On Tue, 2009-09-08 at 00:09 -0400, Vicky Staubly wrote: > On Mon, 7 Sep 2009, Rob wrote: > > On Mon, 2009-09-07 at 19:22 -0400, John DeCarlo wrote: > >> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Rob <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> When I choose to boot Ubuntu, the Ubuntu Splash Screen appears and I get > >>> the following: > >>> > >>> Boot from (hd2,0) ext 3 eb309597-f711-458-b3b7-0a281dae6281 > >>> > >> How many hard drives do you have in the system? > >> (hd2,0) means the first partition on drive 3 (hd0 is first hard drive, hd1 > >> is second). > >> > >> When it is booting, you can use the arrows to select one, then press 'e' to > >> edit. > >> > >> I would try changing (hd2,0) to (hd1,0) or (hd3,0) and see if that works. > >> > > I have one internal drive but it has two partitions. Where would I make > > the change you suggest above? And, why would it be seeing the Ubuntu > > splash screen if it cannot see the drive. It apparently does see it but > > then somehow changes its mind and says it doesn't exist. I thought > > maybe I had a flaky USB port for the external drive but I just swapped > > that connection and got the same results. :( > > The GRUB code is probably not on the same drive as your Ubuntu > installation. GRUB is probably at the beginning (the "master boot > record", or MBR) of your internal drive. So, that should explain why > it can load itself, but not Linux. > Thanks Vicky. You are correct Grub is on my internal drive but it points to both (internal for XP and external for Ubuntu). > One nice thing about GRUB is that once it's loaded, it will let you > change its configuration "on the fly". > > As John says, pressing "e" lets you change the GRUB commands normally used > for one of the entries in your boot menu (you probably have 2 entries, 1 > for Ubuntu and 1 for Windows).
I tried editing with the use of "e" for all of the entries in Grub with the same end result. I'm really mystified by this and am not sure whether it's some kind of hardware problem or configuration problem at this point. > Select the entry you want to try booting. > Then press "e" to edit that entry. It should then show you a list of > commands... such as "root hd(2,0)"... I think that's what John wants you > to edit. I haven't played around with Grub a lot myself (it's generally > worked as-is for me). > > For more details, the grub manu can be found here: > http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#Booting Rob ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
