Partition Reorganization / unsuccessfull ;-(

[Karl Larsen]

i-ubux at synass.net wrote:
> Hi Derek, Leonard, Nils and Sam
> Sorry to open a new post to my Partition Reorganization thread:
> I ran into (near !?) disaster !
>
> With GParted and the Super Grub Disk I was able to recognize and use
> either the old (sda2) or the new (sd7) Ubuntu 7.1 installation. ;-)
>
> Checked and tried a few times and was able to make the two visibly
> different and identify properly !!
>
> After creating one more "copy" with GParted in a separate partition and
> assuming that everything will work now ...
> ... I erased the UN-needed sd2-partition and like Derek wrote:
>
> Now the problems really come !!!
>
> Since Sunday I am trying and trying my frustrating efforts to
> get my Ubuntu back running or save all it's "personal" data:
>
> As a newbie I have absolutely no experience, ideas and tricks to
> overcome my mess ! ;-(
>
> Very curious indeed:
> I am sure (now, new) sd3 is a ext3 partition.
> Sometimes I see it displayed as ext3sf !?!?
> How comes ??
>
> Well, Super Grub Disk always confirms a positive result but
> restarting the system always ends with
>
> Error 22: No such partition !
>
> Of course it still points to sda2 (hd0,1) which is wrong
> because it shall be hd0.2 !?
>
> An other error, #17, told: Cannot mount selected partition ...
>
> Too much of question marks for me !!!
>
> I am writing this "call for help" from another system and hope
> to find / get a simple cookbook how to get on the right path again. ;-)
>
> TIA for all your efforts to get me back to track. ;-))
>
> Cheers, svobi
>
>
>   
    Here is an explanation of how Grub works. It is for Fedora 8 but 
just replace the fedora rescue cd with the Ubuntu live CD.


Karl


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