Questions about using the grub rescue prompt or how to get rid of it.
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Error: hd0 cannot get C/H/S values. grub rescue >
The power supply went out on our machine. We replaced the power supply.
Now when we boot up, all we get is a blank screen with a blinking cursor.
So we hold shift during boot up, and this error is ...
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Formatted hard disk in NTFS and now stuck with grub rescue
I had Ubuntu 12.04 installed on my desktop. However, I had some problems with that installation so I used the Ubuntu 12.04 live cd to format the hard disk to NTFS file system. Now, when I insert the ...
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Move Grub Boot loader into another partition
I am dual booting mac OS X with Ubuntu 64-bit and using the alternative install, when I got to the Grub boot loader I acidently selected the wrong partition to install, I installed the GRUB on the MAC ...
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Dual boot “Ubuntu Desktop 12.04” “Ubuntu Server 12.04” grub mess up!
I have a system with two version of Ubuntu in two hard drives, "Ubuntu Desktop 12.04" on the first one (sda1) and "Ubuntu Server 12.04" on the second one (sdb2).
(first installed Desktop then ...
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How can I repair my raided system if I have recently upgraded Ubuntu and the system starts now with “grub rescue”?
My question is as stated in the title.
I tried to find the constituents of Grub at different folders as described elsewhere and I found the folder but when I tried the insmod Linux command, the ...
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Accidentally deleted Ubuntu partition. Now Grub Rescue [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Wiped Ubuntu files, bootloader still there, how can I remove it and restore Windows?
I am in desperate need of assistance. I originally had two partitions on my hard ...
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Stuck in GRUB Rescue Mode
I messed up my new laptop while trying to set up a dual-boot with Ubuntu and Windows 8.I did a whole bunch of stuff trying to get it to work and now when I try to boot I get stuck in GRUB's recovery ...
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12.10 Lost power, boots to grub rescue>
boot-repair http://paste.ubuntu.com/1458019/
To my novice eyes it appears that the /sda SSD is the problem. File system "unknown". /sdb is my home drive and appears intact.
Is there anything I can ...
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SysLinux error in boot , says no input medium
I recently tried to install ubuntu with a pen drive. It booted the installer from usb, but then just flashed back "no input medium". I tried writing in the boot box 'boot.grub' but to no avail.
Can ...
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System in low graphics, deleted linux, grub rescue, can't access windows
So I'm pretty new to Ubuntu but I managed to install it with no big problems on both my desktop and netbook. When I installed it on my brother's netbook everything went horribly wrong and now I fear ...
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Booting Ubuntu Failure : error: attempt to read or write outside of disk 'hd0'
I have installed ubuntu 12.10 in a WD external harddrive (320GB). This is a complete installation, not live USB.
When I plug it in my HP desktop I go to the BIOS settings and boot off the harddrive, ...
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Grub rescue problem after installing ubuntu
I have windows 7 installed in my internal hdd and wanted to try out Ubuntu so I got a USB to put Ubuntu LiveUSB on and installed Ubuntu on an external HDD and everything worked out fine.
Now the ...
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GRUB Rescue Command Problem
I did originally have Ubuntu installed on my Laptop, however I then installed Joli OS, since I did not want it any more, I formatted the disk which had Joli OS on, thinking that it would revert back ...
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upgrade from ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10 failed, now loads “grub rescue”
I attempted to upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10 last night. Installation seemed to go fine, and this morning I had a message like "restart now to complete installation". So I restart, get an initial ...
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How to delete grub entirely from grub rescue. Boot windows only
I had installed ubuntu (twice actually) onto the same drive. I wanted to 'try again' since one of them didn't install correctly and the other installed differently, but it worked. I was getting ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 (Wubi) not starting - root.disk corrupted
I have Ubuntu 12.04 installed through Wubi on my laptop. For some reason when i click on Ubuntu on start up (when you have to either select windows or Ubuntu) I get the following screen, the grub ...
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Ubuntu doesn't boot due to GRUB-Problems
Users out there,
I came here with the spark of a hope, that you could help me.
I want to get rid of my old WinXP, because the Game-Support for it seems to slowly expire now... So I took a second ...
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unknown filesystem grub rescue prompt when trying to re-install Windows 8
I am new to ubuntu I installed ubuntu and then accidentally formatted the drive which had Windows 8. Then I got error unknown filesystem grub rescue> but I somehow managed to solve the problem. Then I ...
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“Multisystem” lost avareness of installed OS
I was using Multisystem - http://liveusb.info/dotclear/
With it i had made USB multiboot with all these in one USB:
Ubuntu 10.04.04 persistent
Ubuntu 10.04.04 live
Ubuntu 12.04 live
Ubuntu 12.10 live
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Grub is missing after installation
I installed ubuntu,but when I restarted my machine it shows:
error: file '/boot/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found
grub rescue>
I tried running boot-repair from live cd here is the dump of that: ...
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No boot or grub file after using ls command
I had xubuntu installed, i believe version 12.04 and then tried to dual boot with backbox. It worked from the flash drive but upon installing it onto the hard drive, I could no longer boot backbox. I ...
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Error: no such partition help!
Ok so i had Ubuntu installed on dual boot with windows 7, i decided i liked it, btu i did not want the dual boot option so i decided to uninstall it. no whenever i turn on my computer the "error: no ...
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Error: hd0 out of disk grub rescue>
I restarted my laptop after my chromium started to freeze, and this popped up when it turned back on. Can someone help me? Still new to ubuntu and I know nothing about coding and programming.
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Error:not file found grub rescue after installing ubuntu 12.10
I installed 12.10 and when it finished I restarted it, but it says at the beginning:
Error: file not found, Grub Rescue>
I then tried boot-repair and:
sudo add-apt-repository ...
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Ubuntu kernel can't read its own root partition, but LiveCDs can?
My / partition is unreadable from the hard drive install, but I just ran fsck on it and know it's clean. I can open it in Nautilus from the LiveCD but chrooting to it doesn't work! It [the chrooted ...
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grub rescue: unknown filesystem
I know there are a lot of related posts but after searching for hours, none of them has worked for me so i'll post here:
When booting, I receive the error:
error: unknown filesystem
grub rescue>
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Grub rescue: unknown filesystem error while booting from USB
I'm currently using ubuntu 12.04 which has grub2 and wanted to install windows 8 from my USB, i also created a bootable usb flash drive using windows 7 dvd download tool, the problem is - I formatted ...
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Grub rescue doesn't allow me to boot from LIVE CD/USB
I used to have Windows Vista & Ubuntu 12.04 on dual boot. Accidentally, I deleted the Linux partition and landed on Grub rescue on the next boot. The tricky thing for me here is I have been trying ...
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Can't boot from Ubuntu 12.04 live USB
I'm trying to recover GRUB after installing Windows 7. I installed Ubuntu 12.04 first, then installed Windows 7 so I lost the GRUB at startup. Made a USB stick with Ubuntu to boot from, I get the menu ...
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grub problem after grub-repair
I had two OS,win 7 and Ubuntu, I was working with win and went out of the room and when came back I saw Grub Rescue!!! I booted live and did grub_repaire and it still says multiple active ...
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Grub rescue help. Other answers not working
Today I tried to start up my computer, and was welcomed by
Error: no such partition.
Grub rescue>
It is some kind of command prompt.
I had 2 seperate versions of ubuntu, along with windows 7.
I have ...
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grub rescue prompt noticing after upgrading from 12.04 to 12.10
After upgrading my HP DM4 laptop from 12.04 to 12.10, I get the "grub rescue prompt" when rebooting.
I had tried boot-repair but that didn't help.
Here is the history:
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no such partition, grub rescue
I am currently dual booting Win7 and Ubuntu. I created a new partition, on my c drive, to install windows 8 on (i did not want to do the upgrade). I inserted the windows 8 cd and restarted my ...
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Grub rescue prevents live cd/usb or boot menu
TL;DR: grub rescue comes up and won't let me even load bios, boot menu, or fire up live cd/usb. Laptop is EUFI capable, with Windows 8 on one partition.
I have a Lenovo Ideapad which just came in ...
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Windows 7/Ubuntu 12 dual boot deleted for Windows 8 installation. How to make grub rescue go away?
I had a Windows 7/Ubuntu 12 dual boot and I decided to clean install Windows 8 over them.
The problem is that after I deleted all partitions and installed windows I was getting an "Operation system ...
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Unknown File System, after delete Ubuntu partition
I deleted the partition which contains the Ubuntu 12.0.4 OS. I have Windows in another partition (dual boot). When I reboot the system, it shows me the following.
unknown filesystem.
grub rescue>
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How can I boot into Windows from GRUB rescue without a CD drive?
This is my situation:
I Installed Ubuntu without a CD (using A USB)
Dual boot installation (Windows 7+Ubuntu)
I did not like the installation and decided to boot into Windows and delete the Linux ...
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12.04 unable to boot on /sde, upgrade-grub and boot-repair failed
My problem is I've 4 disks in a raid array listed as sda, sdb... sdd and grub 2 refuses to boot on /sde (the 5th disk, standalone and containing a clean install of 12.04 LTS).
I tried all solutions ...
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No such partition grub rescue
I'm desperate. I have windows 7 home premium installed on my notebook and I decided to install ubuntu as usual. Nevertheless, I had several problems with the graphic card while installing and I got ...
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Ubuntu starts up to Grub
when I start my computer, the system starts in GRUB. If I run these commands (as follows):
set root=(hd0,1)
linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1
initrd /initrd.img
boot
I can start Ubuntu, but then when I ...
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Ubuntu 12.04.1 SW RAID GRUB “out of disk”, but works when I remove one disk
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS AMD64 on an old Dell D630 with 2x 1 TB HDDs in a RAID1 array. The second disk is located in the D630's media bay where the CDROM used to sit. This setup works ...
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Stuck With grub rescue> console [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Grub rescue - error: unknown filesystem
Here is the background of my issue:
I just recently installed the latest version of Ubuntu along side with Windows 8 Enterprise. ...
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Help! Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed. This is a fatal error
I was installing a live cd to a usb using dd command and used 'sda' instead of 'sdb' which resulted in all sorts of problems now if I try to install it gives me a
Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' ...
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Ubuntu fail to start on a dual boot with Windows 7 on Vaio
I followed the instructions for the Ubuntu windows installer on my Sony Vaio laptop (model SVT131A11M). Upon restart I was prompt to choose the OS for boot (Win7 or Ubuntu), but then I shut down the ...
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Boot windows from grub
I had Windows 7 and Ubuntu on my hard disk. I had installed Ubuntu using Wubi. To uninstall Ubuntu I deleted the Ubuntu partitions from Windows 7 Disk Management. When I re-boot my computer it shows ...
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Unable to boot post upgrade to 12.10 from 12.04 on a dual boot PC
I have a dual boot PC with Windows 7 and Ubuntu. Last night I upgraded from 12.04 to 12.10 and since then I have not been able to boot because the PC goes into grub rescue with the error "File not ...
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Grub Rescue prompt after 12.10 upgrade
Dual boot HP desktop that had Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 working fine until yesterday.
Upgraded to 12.10 and the grub install gave an error of not being able to write to the boot sector. It looks ...
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AMD grub2 reinstallation through liveCD not repairing grub - 12.04
I have been installing and reinstalling ubuntu of many flavors for the last couple days to no avail. My most current installation is 12.04 using the AMD-64 alternative text-only install live disc on ...
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does not boot after install, my troubleshooting and google fu have failed me
I can only get an install to "stick" if I use shred to zerofill my drive first. Otherwise, when I install ubuntu or lubuntu 12.04, I will get "grub rescue: out of disk".
With the aforementioned ...
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“grub rescue>” Can't get past this message in spite of EVERYTHING! There must be a way?
Everybody will understand this problem I think, but somebody will have the solution (I can't find it on here even after searching). It's a straightforward (!) boot up issue (I wish!!!!).
I have a ...
