Help! I'm new to Ubuntu. Don't be fooled by my join date. I tried Gutsy, but didn't have enough time to learn Linux.I installed Wubi, and really liked it. Karmic is much more user-friendly. So, I used LVPM to put Ubuntu on a new partition. I shrank NTFS using Windows (Vista ), and used GParted to format EXT 4 on dev/sda2 and swap on dev/sda3. Did I do this right? Next, I used LVPM to put my Wubi installation on the EXT 4 partition, but LVPM reformatted it to EXT 3. Now Ubuntu will not boot at all on the new partition. I've spent the last 4 days struggling with GRUB documentation, most of which is out of date, for GRUB legacy. Even the "official" GRUB 2 documentation has not kept up with changes. More than half of the commands I found in my GRUB 2 menu, using "tab" don't match the docs. Did I mention I'm new to Ubuntu? Still, I've kept searching for an answer. Everybody is very helpful, knows just what's wrong, but their suggestions don't work. I tried running a script in .sh format in the terminal, but it doesn't run either, despite following several contradictory sets of instructions on how to do this. Did I say I'm new to Ubuntu? Never had to use a command line with so huge a number of possible commands before. Now, finally "Startup Manager" came up in a search of the forums.This seems to work, but I can't figure out how to diagnose my problem, which seems to be the case of the missing kernel. I really don't know my initards from my uuids, and haven't found a GRUB glossary. I'm treading water in mid Pacific, can somebody throw me a life preserver? I'd burn a CD and start from scratch, but my burner's not working right. One last thing. Does Ubuntu boot from EXT or swap? It may sound stupid, but what's really stupid is me not asking. Did I forget to say I'm new to Ubuntu? Mama said there'd be days like this...
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