Re: Grub not working

On 05/05/2011 12:10 AM, dave boland wrote:
Hi,

I have installed Ubuntu 11.04 twice to get Grub to work, but all I get
is a blank screen (no graphics or text), then it boots to Ubuntu Logon
screen. I really need to get this to work because it is a dual boot
machine (Ubuntu& Windows ME -- until 12/30/11).

Here is what I have/Know -- hope it helps.

Partitions as per GParted:
* dev/sda1; fat32; WINDOWS
* dev/sda2; Extended
* dev/sda5; fat32; SHARED
* dev/sda6; fat32; BACKUPS
* dev/sda7; linux-swap;
* dev/sda8; ext4; /
* dev/sda9; ext4; /home

The version of Grub is:
grub --version
grub (GNU GRUB 0.97)

Thanks,
Dave

Dave, please recheck, er, next time you boot into 11.04, at terminal
grub-install -v
It should be version 1.99, not 0.97.

If you are very sure you are using grub-legacy and not grub2, do not follow what I will be suggesting below, get back to us.

Boot using livecd of 11.04, then at terminal of livecd,
sudo mount /dev/sda8 /mnt
sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda

Then modify the following part in /dev/sda8/boot/grub/grub.cfg as follows....

*from*

insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(/dev/sda,msdos8)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=auto
load_video
insmod gfxterm
fi


*to*

insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(/dev/sda,msdos8)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
load_video
insmod gfxterm
fi

*Reboot into Ubuntu 11.04 (dev/sda8)*

Then uncomment the following line in /etc/default grub
from
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480
to
GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

Then at terminal,
sudo update-grub

Make sure Windows entry is there, if not, at terminal,
sudo grub-install /dev/sda

Regards - Goh Lip

ps: could someone else vet the above?
I use a "fixed grub" to boot all my OS and do not play with graphics
splash or other fancy eye-stuff. (heck, I do not even use compiz)


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