2bvd
April 12th, 2017, 04:43 PM
Hi everyone!
So I have a pretty serious problem with my laptop and I hope someone can help!
It’s a dual boot system with windows 10 and Ubuntu 14.04 lts, at least I think Ubuntu is still on there. I started the dual boot with installing 12.04 lts which went fine. When I finished the upgrade to 14.04 however, the system needed to restart, which it wouldn’t do.It also refused to shut down so I shut it off manually. It didn’t like this because when I started it again it said ‘error: file not found, grub rescue:’.
I came across other people with a similar problem however my situation seems to be a bit different because I am not able to boot from a CD or USB. All I have is grub rescue. Adding to that, it seems certain commands just don’t work.
I think I successfully set the prefix and root to the extent that when I enter the command ‘set’ it says:
prefix=(hd0,msdos5)/boot/grub
root=hd0,msdos5
However,when I try the next command ‘linux’ it says ‘unknown command’.When I try ‘insmod normal’ and ‘insmod linux’ it says ‘file not found’
I also tried some other commands, with the following results:
‘ls/’: ./ ../ lost+found/ etc/ media/ bin/ boot/ dev/ home/ lib/ mnt/opt/ proc/root/ run/ sbin/ vmlinuz srv/ sys/ tmp/ usr/ var/initrd.img cdrom/ initrd.img.old vmlinuz.old
‘ls’: (hd0) (hd0,msdos6) (hd0,msdos5) (hd0,msdos3) (hd0,msdos2)(hd0,msdos1)
Again,I hope someone can help! I have the feeling that it is ‘simply’ a matter of setting the correct path(s), but so far I have been unsuccessful.
I tried the commands with the USB stick connected and changed the prefix and root but this was unsuccessful as well.
I’d really like to set the paths and be able to enter both systems again.Does anyone have any suggestions?
So I have a pretty serious problem with my laptop and I hope someone can help!
It’s a dual boot system with windows 10 and Ubuntu 14.04 lts, at least I think Ubuntu is still on there. I started the dual boot with installing 12.04 lts which went fine. When I finished the upgrade to 14.04 however, the system needed to restart, which it wouldn’t do.It also refused to shut down so I shut it off manually. It didn’t like this because when I started it again it said ‘error: file not found, grub rescue:’.
I came across other people with a similar problem however my situation seems to be a bit different because I am not able to boot from a CD or USB. All I have is grub rescue. Adding to that, it seems certain commands just don’t work.
I think I successfully set the prefix and root to the extent that when I enter the command ‘set’ it says:
prefix=(hd0,msdos5)/boot/grub
root=hd0,msdos5
However,when I try the next command ‘linux’ it says ‘unknown command’.When I try ‘insmod normal’ and ‘insmod linux’ it says ‘file not found’
I also tried some other commands, with the following results:
‘ls/’: ./ ../ lost+found/ etc/ media/ bin/ boot/ dev/ home/ lib/ mnt/opt/ proc/root/ run/ sbin/ vmlinuz srv/ sys/ tmp/ usr/ var/initrd.img cdrom/ initrd.img.old vmlinuz.old
‘ls’: (hd0) (hd0,msdos6) (hd0,msdos5) (hd0,msdos3) (hd0,msdos2)(hd0,msdos1)
Again,I hope someone can help! I have the feeling that it is ‘simply’ a matter of setting the correct path(s), but so far I have been unsuccessful.
I tried the commands with the USB stick connected and changed the prefix and root but this was unsuccessful as well.
I’d really like to set the paths and be able to enter both systems again.Does anyone have any suggestions?