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    [Solved] kubuntu not starting up

    I tried to start up Kubuntu (9.10) this morning
    However, as I start it up it displays the following message:

    Code:
    Try (hd0,0) NTFS
    (which I believe is normal for startup)
    and then the message:

    Code:
    GNU GRUB version 1.97~beta4
[ minimal bash-like line editing is supported. for the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else Tab lists possible device/file completions ]

sh:grub>

    I am only getting used to the commands in Kubuntu and have no idea what is wrong (as there is no actual error message) or how to fix it.
    HP DV6 3030TX (laptop)<br /> - Core i5 540m<br /> - 4 GB RAM<br /> - 1 GB 5650m<br /><br />Dual Booting Win7 HP and Kubuntu 10.10
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    Re: kubuntu not starting up

    Apparently, the Grub is looking in the wrong partition (or wrong HD and partition) for it's loader. That being evidenced by the identification of NTFS, which is not the file system type for Kubuntu.
    Windows no longer obstructs my view.
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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      Re: kubuntu not starting up

      From Qqmikes Re: HOW TO: GRUB Methods - Toolkit, SECTION 8 Boot Methods: Rescue booting or by menu.lst
      --- Booting directly: using specific kernel & initrd statements
      Use the specific kernel-initrd commands (as in a full menu.lst), ending with the boot command.
      To get the kernel and initrd statements, try to access the menu.lst on the Kubuntu partition you wish to boot:
      grub>find /boot/grub/menu.lst
      That returns the partition (hdx,y) you are looking for. Use it here:
      grub>root (hdx,y)
      grub>cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
      Write down the kernel & initrd statements you need to use next:
      (as an example ...)
      grub>kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-23-generic root=UUID=4f8ed8da-e015-4149-954c-a353db1b284b ro quiet splash
      grub>initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-23-generic
      grub>boot

      In an emergency, if you having problems and don't know the UUIDs of the root partition of Kubuntu, try using Linux device notation. For example, if Kubuntu is on (hd1,1) = sdb2, try this:
      grub>kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-23-generic root=sdb2 ro quiet splash
      grub>initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-23-generic
      grub>boot
      Windows no longer obstructs my view.
      Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
      "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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        #4
        Re: kubuntu not starting up

        when i try to type in the command

        Code:
        find /boot/grub/menu.list
        it shows
        Code:
        error: unknown command 'find'
        the commands that are recognised are

        Code:
         . [ badram boot cat chainloader configurefile cpuid dump echo exit export halt help initrd insmod linux list_env loopback ls lsmod parser.rescue parser.sh reader.normal reader.rescue reboot rmmod root save_env search set sleep source terminal_input.console terminal_output.console test unset
        HP DV6 3030TX (laptop)<br /> - Core i5 540m<br /> - 4 GB RAM<br /> - 1 GB 5650m<br /><br />Dual Booting Win7 HP and Kubuntu 10.10
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          #5
          Re: kubuntu not starting up

          Do you see this prompt:
          sh:grub>
          That is what you showed us in your initial post.
          Windows no longer obstructs my view.
          Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
          "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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            #6
            Re: kubuntu not starting up

            yes
            it says
            Code:
            sh:grub>
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              #7
              Re: kubuntu not starting up

              Try:
              Code:
              search menu.list
              Windows no longer obstructs my view.
              Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
              "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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                #8
                Re: kubuntu not starting up

                Originally posted by baxters
                when i try to type in the command

                Code:
                find /boot/grub/menu.list
                it shows
                Code:
                error: unknown command 'find'
                the commands that are recognised are

                Code:
                 . [ badram boot cat chainloader configurefile cpuid dump echo exit export halt help initrd insmod linux list_env loopback ls lsmod parser.rescue parser.sh reader.normal reader.rescue reboot rmmod root save_env search set sleep source terminal_input.console terminal_output.console test unset
                In your first first, second line of code, it shows you have grub2 installed. Tyr this at the grub prompt:
                cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg
                Boot Info Script
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                  #9
                  Re: kubuntu not starting up

                  Code:
                  sh:grub> cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg
                  brings the response
                  Code:
                  error: file not found
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                    #10
                    Re: kubuntu not starting up

                    However, as I start it up it displays the following message:
                    Code:
                    Try (hd0,0) NTFS

                    I've never seen that! have no idea what it refers to.

                    You are using GRUB 2, not GRUB legacy, so this applies:
                    GRUB 2 A Guide for Users
                    http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3106368.0
                    (search instead of find; grub.cfg instead of menu.lst, etc.)

                    Maybe you can re-install GRUB 2 using a live Kubuntu CD
                    (Section 3: Fixing Things). That often fixes things,
                    even when you don't know why.

                    You didn't say how many drives you have, what OSs is on them,
                    what you did before this problem occurred today.

                    sudo fdisk -lu
                    shows your partitions.

                    (Not sure I'll be here much longer this evening.)
                    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: kubuntu not starting up

                      i (should) have 3 partitions on the one drive

                      1 - Vista
                      2 - recovery drive for ista
                      3 - Kubuntu

                      im not sure its in that order

                      i did try to use
                      Code:
                      root (hd0,0-3)
                      but with no luck
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                        #12
                        Re: kubuntu not starting up

                        Code:
                        search grub.cfg
                        and
                        Code:
                        search menu.list
                        both display
                        Code:
                        error: unspecified search type
                        the command
                        Code:
                        sudo fdisk -lu
                        gives
                        Code:
                        error: unknown command 'sudo'
                        i was on my vista partition yesterday, but the day before that i was trying to install wicd and wine on kubuntu
                        i had some issues with that:
                        http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3109102.0
                        wicd still would not install (and my wireless wasnt working, hence using the vista partition)
                        but i believe that wine did install properly
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                          Re: kubuntu not starting up

                          ok so i finally find my Kubuntu disk (9.04)
                          and i work on reloading GRUB
                          and i hit a wall
                          it appears as though that i have never actually installed kubuntu (as there is now no partition for it - the space has gone back to my vista partition)
                          i still have no idea what has happened but as it seems that kubuntu was never actually installed i might have to re-install it and start again

                          now i know that this is a bad option, but i dont have anything from my original install.
                          luckily i backed up all my data (but not my programmes unfortunately, but ill just dl them again)

                          thankyou to all those who helped
                          HP DV6 3030TX (laptop)<br /> - Core i5 540m<br /> - 4 GB RAM<br /> - 1 GB 5650m<br /><br />Dual Booting Win7 HP and Kubuntu 10.10
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                            #14
                            Re: kubuntu not starting up

                            Originally posted by baxters
                            ok so i finally find my Kubuntu disk (9.04)
                            and i work on reloading GRUB
                            and i hit a wall
                            it appears as though that i have never actually installed kubuntu (as there is now no partition for it - the space has gone back to my vista partition)
                            i still have no idea what has happened but as it seems that kubuntu was never actually installed i might have to re-install it and start again

                            now i know that this is a bad option, but i dont have anything from my original install.
                            luckily i backed up all my data (but not my programmes unfortunately, but ill just dl them again)

                            thankyou to all those who helped
                            did you install it inside Windows using Wubi? If so go to this url https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...in/+bug/477169
                            the fix is found in comment #160.

                            Don't know why this is marked closed but the fix is good.
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                              #15
                              Re: [closed] kubuntu not starting up

                              THANKYOU

                              yes that seems to have solved the problem
                              i had forgotten that i had installed with wubi, i just assumed it would make no difference
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