thanks Nadeem, I will try this and respond
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Nadeem M. Khan <[email protected]>wrote: > > 1. One machine has existing windows. It had ubuntu 8.04 . I deleted the > > partition so I could install ubuntu 9.10 . Now the machine refuses to > > recognise usb stick, usb CDROM so I cannt even boot from them. > > Boot from the windows CD using the conventional optical drive and > enter recovery console. type "fixboot /mbr". Reboot. > > > 2. Other laptop : i thought I will not touch the system that is working > > fine( ubuntu 9.04) So I used USB CDROM and ubuntu 9.10 disc on it to > create > > a usb stick for 9.10. I did boot from USB CD and chose the stick to > install > > and chose not to install grub as I wanted only one OS on the stick and > > thought grub will be redundant. (While installing it had asked location > of > > grub on HD(0) etc and that was not relevant . I thought). So I happily > ended > > the process disconnected USB CD ROM drive and restarted the laptop and > again > > I got the sacry 'grub rescue >' prompt > > Boot from Ubuntu, enter rescue mode, type grub-install /dev/hda (or > sda or XXX depending on your partition layout.) > > Regards, > NMK. > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- jitendra -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
