grub rescue> on my eeepc

[tchoklat]

I have an EEEPC S101 with Win XP and Ubuntu Net Book 10.10 dual booting on the internal 16gb ssd. I (stupidly) removed the ubuntu partition including the home partition and of course that included grub so on turn on I get;

"grub rescue>" and nothing else.

Windows XP is still intact (I think).

How do I repair the MBR to boot to XP so I can install ubuntu again?

regards and thanks in advance.

tchoklat

[Rubi1200]

Hi,
you can restore the Windows bootloader using these instructions:
You will need to download and burn an Ubuntu image to a USB stick:
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

Then run in live mode and enable the universe repository in Software Sources, then these commands in the terminal:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install lilo

sudo lilo -M /dev/sda mbr

Installs a basic Windows-style bootloader. Ignore error messages, they are not relevant here as we just want to get it installed to the MBR.

[tchoklat]

Hi,

INstalled Ubuntu on my SD card and started it is live mode, though I find now that my eeepc will not detect my wireless network. Odd as it always has whether I use XP, Ubuntu, or my iPhone. Any idea. I am getting a bit frazzled.

Tony

[Rubi1200]

First try running the last 2 commands to install lilo without apt-get update and see what happens.

What wireless card do you have?

sudo lshw -C network

Also, post this output:

ifconfig

There might be another way to do this as well, but first try what I suggested please.

[tchoklat]

First try running the last 2 commands to install lilo without apt-get update and see what happens.


I did this and Lilo is not installed. Am I able to download a lilo deb and install it on my live SD and then continue as you suggest?

Tony




What wireless card do you have?

sudo lshw -C network

Also, post this output:

ifconfig

There might be another way to do this as well, but first try what I suggested please.

I am not at home, I will post these outputs as soon as I can though the wireless card is standard as supplied on the EEEPC and it works/worked with XP and ubuntu before!

[tchoklat]

Hi,

Got my wireless going and all is fine. Installed MBR and ******* boots. Thanks for your assistance. What a gr8 community!

Tony

[Rubi1200]

Hi,

Got my wireless going and all is fine. Installed MBR and ******* boots. Thanks for your assistance. What a gr8 community!

Tony

Excellent! I am really glad you got this sorted out

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