Grub won't boot

[Bob Nielsen]

On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 01:07:34PM -0600, S. Gordon von Miller wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Ubuntu reloads once after installation and refuses subsequently to
> boot.  I installed Libranet on another drive, and
> Grub didn't find Ubuntu even though its on another drive.
> So I inserted the following in menu.lst. Ubuntu is /dev/hb1 on the
> second drive.
> 
>  I get an error message.
> 
> root (hd1,1)
> Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xf
> Kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.681-3-386
> root = /dev/hdb1 ro single
> Error 17: cannot mount selected partition.
> 
> 
> This is how it is in menu.lst.  What  is wrong with it.
> 
> title           Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.8.1-3-386 (recovery mode)
> root (hd1,1)
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8.1-3-386 root=/dev/hdb1 ro single
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8.1-3-386
> savedefault
> boot


Change "root (hd1,1)" to "root (hd1,0)".  Grub starts counting from 
zero.