FYI, the user (Tom) wrote: "So I started back from scratch. I wiped the system and reinstalled 10.4 LTS with a stock lilo loader. Then I followed the update-upgrade link to to 12.04. That worked.
The netbook now works, though I am stuck with the ineligance of lilo. But my Dell Inspiron 910 is now working well enough" ** Description changed: Reported by Tom by email. + 12.04 install. + Dell Inspiron 910. From a liveCD, reinstalling GRUB fails: ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media mount: /dev/sda1 already mounted or /media busy mount: according to mtab, /dev/sda1 is already mounted on /media ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ for w in dev dev/pts proc sys; do sudo mount -B /$w /media/$w ; done ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo chroot /media grub-install /dev/sda /usr/sbin/grub-setup: error: cannot write to `/dev/sda'. Same error when trying to reinstall GRUB via Boot-Repair: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1192496/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048989 Title: grub-install fails To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1048989/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
