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    #46
    Re: Not booting into Linux after install

    OK.
    Was there also a menu.lst under /boot/grub? If so, can you copy paste the important parts of it here (title Kubuntu--root--kernel--initrd, about 4 lines located right under ***Begin Automagic kernels list_

    and/or (in case I'm gone for awhile, before I return) ...

    Try re-installing GRUB from the Live CD. This many times does the trick.
    Just like I said above somewhere:

    So you have just the one hard drive, and Kubuntu is on the first partition of it, right.
    If so, boot from the Live Kubuntu CD.
    Open Konsole.
    Type
    sudo grub
    At the GRUB prompt, grub>, issue these commands, each followed by Enter:

    grub> find /boot/grub/stage1

    That should return some expression (hdx,y) (hard drive x, partition y, where the counting starts from zero, so the first hard drive is hd0 and the first partition is partition is y = 0). It should read: (hd0,0).
    Use that exact same expression here:

    grub> root (hd0,0)
    grub> setup (hd0)
    grub> quit
    $exit
    Exit out of the Live CD, eject and remove the CD when prompted, re-boot to see what happens.

    (Did that setup (hd0) result in a “successful” install – you didn't see the expression “failed but not fatal” did you?)
    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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      #47
      Re: Not booting into Linux after install

      I'll toss one more tip out there for you:
      When you get booted from your Live Kubuntu CD, use the geometry command to see how GRUB sees your drives:

      Konsole
      sudo grub
      grub> geometry (hd<Now press the TAB key right after hd
      (I.e., do not type the < sign

      Then test each drive that is returned:

      grub> geometry (hd0)
      grub> geometry (hd1)
      etc.

      Of course, we hope there is only ONE drive returned – hd0 !

      Note there is a space after command words like after root, setup, geometry, etc.
      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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        #48
        Re: Not booting into Linux after install

        Thank you very much for the help I will look into this tomorrow, atm its to late now. And tbh I'm pretty fed up with failing

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          #49
          Re: Not booting into Linux after install

          OK

          (been there, too!)
          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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            #50
            Re: Not booting into Linux after install

            So, assuming you are still at it here tomorrow,

            from top to bottom, next test would be:
            Boot from Live Kubuntu CD.
            Open Konsole. Type
            sudo grub
            grub> geometry (hd<Now press the TAB key right after hd
            (I.e., do not type the < sign)
            Then test each drive that is returned:
            grub> geometry (hd0)
            grub> geometry (hd1)
            etc. Notice what it says. We hope there is only ONE drive returned – hd0 !
            Then
            grub> find /boot/grub/stage1
            That should return some expression (hdx,y) (hard drive x, partition y, where the counting starts from zero, so the first hard drive is hd0 and the first partition is partition is y = 0). It should read: (hd0,0).
            Use that exact same expression here to re-install GRUB:
            grub> root (hd0,0)
            grub> setup (hd0)
            grub> quit
            $exit
            Exit out of the Live CD, eject and remove the CD when prompted, re-boot to see what happens.
            (Notice: Did that setup (hd0) result in a “successful” install – you didn't see the expression “failed but not fatal” did you?)
            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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