I'm pretty certain that's a 'grub' (bootloader) problem: Googling for "grub error 24" may yield some rescue strategies.
Stuart On Sun, 2009-02-15 at 07:43 -0800, afterglow wrote: > I recently updated my 8.10 desktop. After updating, it requested for a > reboot, which I did. While rebooting, an error comes up: > > Error 24: Attempt to access block outside partition > Press any key to continue... > > After pressing a key, a whole bunch of entries are posted: > > Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-11-generic > Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.26-11-generic (recovery mode) > Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-9-generic > Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.26-9-generic (recovery mode) > Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic > Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.26-7-generic (recovery mode) > Ubuntu 8.10, memtest86+ > > The first two don't work. The third one does and selecting it makes the > boot continue normally. I also have the option of editing the commands > before booting and command-line. > > What happened?? More importantly, how do I correct it?? > > I'm a Ubuntu (and Linux) newbie so please bear with me. I've tried > posting at the Ubuntu forums but haven't gotten any responses. > > Help!!! > > _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
