No bootable partition after Ubuntu install

[Karl Larsen]

Doctor Who wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
>   
>> Doctor Who wrote:
>>  > On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 6:51 PM, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
>>  >
>>  >> Doctor Who wrote:
>>  >>  >>  To add to that, if I mount /dev/sda1 locally and then look for
>>  >>  >>  /boot/grub/stage1, it *is* there.  Just not being seen.
>>  >>  >>
>>  >>  >>
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  > I take that back...it's not there.  That was a fat-finger mistake and
>>  >>  > I was looking at that from my desktop.  So grub is not there.
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  > desktop:/mnt/tmp/boot # ls -al
>>  >>  > total 10576
>>  >>  > drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    4096 2008-03-19 17:44 .
>>  >>  > drwxr-xr-x 21 root root    4096 2008-04-05 11:56 ..
>>  >>  > -rw-r--r--  1 root root  422387 2008-03-12 21:43 abi-2.6.24-12-generic
>>  >>  > -rw-r--r--  1 root root   79746 2008-03-12 21:43 config-2.6.24-12-generic
>>  >>  > -rw-r--r--  1 root root 7353114 2008-03-19 17:29
>>  >>  > initrd.img-2.6.24-12-generic.bak
>>  >>  > -rw-r--r--  1 root root  103204 2007-09-28 06:06 memtest86+.bin
>>  >>  > -rw-r--r--  1 root root  903816 2008-03-12 21:43 System.map-2.6.24-12-generic
>>  >>  > -rw-r--r--  1 root root 1909528 2008-03-12 21:43 vmlinuz-2.6.24-12-generic
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  >
>>  >>     I think he needs to find his /boot/grub/menu.lst and add to that this:
>>  >>
>>  >>  title           Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic (recovery mode)
>>  >>  root            (hd0,0)
>>  >>  kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic
>>  >>  root=UUID=a9c1cb61-ddfd-44f6-88b
>>  >>  0-6dc976daf9ca ro single
>>  >>  initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
>>  >>
>>  >>  This should let you boot your Ubuntu. Then look at /boot/grub/menu.lst
>>  >>  on it and change the above for what you have.
>>  >>
>>  >>  Karl
>>  >>
>>  >>
>>  >
>>  > It doesn't appear that I'm able to 'find' the /boot/grub/menu.lst on
>>  > the Ubuntu install.  As you can see from the output above that file
>>  > does not exist.  Grub doesn't seem to be there at all.
>>  >
>>  > So in that case, do I need to great a 'grub' directory in '/boot' and
>>  > then a menu.lst file containing the content outlined above?
>>  >
>>  > Thanks.
>>  >
>>  >
>>     Did you install Ubuntu and tell the loader NOT TO install grub? If
>>  not you need too much detailed help to ever get this done. Here is
>>  another try.
>>
>>     On your master Linux that has grub, open a terminal and type this:
>>
>>  sudo mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /mnt
>>
>>  If that completes then go to /mnt/boot/grub/ and see it there is a
>>  menu.lst there. If so do as I suggested. If not show us what you see at
>>  /mnt/.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  Karl
>>
>>     
>
> Yes, I do have a /boot/grub/menu.lst there now.  So I've gotten myself
> to a point that I can select Ubuntu from the GAG boot loader, but I'm
> then presented with a 'grub>' prompt.
>
> I then do a "root (hd0.0)" followed by a "setup(0,0)" which completes
> succesfully.  I then try to "boot" from that point and it says the
> kernel must first be loaded, so I then enter the info for both kernel
> and initrd and *then* type 'boot' which gets me to a point where I see
> the system booting up but then it hangs a few minutes down the line
> with no discernable progress.
>
> Rebooting from that point and choosing to boot Ubuntu again takes me
> straight to a 'grub>' prompt.
>
> Ideas from here?
> :
>   
    Let it boot clear up to where you see nothing on the screen and then 
type"

Ctrl - Alt and then F1. You should then see a basic linux system in the 
init 3 form. You should be able to log in with your name and password.

Karl


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