I have Lubuntu and Linux Mint installed on my PC. Mint I bricked by removing the network folder in an attempt to make WiFi work.
I was trying to install MINIX when it asked on which partition I wanted to install and said it would overwrite the partition. It let me choose between: h0 Linux h1 Extended
I didn't know which one to pick, so I quit the installation and logged into lubuntu to check out my partitions. There were four partitions. I decided to delete the one called Filesystem because I thought it was the broken Linux Mint installation. Lubuntu warned me though and said it was being used, so I quit the deletion.
Next I tried another partition. I thought this wouldn't be a problem, since there would still be a partition with Lubuntu.
So I booted back to my live CD with MINIX on it, and got presented with the same options as before. This made me think I might need to explicitly create a partition with a name or something, so I decided to boot back into Lubuntu. Instead of the usual screen with selection between Mint and Lubuntu, however, I was promtped with an error message:
error: no such partition grub rescue>
I'm now booted from my Lubuntu live CD. The partitions now are:
Filesystem Partition 1 83GB Ext4 Device /dev/sda1 Partition Type Linux (Bootable) Contents Ext4 (version 1.0) In Use Yes, mounted at /media/lubuntu/[jibberish]/[my old username]
Extended Partition Partition 2 77 GB Device /dev/sda2 Partition Type Extended Contents Extended Partition
Swap Partition 5 2.1GB Swap Device /dev/sda5 Partition Type Linux swap Contents Swap (version 2) In Use Yes
Free Space 75 GB Device /dev/sda Contents Unallocated Space (Master Boot Record)
I've read about GRUB being the program that let me select which OS I wanted to boot into upon turning on my computer and that its files are installed in a partition. There are people suggesting to use a windows live CD to install the windows boot program, but I don't have a windows live CD.
Is there any way to fix this? I suppose I could reinstall Lubuntu from the CD, but I've read that that won't fix the GRUB error.
Please help