GRUB and blinking cursor after refit

[zowey]

I've installed ubuntu ibex on my macbook aluminium and i've installed refit. I have two penguins and one apple.
When I try to boot to ubuntu i just get GRUB and blinkin cursor
I tried to reintall GRUB but and it all seems fine

grub> root (hd0,2)
grub> setup (hd0,2)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,2)"... failed (this is not fatal)
Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,2)"... failed (this is not fatal)
Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0,2) /boot/grub/stage2 p /boot/grub/menu
.lst "... succeeded
Done.

There is some kind of problem and i can't figure it out

[cyberdork33]

I've installed ubuntu ibex on my macbook aluminium and i've installed refit. I have two penguins and one apple.
When I try to boot to ubuntu i just get GRUB and blinkin cursor
I tried to reintall GRUB but and it all seems fine

grub> root (hd0,2)
grub> setup (hd0,2)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,2)"... failed (this is not fatal)
Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,2)"... failed (this is not fatal)
Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0,2) /boot/grub/stage2 p /boot/grub/menu
.lst "... succeeded
Done.

There is some kind of problem and i can't figure it out

do you get the same result using either tux?

[zowey]

yes, GRUB word and blinking cursor

[cyberdork33]

yes, GRUB word and blinking cursor

Is it a grub commandline, like this:
grub>

or it just says grub and that's it.

Have you made sure the partitions are in sync with rEFIt?

[zowey]

it's not grub command line.. I can't type. and there is no '>' sign

[pxwpxw]

it's not grub command line.. I can't type. and there is no '>' sign

You must use the refit Partition Tool to sync the MBR partition table.
And then if neither refit Tux icon works, do a restart using the Option key,
try a couple of times.

[zowey]

i did sync.. when do i press option key?

[pxwpxw]

i did sync.. when do i press option key?

Hold Option key down as it restarts, until disk icons appear.
You can either restart from refit, or using the power off button.

[zowey]

unfortunately that didn't help.
I held option and I got two hard drive pictures... osX and Windows option, I selected windows drive and again it was GRUB and blinking cursor. I tried again and again two penguins, but with the same result

[pxwpxw]

unfortunately that didn't help.
I held option and I got two hard drive pictures... osX and Windows option, I selected windows drive and again it was GRUB and blinking cursor. I tried again and again two penguins, but with the same result

Thats strange.
There may be something wrong with the ubuntu install - but do not change it, just do these checks from MacOSX and post the result, perhaps we can see where the problem is.

From Applications:Utilities:Terminal

diskutil list

sudo hexdump -Cn512 /dev/disk0

sudo hexdump -Cn512 /dev/disk0s3

And from Applications:Utilities: Partition Inspector
Get a Partition report and post it.