We still don't have a lot to go on other than you get a grub rescue prompt. I can give you some basics about booting from the rescue prompt. Substitute the correct numbers for all (hd0,5) entries:
Info and investigation:
Code:
ls # Shows the known drives (hd0) (hd1) and partitions (hd0,1), (hd0,2), etc
ls (hd0,5)/ # Should find the vmlinuz and initrd.img shortcuts (used in booting commands)
ls (hd0,5)/boot # Displays the kernels and initrd images in sda5
ls (hd0,5)/boot/grub # Displays the Grub modules and grub.cfg file
Booting from the Grub Rescue prompt (change hd0,5 to the appropriate values):
Code:
set prefix=(hd0,5)/boot/grub
set root=(hd0,5)
insmod linux
linux (hd0,5)/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda5 ro
initrd (hd0,5)/initrd.img
boot
If it boots:
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