Grub does not want to boot my Ubuntu

[Joel Bryan Juliano]

On 2/26/07, N. Spohrer <nicolai_spohrer at gmx.de> wrote:
> golfer schrieb:
> > Use your live cd to mount and edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and /etc/fstab.
> >  You have to change the old partition numbers to the new ones.  If you
> > still had the lvm type partition designations, then replace them with
> > /dev/sda<partition#> instead.  For tips on editing fstab, just do "man
> > fstab".
> >
> > Also, be aware that the grub menu you get when you boot can be
> > changed.  This is helpful if you guessed the wrong numbers when you
> > edited the /boot/grub/menu.lst file.  Just hit the "e" key on the
> > selected linux on the grub screen and it will give you a grub
> > terminal, where you can use "e" to edit, and "b" to boot.  If it
> > fails, just try <cntl><alt><del> and try a different number at the
> > next grub boot.
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> hello.
> I already changed the UUIDs (ls /dev/disk/by-uuid -la) and I think they
> are correct. And of course I already tried to edit on boot - I think 10
> times at least (you can exit back2grub with "ESC"). But all this didnt
> work! And my "update-grub" doesnt run properly, it detects the wrong
> partitions (cause in the chroot "mount" thinks sda11 is mounted on / and
> sda6 three times... I just dont know why.
>
> Nicolai
>
>

If sda6 is mounted on /, are you sure you are correct with chroot.

try this,

mount /dev/sda9 /target /bin/sh
grub-install --root-directory=/ --recheck /dev/sda6 #or sda, depends
on your setup.
update-grub

if It can't find your devices, try this

cd /dev
MAKEDEV generic

Hope this helps,
Joel

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