[SOLVED] GRUB Error

[kombajn]

Hi there,

I am having the same problem. I did delete partition trying to create a new shared fat32 one.

below fdisk -l screen...

I am a new ubuntu user so every help appreciated.
I booted from live CD and tried quite a few things already...I think I need a clear direstions for it is getting annoying...

Thanks in advance!

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 5906 47437866+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 5906 12129 49986561 5 Extended
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3 12129 15632 28138632 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda4 15633 19457 30724312+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda5 * 5906 9013 24957764 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 2021 MB, 2021654528 bytes
63 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1010 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 3906 * 512 = 1999872 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xb0bcd68e

This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 ? 825235 888389 123339962 78 Unknown
Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(518, 102, 15) logical=(825234, 44, 50)
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(743, 0, 62) logical=(888388, 51, 15)
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb2 ? 110823 309410 387841909+ 10 OPUS
Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(205, 7, 0) logical=(110822, 6, 14)
Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(920, 235, 50) logical=(309409, 54, 34)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb3 ? 478639 969993 959615034 8b Unknown
Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(260, 125, 54) logical=(478638, 40, 56)
Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(893, 46, 60) logical=(969992, 62, 35)
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb4 ? 984148 986279 4161564 a OS/2 Boot Manager
Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(269, 111, 50) logical=(984147, 23, 9)
Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(0, 0, 0) logical=(986278, 14,
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.

Partition table entries are not in disk order
root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu/Downloads/grub-1.98#

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

Which version of Ubuntu are you using?
Boot up from LiveCD and mount / partition of Ubuntu. Post the contents of /etc/fstab file here.

[kombajn]

I've the last release, 10.4

Content of the fstab:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=7bfe59aa-cbe7-4a13-99a0-1e0a04b8b299 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=99899b79-8b51-4f4e-a4ec-2b4d603e9849 none swap sw 0 0

[kombajn]

to make the long story short.

I installed Ubuntu netbook some months ago for it came with win 7 in foreign language. then I loaded win xp, just to use it occasionally, when linux goes wrong. On instalation of windows I replaced the boot file and could go only on win. Therefore Installed one more copy of Ubuntu which I didn't use. It was there just temporarily. I started to enjoy ubuntu and wanted to have a shared partition. There was an unused ntfs partition which I deleted in order to make two smaller ones, one of which was meant to be fat32. With one click I deleted the second linux partition...not fully understanding how it happened...perhaps it was a part of the other...not sure...

[devils casper]

/dev/sda6, SWAP partition is missing. Put # sign before last line in /etc/fstab file.

# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
# UUID=99899b79-8b51-4f4e-a4ec-2b4d603e9849 none swap sw 0 0

Re-install GRUB2.

sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt
sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda
sudo umount /mnt

Boot up from Hard disk.

[kombajn]

Worked like a charm!!

I spent so much time trying number of options...
Well, I learned quite a lot though

Thank you very much devils casper