Hoffmann
July 1st, 2008, 06:10 PM
Hi All,
First of all, I need to say that I was able to install Fedora 9 in my external USB hard drive; I was able to boot on that device; etc.
However, since I AM A BIG UBUNTU FAN, I would like to install it, instead.
ok.
The problem is that when I install Ubuntu in my external USB HD, I get the error:
ERROR 17: Cannot mount selected partition.
So, I did the following:
(1) I checked it out the /boot/grub/menu.lst, and I got:
...
title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=0fbc8e14-6ef6-4667-9ad2-03753e7131bc ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=0fbc8e14-6ef6-4667-9ad2-03753e7131bc ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic
title Ubuntu 8.04, memtest86+
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet
(2) So, by using the Live CD, and using the terminal:
sudo fdisk -l
I got:
...
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 1300 10442218+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 8667 9039 2996122+ 5 Extended
(3)sudo grub
grub> find /boot/grub/stage1
grub> (hd1,0)
(4) grub> root (hd1,0)
(5) grub> setup (hd1)
(6) grub> quit
--> And I reboot the system, I got ERROR 17 again!
(7) I decided to reinstall grub, like this:
sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/root /dev/sdb
---> After rebooting the system, I got ERROR 17 once again!
Could anyone, please, let me know what I am missing?
Thanks a lot!
First of all, I need to say that I was able to install Fedora 9 in my external USB hard drive; I was able to boot on that device; etc.
However, since I AM A BIG UBUNTU FAN, I would like to install it, instead.
ok.
The problem is that when I install Ubuntu in my external USB HD, I get the error:
ERROR 17: Cannot mount selected partition.
So, I did the following:
(1) I checked it out the /boot/grub/menu.lst, and I got:
...
title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=0fbc8e14-6ef6-4667-9ad2-03753e7131bc ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=0fbc8e14-6ef6-4667-9ad2-03753e7131bc ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic
title Ubuntu 8.04, memtest86+
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet
(2) So, by using the Live CD, and using the terminal:
sudo fdisk -l
I got:
...
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 1300 10442218+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 8667 9039 2996122+ 5 Extended
(3)sudo grub
grub> find /boot/grub/stage1
grub> (hd1,0)
(4) grub> root (hd1,0)
(5) grub> setup (hd1)
(6) grub> quit
--> And I reboot the system, I got ERROR 17 again!
(7) I decided to reinstall grub, like this:
sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/root /dev/sdb
---> After rebooting the system, I got ERROR 17 once again!
Could anyone, please, let me know what I am missing?
Thanks a lot!