unknown command vbeinfo (changing splashscreen) in 11.04

[Jeff G.]

On 09/21/2011 05:48 AM, Abhishek Dixit wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 5:16 AM, Jeff G.<connyank at cox.net>  wrote:
>> On 09/20/2011 02:44 PM, Abhishek Dixit wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Goh Lip<g.lip at gmx.com>    wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 09/20/2011 07:01 PM, Abhishek Dixit wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> grub>      insmod vbe
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   grub>      pager=1      (#long list: so you can scroll) (I used here 1
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> not L)
>>>>>>>   grub>      vbeinfo
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried upto here but I again got error
>>>>> error:uknown command vbeinfo
>>>>
>>>> Sorry then Abhishek, that is very unusual. You may want to reinstall grub
>>>> back and see if vbeinfo works. Normally we don't have to "insmod vbe" to
>>>> do
>>>> that. If you reinstall, note that grub.cfg will not change.
>>
>>> Well I had installed Ubuntu from Windows using Wubi.
>>
>> good to know, would have been useful at the start.
>>
>>> Some one told me when using Wubi then a lot of modules of grub (ex.
>>> multiboot) etc are missing.
>>> Which is the case as I am experiencing now.
>>> So I do not feel even re installing will help me.
>>>
>>
>> installing grub might be useful, those "missing" modules should load - I
>> don't know wubi though...
>>
>>
> I booted from a live USB stick.As per this  link
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=224351
> when I did a sudo grub
> sudo grub
> sudo: grub: command not found
>

man grub

> and fdisk -l output shows
>
> sudo fdisk -l
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes  255 heads, 63
> sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size
> (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal):  512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x711e302a
>
>
> Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sda1   *       1          13      102400    7  HPFS/NTFS
> Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
> /dev/sda2              13       10199    81816576    7  HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda3           10199       22947   102400000    7  HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda4           22947       38914   128249856    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/sda5           22947       38914   128248832    7  HPFS/NTFS
>
> which one of these contain the grub which I should re install?
>
I doubt any of them do - my understanding is that a wubi install is not 
a real install so grub won't do any good anyway.

You'll need to install ubuntu on its own AFAIK.
You can do so from a usb stick...