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Ubuntu 11.04 is not booting up with the following error message at startup

/device/sda2 is not ready or not present... /device/sdc2 is not ready or not present...

Then the screen just hangs.

/device/sda2 is a partition that doesnt even exist in my system as far as I know.

/sdc2 is a NTFS partition.

TIA!

//edit

So apparently, I am having problems with the mounting table, but I can't access it cause Ubuntu is down. I've tried editing 'fstab' using a LiveCD, but it's not showing the proper mounting table. If someone can point me in the right direction, that would be great.

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Looks like your grub is improperly configured. You may need to edit it to point towards the correct partition. I would just recommend downloading a grub rescue disk or try the directions from this site:

http://microdotsagamedev.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/repair-your-grub-loader/

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The link you provided is a bit outdated, the instructions don't work with GRUB 2. Where can I find a GRUB rescue disk? – AsianXL Jul 28 '11 at 20:02
ahhh my apologies, I haven't moved to GRUB 2 and I forget about it alot. I'll go look and see if i can't find the link i used for my rescue grub. give me some time though, as i have way too many FF bookmarks >< – Ctuchik Jul 28 '11 at 20:17
mmm i may have gotten ahead of myself. I think I got confused and am confusing "grub-mkrescue --output=rescue.iso /boot/grub" with an actual downloadable iso for grub rescue. When you correct your grub though that will be a valuable command to have so you won't be stuck again =P. let me dig some more though I'm sure i've got a grub 2 link somewhere in here. – Ctuchik Jul 28 '11 at 20:24
ok this is the best i can find: [link]members.iinet.net/~herman546/p20/… That's got a full page worth of information on grub2. I would look specifically on how to reinstall grub from a live cd. there are directions on the page, hope it helps =/ – Ctuchik Jul 28 '11 at 20:27
That didn't work! followed the instruction from that link and it wiped out my Windows MBR, just finished restoring it. :( – AsianXL Jul 28 '11 at 22:51
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