Need to recover from an ID-10-T error.

[UNGER, JOHN WM]

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From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Rashkae [ubuntu at tigershaunt.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 6:22 PM
To: Ubuntu user technical support,      not for general discussions
Subject: Re: Need to recover from an ID-10-T error.

UNGER, JOHN WM wrote:
>
> You might have to forget what I wrote earlier... Grub error 15, from
> what i can google, indicates that grub is loading but unable to find the
> file called for in the boot definition.  If possible, can you provide to
> us the contents of your menu.lst file as well as a directory listing of
> of your boot partition?  (Mount it in a live cd enviroment, and ls >
> /mnt/usbstick/boot.txt, for example)
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Rashkae,
>
> I could send the menu.lst, but it's verbose. Do you still want it?
>

Yes please.

I see from your file list that you have kernel 2.6.24-25 istalled, but
no corresponding initrd file.  (possibly because of the out of disk
space message you were getting?)  If your menu.lst file is trying to
boot that kernel, we have found your problem.

That may be what is going on. I don't understand why it was telling me it was out of space in /boot when I've got Gigs free. 

The menu.list:

# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
#            grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
#            grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
#            and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default		0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout		10

## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
#hiddenmenu

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line)  and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
#      password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title		Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root		(hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader	+1
#
# title		Linux
# root		(hd0,1)
# kernel	/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=3b91e60e-e652-4d2f-8c8d-27915ef39122 ro

## Setup crashdump menu entries
## e.g. crashdump=1
# crashdump=0

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,0)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
##      alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
##      lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
##      lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##      altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
##      howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
##      memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title		Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS, kernel 2.6.24-24-generic
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/vmlinuz-2.6.24-24-generic root=UUID=3b91e60e-e652-4d2f-8c8d-27915ef39122 ro quiet splash
initrd		/initrd.img-2.6.24-24-generic
quiet

title		Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS, kernel 2.6.24-24-generic (recovery mode)
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/vmlinuz-2.6.24-24-generic root=UUID=3b91e60e-e652-4d2f-8c8d-27915ef39122 ro single
initrd		/initrd.img-2.6.24-24-generic

title		Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS, memtest86+
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title		Other operating systems:
root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda2
title		Windows Vista/Longhorn (loader)
root		(hd0,1)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader	+1