Grub not loading : error 117

[ma3ahmed]

this is the problem i was facing before... http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9379182#post9379182

but nothing worked... then out of ideas... i tried to upgrade ubuntu to 10.04 ... but after the upgrade computer automatically restarted and now at startup Grub does not loads and gives an error 117... help needed...

[weirdtalk]

You probably need to reinstall grub. Use a live cd (any distro) and run
$> sudo grub-install /dev/sda (replace sda with your hard drive if needed.) Then reboot.

[ma3ahmed]

thanks for the rply... i cant find my hard disk when i access from a live cd.. :S ... its not in /media and not in /dev ...

[weirdtalk]

It should be in dev at least. but if it is not in /media or /mnt then you need to mount it to see the files. I find the easiest way is to run gparted and let it do it's scan. This will tell you which name under /dev it is.

After you have that you can either use the commands I gave, or any of the methods here: LINK (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=224351).

[sandyd]

can you run


sudo fdisk -l

please?

[ma3ahmed]

thnx every 1 for your help... i used a command i found surfing the net.. and it helped me mount my drive...


sudo e2fsck -b 32768 /dev/hda2

[kansasnoob]

thnx every 1 for your help... i used a command i found surfing the net.. and it helped me mount my drive...


sudo e2fsck -b 32768 /dev/hda2

So, is grub working now?

If not please use the Live CD and post the output of the Boot Info Script as described here:

http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/

[ma3ahmed]

Yes, its working perfectly fine....