On Friday, March 25, 2011 09:16:42 pm Alan Ostlund wrote: > On 25/03/11 00:54, Grant Bowman wrote: > > Hello Alan, > > > > This is a little bit off topic for the subject line so I've changed > > the subject line. Your email does not have enough specifics to help > > understand what problem you seem to be facing. > > > > Questions: What version of Ubuntu did you install? > > What was on the machine before? > > By "super grub" do you intend http://www.supergrubdisk.org/ ? > > If so, which version of the "super grub" are you using as described on > > their web page? > > > > I had trouble with an ABI change when moving from the grub2 for Ubuntu > > 10.04 to 10.10 but I haven't heard of anything that matches your > > description. Maybe some else has. The best resources for > > understanding grub2 that I know of is here: > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275 > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 > > > > I hope this helps, > > > > Grant Bowman > > > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 9:38 PM, Alan Ostlund<[email protected]> wrote: > >> I installed it 2 weeks ago, now I can't access my MBR. Has anyone else > >> run into this. I can use Super Grubb to get into my O/S, but no more > >> grub2. It's there because I can get there going through Super Grub, > >> but havent found a way to get to Grub2. Has anyone else heard > >> anything? > >> > >> Alan Ostlund > > My error, I was reading my e-mail and saw the 1st paragraph talking > about Natty. I have frantically been searching for something on it. > > I installed Alpha 3 to check it out. When I tried to boot up, there was > just a curser flashing in the upper left corner. I loaded 10.04 Live > and ran "sudo update-grub", no change. After that I re-installed Ubuntu > 10.04 over the Natty install, no change in the grub. If I put a live > disk in, I can get to grub, but I can't load with out a disk. > > I have been able to do this with 4 or 5 different Linux live CDs as well > as Hiram's boot disk and an old copy of Super Grub. I know there is > some logical explanation, but I have been thinking of pulling my old > HDDs out and starting from scratch with my new 1TB HDD. I installed the > new drive after the problem started with the other HDDs still installed, > so I don't know if that will even help. > > I was hoping to find a work around for this, but may have to wait till > April 28 and just start fresh. > > Thanks for listening, and no jumping me for my poor judgement on the > subject. > > Alan Ostlund
On and off topic coming from a dev... has anyone filed a bug about this? Cheers! Dave -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
