Grub geom error when HDD order changed

[stevesutt89]

Hi guys,
So I have a netbook which I'm trying to get 11.10 on, I installed using the alternative installer running from an SD card.

To boot from the SD card (or USB disk) I have to go into BIOS and make it the first HDD. The install went fine, so I rebooted, changed the first HDD back to my actual HDD in the BIOS.

Now when I boot it, I just get:


Geom Error

Reboot abd Select Proper device...

I assume that swapping the order of the "HDD"s has caused this error.

Thus is there anyway that I can setup grub so that it expects the hard drive to be the first hard drive (even though its currently the second, according to the BIOS)?

[efflandt]

Which drive(s) did you actually install Linux on and did you specifically make sure that you put grub on that device as a manual partitioning option? What does sudo fdisk -l (small L) show?

You also may want to post the output of the bootinfo script http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/ wrapped in code tags by highlighting that output and clicking the # symbol in Message window. That should show if you accidentally put grub on your internal hd. There are ways to restore a Windows MBR from Ubuntu CD or bootable USB (or other working installed system).