2008/9/25 David Whyte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sorry for the long and technical post. > > I installed Ubuntu Intrepid Alpha 6 on my new Dell 910 netbook. To do > this, I used a USB memory stick with the mini.iso on it and installed > by sucking the packages from the net. I did it this way rather than > using a full disk image because I use approx to cache packages. > > The install went quite well however, I have now noticed that I need to > have the USB stick in the USB port and manually select to boot from it > if I actually want Ubuntu to boot up. If I didn't do it this way, it > would simply try and network boot, ignoring the hard disk completely. > I have since set the 'boot' flag on the HDD using GParted and it at > least tries to boot from that HDD now, but complains that there is no > valid Operating System. > > Looking at my drives, the USB stick is recognised as /dev/sdb and the > HDD is /dev/sda as you would expect. /dev/sda does have a proper boot > folder etc. The only real anomoly I can see is that in the file > /boot/grub/menu.lst the 'root' option for each menu entry is set to > '(hd1,0)'. Is this normal?
(hd1,0) typically refers to the second hdd i.e. sdb > > Any ideas of how to fix this problem. If I need to re-install, I can > do that now I have all the packages cached but I would rather not. A reinstall is not necessary. When you have booted up, open a terminal. Type: sudo grub then: find /boot/grub/stage1 You should get an output like (hd0,x) where x is whatever partition your /boot folder is on. You will need to use this output below. Now type: root (hd0,x) then: setup (hd0) thats it! you should be able to boot off that drive now. If it still says no available operating system you can type: sudo update-grub This will ensure the menu.lst file is up to date HTH, Edwin Moore > > Regards, > Whytey > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au