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

[NoOp]

On 12/23/2009 05:50 PM, 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?
> 
> I've not yet found out how to get to the HD from the terminal when booted from a CD, so I cannot ls /boot for you. From the GUI I see:
> 
> abi-2.6.24-24-generic
> abi-2-6.24-25-generic
> config-2.6.24-24-generic
> config-2-6.24-25-generic
> initrd-imig-2.6.24-24-generic
> System.map-2.6.24-24-generic
> System.map-2-6.24-25-generic
> vmlinuz-2.6.24-24-generic
> vmlinuz-2-6.24-25-generic

While you're waiting for Rashkae to respond (and he knows what he is
talking about so wait for instructions from him), here are a few links
that you should have a look at to help you understand what he's trying
to get you to do:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GrubHowto
Backup, Repairing and Reinstalling GRUB
  Command line
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=297261
http://linuxmint.com/wiki/index.php/How_to_repair_your_grub
Re-install Grub with Live CD
 to
Installing Grub to MBR:
Note that this last is written on a linuxmint wiki, but the same will
apply to hardy in that section.

Regarding your menu.lst; the bits that are important are those that show
which where your boots are:

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

title		Ubuntu 9.10, kernel 2.6.31-16-generic
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic
root=UUID=c606c2a7-1fb1-403f-9b90-50 ro quiet splash vga=773
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-16-generic
quiet

(Yes I know that yours will say Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS, kernel etc - but
those are the sections that are of most interest).