Trying to Load Ubuntu 11.04 onto HP Laptop. Failed at reboot

[Aaron Gray]

I had my HP laptop fail to install Ubuntu 10.04 it just hung near end of
instillation, then refused to boot.

So I put Fedora back on and its fine now :)

Aaron


On 23 August 2011 15:02, Goh Lip <g.lip at gmx.com> wrote:

> On 08/23/2011 07:25 PM, Peter Fitzpatrick wrote:
>
>  Installation runs through normally and concludes apparently OK. The HDD
>> has been reformatted and using the default whole disk installation.
>>
>> When we restart we only get an error from GRUB as shown below.
>>
>> error: out of disk
>>
>> grub rescue>
>>
> .
> .
>
> .
>
>> grub rescue> ls
>>
>> (hd0) (hd0,msdos1)
>>
> .
> .
> .
>
> Peter, unless there are more serious problems in your installation, try as
> follows....
>
> grub rescue> set prefix=(hd0,1)/boot/grub
> grub rescue> insmod (hd0,1)/boot/grub/normal.mod
> grub rescue> normal
>
> [here you should see a 'normal' grub prompt "grub>" ]
> Then .....
> grub> set root=(hd0,1)
> grub> linux (hd0,1)/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 ro
> grub> initrd (hd0,1)/initrd.img
> grub> boot
>
>
> When (If) booted up, open a terminal and
> sudo grub-install /dev/sda
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get upgrade
>
>
> Regards and good luck - Goh Lip
>
> ps: hopefully do don't need this...
> if boot fails at grub-rescue mode, let us know the output...
> grub rescue> cat (hd0,1)/etc/lsb-release
> grub rescue> search -f /boot/grub/grub.cfg
> grub rescue> search -f /vmlinuz
>
>
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