[SOLVED] Grub Error 17

[ruialexbarbosa]

Hi,

this is driving me insane!!!! Ok, sorry, here it goes:

I'm using Ubuntu 7.04
I have a hdd with:

Windows partition HDA1
Fat32 documents partition HDA5
EXT3 Linux (ubuntu) HDA6
Swap HDA7

I just reinstalled Windows, and now grub gives me error 17 (can't find partition). If I choose Windows it's fine, it will just boot normaly, if I choose Ubuntu... ERROR 17, can't find partition.

I tried making a supergrub pendrive to boot, but the same happens with the pendrive (I even disabled the HDD boot in the BIOS, to make sure the pen was booting).

How can I get my system working again?

Thanks for any advice

[Pumalite]

Boot your Live CD and post:
sudo fdisk -l

[ruialexbarbosa]

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80060424192 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9733 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 1912 15358108+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 1913 9733 62822182+ 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 1913 7654 46122583+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda6 7655 9601 15639246 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 9602 9733 1060258+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sda: 262 MB, 262144000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 31 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 31 248976 b W95 FAT32
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

[Pumalite]

Post:
cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
And a screenshot of Gparted

[ruialexbarbosa]

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
cat: /boot/grub/menu.lst: No such file or directory
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3106/2534012747_5e0f6102e5_o.png

[Pumalite]

Try reinstalling Grub:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=224351

[ruialexbarbosa]

I tried that already... Didn't work...

[Pumalite]

http://users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/p15.htm#17

[ruialexbarbosa]

Quick question,

When I put grub> find /boot/grub/stage1 it shows me (hd0,5), and if I go to /boot/grub/menu.lst it shows (hd0,6).

Could this have anything to do with it?

[Pumalite]

Try it at boot. In Grub, hit F6 and change (hd0,5) to (hd06) in the boot line and see if it works. If yes; then edit your menu.lst

[ruialexbarbosa]

Yes, I changed it and it worked.

Thanks very much for your help. All fine now.