Error: Out of Partition

[rccharles]

I am getting this error message shortly after Grub 1.99-12 Ubuntu 5.1 begins the boot:
"error: Out of Partition.
press any key to continue..."

Ubuntu 11.10 boots successfully.

My install went fine. Ubuntu 11.4 > 11.10 > 12.4. I run out of disk space trying to install KDE. I restored from a backup I had of my 11.10. Here are how I remember the commands:
sudo dd if=/dev/sda2 bs=512k | gzip | dd of=UbuntuBack bs=512k
dd if=UnbuntuBack bs=512k | gunzip | sudo of=/dev/sda2 bs=512k

After restore. I got the Out of Partition message. Pressing enter started system. I am running system now.

Next, I booted up in the recovery mode.
did check harddrive.
rebuilt grub

No change.

I noticed this incident.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/975333


me@robert-ubuntu:~$ sudo parted -l
[sudo] password for me:
Model: ATA IBM-DJSA-220 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 12.1GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32.3kB 5001MB 5001MB primary ntfs boot
2 5001MB 11.7GB 6743MB primary ext4
3 11.7GB 12.1GB 325MB extended
5 11.7GB 12.1GB 325MB logical linux-swap(v1)


me@robert-ubuntu:~$



Robert

[oldfred]

I thought that was a grub mismatch between MBR and install versions of grub. Did you reinstall grub to MBR with the a liveCD from 11.10? Or chroot into install so it installs the correct version internally.

But I have this in my notes also.
Out of disk error add to grub install disk-module=ata or use Boot-Repair ATA Disk support

Your hard drive is small for two operating systems?


Post the link to the BootInfo report that this creates. Is part of Boot-Repair:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Info
Boot Repair -Also handles LVM, GPT, separate /boot and UEFI dual boot.:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
You can repair many boot issues with this or 'Create BootInfo' report (Other Options) & post the link it creates, so we can see your exact configuration and diagnose advanced problems.

[rccharles]

I thought that was a grub mismatch between MBR and install versions of grub. Did you reinstall grub to MBR with the a liveCD from 11.10? Or chroot into install so it installs the correct version internally.

Ok. That's the problem. I installed 12.4 then reverted back to 11.10 via DD. This would give a mismatch between the Ubuntu partition and Grub.

Yes. I'm running on thinkpad t20 with 12gig hd. It's a test system to have access to these systems.