boot loader not installed
Karl F. Larsen
klarsen1 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 26 11:43:10 UTC 2009
fyrbrds at netscape.net wrote:
> Those commands don't work from a live cd right? When I tried to install grub manually after the install it halted with an error. Basically refused to install. I don't think I can install to the installed system from the live cd. I it is possible, what would be the necessary steps?
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> Your last email also helps.
I tried a wubi install around 6 months ago and had a heck of
a time getting the raid to work then too.
Finally found dmraid which worked. I didn't remember the
name of
it so thanks. I assumed that since the Ubuntu install found
the raid5
and partitioned and installed on it that it would take care of
all that
automatically. 4 sleepless nights later it's clear that was
a bad assumption.
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> Of course it would also be nice it the Install coders did not allow
install on unsupported drives.
Previous versions of Ubuntu never recognized software raid
configs
in the install. When I saw it fully accessible in the
partitioning phase
of the install I got all happy and couldn't resist.
Of course the standard drive didn't work either.
This does not make sense. There may be another strange thing
on this drive. I think you will get more and better help if
you write a request for help that includes a lot of details
about your system.
73 Karl
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> Another question: Isn't it possible to put insmod commands after
root=/dev/xxx? Could I not instruct the kernel to install
the dmraid module in the boot parameters?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Sent: Sun, Oct 25, 2009 8:37 pm
> Subject: Re: boot loader not installed
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> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 12:43 PM, <fyrbrds at netscape.net> wrote:
>> I tried to install ubuntu 9.10 beta. It completes the install but does not
>> install grub. I boot with other boot cds or with easy bcd and these can find
>> grub no where. Why would ubuntu think it made a proper install without a
>> boot loader?
>> I have tried installing it 5 times on different drives and different
>> partition schemes with the same result.
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>> I want a dual boot config. I have Windows Vista on a 500GB drive (hd0)
>> 300GB NTFS (hd1)
>> 300GB Nvidia SW RAID w/ 3x WD Raptor 150 (hd2)
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>> Tried installing on hd2 3 times. Finally read pages with information leading
>> every which way.
>> Tried hd0 twice. hd0 has 160G Vista partition. I set up a 40G /home, 12G
>> swp, 4G /tmp, and 80G / (sda8)
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>> All attempts to boot this config after install have failed. The Vista boot
>> loader remains intact.
>> I tried NeoGrub and the Super grub Boot cd. No grub install found anywhere.
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>> Last question: Is there a way to boot to a command prompt with the live cd
>> for repairs? The live cd gnome terminal is practically blind-mute.
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> Forgot in my last email:
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> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2
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> "Recover Grub 2 via LiveCD" is at about 75% down the page.
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> I would "sudo su -" to avoid all the sudos.
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> You will also need to run
> aptitude update
> aptitude install grub-pc grub-common
> after the chroot.
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