Error 21 when booting up...???

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Fri, 10/16/09, Larry Shields <larryesu at charter.net> wrote:

> From: Larry Shields <larryesu at charter.net>
> Subject: Re: Error 21 when booting up...???
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Friday, October 16, 2009, 5:57 PM
> Larry Shields wrote:
> > NoOp wrote:
> >   
> >> On 10/14/2009 01:06 PM, Larry Shields wrote:
> >>   
> >>     
> >>> Steve wrote:
> >>>     
> >>>       
> >> ...
> >>   
> >>     
> >>>> Try http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-977673.html
> >>>>
> >>>>   
> >>>>       
> >>>>         
> >>> *Thanks Steve - for the site info...
> >>>
> >>> What I did instead of using the livecd, 
> for it would not let me switch 
> >>> to the root user, to authorizes  it, that
> from what I no it will not let 
> >>> you...
> >>>
> >>> Anyway I then used Knoppix 5.1, everything
> worked fine, using grub, so 
> >>> when I at the grub prompt typed
> >>> grub> root (hd0,0)  It came up with
> this:
> >>>     Filesystem type is
> ext2fs, partition type 0x83
> >>> The I used this command:
> >>> grub> setup (hd0) it the said this:
> >>> Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists...NO
> >>> Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists...NO
> >>>
> >>> So it looks as though I have lost stage1 in
> the boot process...
> >>>
> >>> Do you how I can fix that...???
> >>>     
> >>>       
> >> ...
> >>
> >> Larry, did you get this sorted out?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>   
> >>     
> > *Hi NoOp,
> >
> > No not as of yet, I had to make a 150 mile round trip
> yesterday, so I 
> > did not have the time to mess with it..
> > All though, some one passed on to me a site about
> SuperGrub, but I need 
> > to burn the iso, and try it out...
> >
> > Thanks for asking NoOp,
> >
> > Larry
> > *
> >
> >   
> Hello Again* NoOP,
> 
> I just finished using SUPER GRUB, I can say one thing about
> it, it does 
> infact work, my 350gb hard drive boots up just fine...So if
> anyone else 
> has this problem, mention to them about Super Grub...
> 
> Thanks for responding back...
> 
Larry, NoOps will be out of town until Monday so you probable
wont hear from him until then.  Seem he had a family wedding to 
go to this weekend and a planning meeting for his sailing group.
Just didn't want you to think he was neglecting you.  NoOp, no way-:o)

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net