On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 5:47 PM, maSnun <[email protected]> wrote: > I have had a very bitter experience with GRUB Error 25. > > I had to re-install my Ubuntu 9.04 again. I have been suggested to mount > "/home" to a separate partition during this new installation. I have done > that. > > Please suggest me how I can prevent this from happening again? > > And how does mounting "/home" in a separate partition help in saving my > personal data? > > -- > Abu Ashraf Masnun > Grad Student, BBA, > Khulna University. > http://masnun.com > -- > Ubuntu Bangladesh | http://ubuntu-bd.org > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd > >From the following site: http://www.uruk.org/orig-grub/errors.html, GRUB error 25 means that: "This error is returned if an unrecognized command is entered into the command-line or in a boot sequence section of a config file and that entry is selected"
You can follow the instructions posted at Ubuntuforums.org: Boot with your Ubuntu installation CD On the boot: prompt, type rescue and hit enter Follow the instructions on the screen When the computer is ready, assuming that /dev/hda is where your /boot is located, type: grub-install /dev/hda. the seperate /home partition is where all your own files are located, like for example, your user account settings for the Pidgin chat program, or your firefox bookmarks. So if you keep your /home partition separate from your / partition, you can reinstall ubuntu, and have your settings preserved. -- Saad M Niamatullah -- Ubuntu Bangladesh | http://ubuntu-bd.org [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
