Grub Error 17

[Allan Valeriano]

On Jan 3, 2008 8:51 PM, anthony baldwin <anthony.baldwin01 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Check this out:
> http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/GRUB_error_17_after_kernel_update
>
> Or:
>
> grub error 17 "Cannot mount selected partition" happens usually because
> the "root" argument given to grub is wrong. At the grub menu, press 'e'
> and check the "root (hd0,2)" or similar line. You can go into command
> mode with 'c' and use the 'find' command to locate the right partition,
> for instance: find /boot/grub/menu.lst

I can't reach the grub menu. The error appear before it loads

> Once you have found the right (hdx,y) partition, edit the root line in
> the grub menu. After booting up, edit the #groot= line in
> /boot/grub/menu.lst and run 'sudo update-grub'.
> (lifted from
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+question/14606)
>
> The first seems link basically says the first thing, more or less.
>
> Can you boot the computer from the livecd?
> That way, you could edit your grub.conf, e2fsck or any other thing you
> need to do that
> you are currently unable to do, since the derned thang won't boot.

I can boot from the livecd, but it seems that the /boot/grub dir is
not there. I tryed e2fsck, but couldn't figure out how to get it to
ork. =/
Any other way?


--Valeriano