Used https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SmartBootManager to boot what it lists as the 2nd disk: HD1 - I have no idea which of my 2 disks that is. but picking that booted grub, and grub loaded my kernel, and the system came up. Here is what didn't work and what did:
ju...@dhcp123:~$ sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40000000000 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4863 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x6d7f6d7f Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 4658 37415353+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 4659 4863 1646662+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 4659 4863 1646631 82 Linux swap / Solaris Disk /dev/sdb: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 91201 732572001 83 Linux ju...@dhcp123:~$ sudo grub-install --no-floppy "(hd0)" --root-directory=/ --recheck Installation finished. No error reported. This is the contents of the device map //boot/grub/device.map. Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect, fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'. (hd0) /dev/sda (hd1) /dev/sdb ju...@dhcp123:~$ sudo reboot Grub Error 1.5 SmartBootManager again 2nd disk: HD1 ju...@dhcp123:~$ sudo grub-install --no-floppy "(hd1)" --root-directory=/ --recheck [sudo] password for juser: Installation finished. No error reported. This is the contents of the device map //boot/grub/device.map. Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect, fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'. (hd0) /dev/sda (hd1) /dev/sdb ju...@dhcp123:~$ sudo reboot This time it booted. -- alt installer: Running 'grub-install --no-floppy "(hd0)"' failed. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280270 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
