Updates borked my system....--(Solved)--

[b0uncyfr0]

Last night i believe there were some updates to do with kernel headers and langauge packs and this morning GRUB is refusing to boot into Kubuntu. I get a error 17: cannot mount selected partition.

[Snowhog]

Re: Updates borked my system....

From Qqmikes HOW TO: GRUB Methods - Toolkit

----- 17: GRUB Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition
This error is returned if the partition requested exists, but the filesystem type cannot be recognized by GRUB.
Take our example:
title Boot by configfile--Kubuntu 7.10 sdb5
root (hd1,4)
configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst

Now suppose instead of root (hd1,4) it reads root (hd0,0), and suppose Windows XP is on (hd0,0). So you are sending GRUB to (hd0,0) to use a GRUB configfile command. It won't work! You'll get error 17 every time. (Windows does not support such a command.)

Reboot from a LiveCD (or into another OS if you are multi-booting) and examine the /boot/grub/menu.lst file for any changes that point to the wrong partition.

[b0uncyfr0]

Re: Updates borked my system....

Everything seems ok. My Kubuntu drive is the first boot device so thats hd1.

title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=96aa6e2e-bfe4-4de2-81f7-971ca6f2f656 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=96aa6e2e-bfe4-4de2-81f7-971ca6f2f656 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic

[dibl]

Re: Updates borked my system....

My Kubuntu drive is the first boot device so thats hd1.

Ummmmmmmm --- I don't think so. First drive = hd0.

Try pushing "e" on the boot menu with the drive highlighted, change "hd1" to "hd0", do a return and press "b" to boot it.

[b0uncyfr0]

Re: Updates borked my system....

Thanks dibl that worked perfectly. But how did it change in the first place? Thats just weird..

[Snowhog]

Re: Updates borked my system....

Just blame it on the (rare) Diblite

[gnowak]

Re: Updates borked my system....

I can see some people are putting a [SOLVED] or *Solved* tag in their subject when the problem is solved. Why is this tag so rare?

How to tag:
The author of the thread, must modify the first message by manually editing the subject title.

Of course.. I don't know if the author of this thread is satisfied with the answer ;-)

I think the [SOLVED] tag in the subject title would make the forum system more efficient for helping people who need help.

To all thread authors, consider using this tag. You can always start a new thread being more specific about an unanswered question, which rarely is the same as the original subject title.

[b0uncyfr0]

Re: Updates borked my system....--(Solved)--

Ahh sorry guys i thought i had already put the *Solved * tag up. Ma Bad.