me.
> >
> > Thanks once again, folks !!!
> >
> > s. sivakumar
> > chennai
> > 93810 66558
> >
>
>
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> Mallikarjun
> http://mallikarjuna.com
>
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