Not booting into Linux after install

[Qqmike]

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?)

[Qqmike]

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.

[AndroNewb]

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

[Qqmike]

Re: Not booting into Linux after install

OK

(been there, too!)

[Qqmike]

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?)