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Hello
This is my first post so I will try to explain the problem as well as possible.
I bought a Windows 7 netbook and created two new partitions. A ...
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- 11-09-2010 #1Just Joined!
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GRUB loading. error:uknown filesystem
Hello
This is my first post so I will try to explain the problem as well as possible.
I bought a Windows 7 netbook and created two new partitions. A 2 gig swap partition and 30 gigs free space,
I then downloaded Ubuntu 10 netbook edition and installed it to the 30 gig free space. At this point everything worked, when I booted my netbook I was welcomed to a GRUB selection screen and was able to go into both Windows 7 and Ubuntu.
Here is where the problem started. I used the Windows 7 partitioning software and set the 30 gig Ubuntu partition back to free space. I then downloaded Mandriva One and used Win2Flash to create a bootable Mandruva USB. Using the USB i installed Mandriva One on the 30 gig partition.
Now when I boot I get the message: "GRUB loading. error:uknown filesystem", and a command line pointer: "recovery>".
I can not boot into either Windows 7 or Mandriva, but still have the bootable Mandriva USB.
Running the command fdisk -l gives this output:
To the best of my knowledge:Code:Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x6fe5ac79 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 1698 13639153+ 27 Unknown /dev/sda2 * 1699 1711 104422+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda3 1712 14876 105743712+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda4 14877 19457 36796882+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 14877 15248 2988058+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda6 15249 19457 33808761 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdb: 4009 MB, 4009754624 bytes 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 3824 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x3b0150e3 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 691 691 1024 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/sdb2 * 1 690 706559+ 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS Partition table entries are not in disk order
/dev/sda1 = system partition, came with Windows 7.
/dev/sda2 = recovery part for win 7.
/dev/sda3 = win 7 installation
/dev/sda4 = not sure about this one
/dev/sda5 = swap
/dev/sda6 = Mandriva installationi
Help please?Last edited by joke_joker; 11-09-2010 at 07:08 PM.
- 11-11-2010 #2Just Joined!
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FIXED: Reinstalled Ubuntu.


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