Two Startup errors on Ubuntu 10.10

[manish12345]

i have 2 error messages while loading ubuntu 10.10:

i) VGA=788 is deprecated. Use gfxpayload = 800x600x16, 800x600 before linux command instead

ii)An error occurred while mounting /media/sdb1. Press S to skip.....

For (i) error I tried changing parameters in Startup-Manager but it still persists

Error (ii) is a result of my fiddling with fstab, psydm to auto mount drives on start up which eventually i solved through autofs however the error message is still coming..i am pasting the contents of /etc/fstab here please suggest what to do..

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>

proc                          /proc           proc     nodev,noexec,nosuid          0  0  
/dev/sdb1                     /host           fuseblk  defaults                     0  0  
/dev/sda1                     /media/WINDOWS  ntfs-3g  defaults,locale=en_US.UTF-8  0  0  
/dev/sda3                     /media/sda3     ntfs-3g  defaults                     0  0  
/dev/sda5                     /media/sda5     ntfs-3g  defaults                     0  0  
/dev/sdb1                     /media/sdb1     ntfs-3g  defaults,locale=en_US.UTF-8  0  0  
/dev/sdb5                     /media/sdb5     ntfs-3g  defaults                     0  0  
/dev/sdb6                     /media/sdb6     ntfs-3g  defaults                     0  0  
/dev/sdb7                     /media/sdb7     ntfs-3g  defaults                     0  0  
/host/ubuntu/disks/root.disk  /               ext4     loop,errors=remount-ro       0  1  
/host/ubuntu/disks/swap.disk  none            swap     loop,sw                      0  0

[firbolg]

For the first can you post your grub file please

cat /etc/default/grub

For second - it would help to know what error you get or is that all it says,

Also

ls /media

[manish12345]

cat /etc/default/grub:

# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=3
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=" vga=788"

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"

ls /media:

sda3  sda5  sdb1  sdb5  sdb6  sdb7  WINDOWS

Yes, every time i boot "An error occurred while mounting /media/sdb1. Press S to skip or M for Manual Recovery" is displayed below Ubuntu logo and i have to press s to proceed...

[Asif-Hirai]

I looked at my

/etc/default/grub

file and found that there is one key difference between mine which boots correctly and yours.

Change:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="vga=788"

to

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

I don't know what to do about your fstab problem because I only have Ubuntu on my system.

[firbolg]

For the grub error - open the file for editing and try this

gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub

Change
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=" vga=788" to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="gfxpayload=true"

and change
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480 to
GRUB_GFXMODE=800x600

Save the file and update grub.

sudo update-grub

The ntfs error I'm not so sure about - it would appear from the fstab you're using wubi. Have you tried booting into windows and running the chkdsk from there. The line would appear to be fine as it is. The only thing I would change is to use UUID instead of dev/sdxy.