boot drops to grub prompt, disk error

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 29 Jun 2017 18:10:17 +1000, Karl Auer wrote:
>What puzzles me is the hd0/hd1 thing. How could hd1 appear if there is
>no second physical disk?

On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 22:41:27 +1000, Karl Auer wrote:
>I will go visit him and see what we can see.

An USB stick or something similar? You could advise him by telephone
how to check boot and drive related BIOS settings and to remove
equipment such as USB stick.