Lost Grub
flavio seixas
oivalf_nix at yahoo.com
Sat Jul 11 22:15:25 UTC 2009
Hi Matt,
Many thanks for your help,
Here are the results:
ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo parted /dev/sda print
Model: ATA ST340014A (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 40.0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32.3kB 30.0GB 30.0GB primary ntfs boot
2 30.0GB 40.0GB 10.0GB extended
5 30.0GB 32.0GB 1999MB logical linux-swap
6 32.0GB 40.0GB 8011MB logical ext3
ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo parted /dev/sdb print
Model: ATA SAMSUNG HD161HJ (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 160GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32.3kB 62.9GB 62.9GB primary ntfs boot
2 62.9GB 160GB 97.1GB primary ntfs
ubuntu at ubuntu:~$
For security reasons, there are more than one partition on HDs.
Regards,
flavio
--- On Sat, 7/11/09, Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu> wrote:
> From: Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu>
> Subject: Re: Lost Grub
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009, 9:27 PM
> flavio seixas wrote:
>
> > I am a beginner
> > at Linux and please, I´d appreciate if the answer
> could be like “for dummies”.
>
> Boot from the live CD and run from the command prompt:
>
> sudo parted /dev/sda print
> sudo parted /dev/sdb print
>
> That should tell for sure which drive is being recognized
> as which.
> Once we know that, we should be able to tell you how to
> reinstall grub.
>
> See http://www.sorgonet.com/linux/grubrestore/ for the
> basic idea.
>
> Matt Flaschen
>
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