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    changed menu.lst and lost my fat32 partition (SOLVED)

    My problem and questions is 2 part. Everything was fine until I edited my menu.lst. The only reason was that it contained many entries from 9.04 updates that I no longer use. While editing my menu.lst, I noticed there was no "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14" that I now boot to. It had all the old ones I used in 9.04. I have no explanation for why it does not contain my current OS boot parameter.

    Can someone explain why the boot/grub/menu.lst is missing Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14?

    And even after I put back all my changes that I removed from menu.lst, I lost my fat32 partition and can't get it back. It shows up in kde partition manager and XP see's it because I dual boot.

    Can someone help me get my fat32 partition back?

    This is my current etc/fstab entry that use to work.

    # my fat32 partition for docs and music
    /dev/sda8 /media/disk vfat defaults,user,umask=000,relatime 0 2
    Dell Inspiron 531/AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 4GB RAM/GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
    Kubuntu 16.04
    "I have a problem with the fact that they just make really 3rd rate products." Steve Jobs on Microsoft. From “Triumph of the Nerds"
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    Re: changed menu.lst and lost my fat32 partition

    menu.lst:

    Try booting into Kubuntu and running at Konsole
    sudo update-grub

    If you can't boot into it, use Super Grub Disk to boot into it.

    You probably should have posted two separate questions, but let's see.
    An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski
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      #3
      Re: changed menu.lst and lost my fat32 partition

      I did sudo update-grub and it looks like the grub menu I see at boot but it did not save it to menu.lst. I booted to super grub disk and it looked a bit complicated. I guess my question is where did sudo update-grub post it results to? This has never been a problem before.
      Dell Inspiron 531/AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 4GB RAM/GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
      Kubuntu 16.04
      "I have a problem with the fact that they just make really 3rd rate products." Steve Jobs on Microsoft. From “Triumph of the Nerds"
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        Re: changed menu.lst and lost my fat32 partition

        If you are using 9.10 (I just noticed that, but you were referring to menu.lst), try this one:
        sudo grub-mkconfig --output= /boot/grub/grub.cfg

        (In theory, update-grub should write its result to /boot/grub/grub.cfg, but user reports are mixed.)
        An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski
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          Re: changed menu.lst and lost my fat32 partition

          For future reference, the correct way to remove old kernels from grub is to open Synaptic, search for the version(s) of the kernel you want to remove (or search for the header - either will work) then select "Completely remove". Make sure you leave at least one kernel to boot!
          When you click the "Apply" button Synaptic will remove the kernels (and automaticallys select the header, or visa-versa) you selected. Then, it will run "update-grub" automatically and you will get a reconfigured grub.
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          – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.
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            Re: changed menu.lst and lost my fat32 partition

            GreyGeek, Thanks for the advice on removing old Linux headers. Since I did a clean install, the old headers were not there, nor did they work even if I selected them from grub. This will come in handy after I apply "blocked updates" that popped up occasionally in 9.04. All were Linux header updates.

            Qqmike, your advice worked and I can edit grub.cfg. Did grub.cfg replace menu.lst?
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            Thanks again for all your help!!
            Now let's look at what happened to my fat32 partition. I can't access it from Linux.

            Could not mount device.
            The reported error was:
            mount: mount point /media/disk does not exist
            Dell Inspiron 531/AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 4GB RAM/GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
            Kubuntu 16.04
            "I have a problem with the fact that they just make really 3rd rate products." Steve Jobs on Microsoft. From “Triumph of the Nerds"
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              Re: changed menu.lst and lost my fat32 partition

              Yes, grub.cfg replaced menu.lst.
              GRUB 2 A Guide for Users
              http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3106368.0

              Could not mount device.
              The reported error was:
              mount: mount point /media/disk does not exist

              Maybe try creating the directory /media/disk?
              Konsole:
              sudo mkdir /media/disk

              An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski
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                Re: changed menu.lst and lost my fat32 partition

                and running
                sudo mount -a
                An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski
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                  Re: changed menu.lst and lost my fat32 partition

                  All is now working. Thanks all.
                  Dell Inspiron 531/AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 4GB RAM/GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
                  Kubuntu 16.04
                  "I have a problem with the fact that they just make really 3rd rate products." Steve Jobs on Microsoft. From “Triumph of the Nerds"
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                    #10
                    Re: changed menu.lst and lost my fat32 partition (SOLVED)

                    whew, relief!
                    glad you fixed it
                    --Mike
                    An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski
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                      #11
                      Re: changed menu.lst and lost my fat32 partition (SOLVED)

                      I'm not trying to add insult to injury but what's happened here is we've violated The First Rule Of Geek Professionalism -

                      Rule #1: Never go someplace you can't get back from.

                      All respect here, though - I just got taught a lesson like this when I filled up a root partition running rsync as root a few weeks back - I know better than to do that stuff
                      we see things not as they are, but as we are.
                      -- anais nin
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                        Re: changed menu.lst and lost my fat32 partition (SOLVED)

                        Originally posted by wizard10000
                        .....
                        Rule #1: Never go someplace you can't get back from.
                        .....
                        Or, in other words, don't saw off the branch you are sitting on!
                        "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
                        – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.
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                          Re: changed menu.lst and lost my fat32 partition (SOLVED)

                          That doesn't imply that you shouldn't go someplace you can't get back from but don't know that before you go.

                          (Definition: an explorer)
                          An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski
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                            Re: changed menu.lst and lost my fat32 partition (SOLVED)

                            Originally posted by Qqmike
                            That doesn't imply that you shouldn't go someplace you can't get back from but don't know that before you go.

                            (Definition: an explorer)
                            Nothing wrong with exploring at all - as a matter of fact I believe that discoveries are made by not following instructions

                            But - I've always figured that exploring was a read-only process
                            we see things not as they are, but as we are.
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