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Jarige
February 18th, 2009, 01:26 PM
Hey guys, posting about my second issue. The first issue was the installation: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1069951

I installed Ubuntu on my USB harddrive from the LiveCD I'm currently booted on. No errors during installation.
It asked to restart, so I restarted. It started BIOS, and then it outputted

Grub loading, please wait
Error 21

Before that, there was something about Stage 1.5 (seemed important on other threads) I didn't see Stage 2 nor stage 1 on the output.

Ok, it seems weird to me, but when I unplug my USB harddrive, and boot, it gives 'Operating System not found'. Why? Vista is still there I hope!? I can't mount OS (Vista's partition) but I can mount HP_RECOVERY.

These are the labels of the partitions. I hope you can use those, so it will be more clear to me:
Partition Label Mountpoint
/dev/sda1 OS
/dev/sda2 HP_RECOVERY

/dev/sdb1 DATA

I made a screenshot of GParted showing my external harddrive:
http://willhostforfood.com/users/J/Jarige/GParted_screen.png (http://willhostforfood.com/access.php?fileid=55335)

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x2bda47a4

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 18356 147444538+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 18357 19457 8843782+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0adc4429

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 19457 156288321 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdc: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xe3414533

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 32386 260139840 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdc2 32387 33382 8000370 83 Linux
/dev/sdc3 33383 33631 2000092+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdc4 33632 38913 42427665 5 Extended
/dev/sdc5 33632 38913 42427633+ 83 Linux


I hope someone can help me with this, cause this doesn't make Ubuntu's appreciation better to me.
But hey, I don't know how to uninstall Ubuntu and Grub, so I guess I'm stuck with it, and I don't want to be depended on Vista, so this is one of the only solutions :P

Help me:D

If you want any more information, just ask me. I'd be happy to help you helping me;)

Jarige
February 18th, 2009, 01:55 PM
*solved* by this thread:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1057506&highlight=grub+error+21

I'm so happy :D

caljohnsmith
February 18th, 2009, 02:19 PM
Glad that thread worked for you; cheers and enjoy your Ubuntu install. :)

redroad55
February 18th, 2009, 04:06 PM
It's great news you found a solution to your problem .. I was away from my computer for awhile .. Thanks caljohnsmith for your help with this ..Best to you all