GRUB stops at a command line during stage 2 install reboot

[Bob D.]

Thanks for your reply Martin!

On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 13:05 +0200, Martin Pitt wrote:

> Configuring at this point isn't really easy. I would recommend to boot
> a rescue system [1]. then you can modify your Ubuntu installation:
> 
> # mkdir /ubuntu
> # mount /dev/hdaX /ubuntu    # X = the partition you installed Ubuntu in
> # chroot /ubuntu
> 

Put a smile on my face here. When one of the developers tells me it
isn't really going to be easy to fix, I KNOW I'm in trouble, lol!

> Now you are on your Ubuntu installation.
> 
> # grub-install
> # exit
> # umount /ubuntu
> 
> Then you can try again. But it should work without this fiddling out
> of the box. When you are in your ubuntu installation, can you please
> do
> 
> # fdisk -l
> 
> and show us the results?
> 
> Thanks! Have success with fixing your box!
> 
> Martin
> 

Prior to seeing your message and the above instructions, I ended up
deleting the Ubuntu partitions and trying FIXMBR and FIXBOOT from the XP
recovery disk. That didn't work...was now faced with a reboot stopping
where XP said the "NTLDR is missing." Figured that meant GRUB was gone
but I didn't have the Windows boot loader either. I used Drive Image to
copy my XP boot backup image back to this partition and rebooted. All is
(was) well...now I was able for the system to boot straight into XP
without problems.

I then went to install Ubuntu again and ran into a similar problem, but
I'll put all that in a separate post. I'm saving your post in case I
need it again! :)

Thanks again!

Bob

> [1] Something like:
> - Ubuntu Life CD
> - Knoppix etc.
> - the Ubuntu install CD; just switch to console 2 when you arrived at
>   the partitioning stage and press enter
>