start up problem with ubuntu 10.10

[sar009]

i installed ubuntu 10.10 yesterday and today when i am trying to open it its giving an error.
the error are as follow
gave up waiting for root device
-boot args
-missing modules
ALERT! /dev/sdb1 does not exist

looking at the errors i feel that the problems with hard disk but i can boot to windows and also once or twice ubuntu had successfully booted today

[dino99]

i think that your ubuntu partition has not been made bootable while formatting it.

[Rubi1200]

Hi and welcome to the forums :)

Did you install Ubuntu to the hard-drive on its own partition or is this a Wubi install inside Windows?

[sikander3786]

We need to know more about your setup and for that, the best you do to help us understand your setup is to post the output of bootinfoscript as per instructions here.

http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net

While posting, click the # icon in post menu and paste your text in between the generated code tags.

[sar009]

Hi and welcome to the forums :)

Did you install Ubuntu to the hard-drive on its own partition or is this a Wubi install inside Windows?


no i did it inside windows using wubi

so do i need to uninstall ubuntu and then reinstall it......can i direct install in c drive without formatting or making no harm to windows..........i have 10.04 and i have heard its better than 10.10 should i go for 10.04?????????

[Rubi1200]

For Wubi issues and solutions, see here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1639198

If you need more help, let us know please.