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

Mallikarjun(ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್) mallik.v.arjun at gmail.com
Sat Aug 22 17:49:57 BST 2009


On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 9:59 PM, 74yrs old <withblessings at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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!


There are many ways to find, easier one (GUI) is install gparted (gnome
partition editor), open it, you can see / partition drive letter something
simialr to sda1, sda7 (meaning 7th partition) on drive 1/a, sdb1 (1st
partition on drive 2/b)

>
> -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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>> http://mallikarjuna.com
>>
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