nautica17
June 20th, 2010, 01:40 AM
So I had Ubuntu Server installed and I decided to make some new partitions using gparted via a live usb of Ubuntu desktop. And so I think messed up pretty badly. Ubuntu Server won't boot and I get the following error followed by a grub rescue promt:
Diskette drive 0 seek failure
error: file not found
grub rescue >
To me, it seems like some boot files may be missing if not the whole system. After I made the partitions, the live USB of Ubuntu was still working fine until I rebooted.
So here is the bigger issue, I figured I would just reinstall everything all over again, but instead I can't. I can only do installations from the usb drive (was like that from the beginning on this computer), and when I try to install Ubuntu server or anything for that matter, I get the following problem:
Try (hd0,0): FAT32 : No GRLDR
Try (hd0,1): invalid or null
Try (hd0,2): invalid or null
Try (hd0,3): invalid or null
Try (hd1,0): EXT2: No grldr
Try (hd1,1): non-MS: skip
Try (hd1,2): EXT2: _
The underscore on the last line keep blinking.
The grldr thing seems to be from GRUB4DOS that I once had on the drive. None the less, is there anything I can do in grub rescue to fix this issue? Any ways to wipe the disk clean?
Diskette drive 0 seek failure
error: file not found
grub rescue >
To me, it seems like some boot files may be missing if not the whole system. After I made the partitions, the live USB of Ubuntu was still working fine until I rebooted.
So here is the bigger issue, I figured I would just reinstall everything all over again, but instead I can't. I can only do installations from the usb drive (was like that from the beginning on this computer), and when I try to install Ubuntu server or anything for that matter, I get the following problem:
Try (hd0,0): FAT32 : No GRLDR
Try (hd0,1): invalid or null
Try (hd0,2): invalid or null
Try (hd0,3): invalid or null
Try (hd1,0): EXT2: No grldr
Try (hd1,1): non-MS: skip
Try (hd1,2): EXT2: _
The underscore on the last line keep blinking.
The grldr thing seems to be from GRUB4DOS that I once had on the drive. None the less, is there anything I can do in grub rescue to fix this issue? Any ways to wipe the disk clean?