Hi there,
I have searched and found similar issues but so far no success in solving.... here is how I got into this position:
Netbook HP Compaq CQ10-500SA running Win 7. I wanted to run Ubuntu Netbook Remix (v10.04) off a USB stick, to keep the main OS intact. I then decided (probably stupidly), rather than use the full 8Gb Stick for UNR, I would create 2 FAT32 partitions with gparted, so the first one can be used for storage (windows will only see the first partition), and the 2nd one would run the UNR OS.
I used a second usb version of UNR (which was created using usb-creator) to boot into the "install linux" option, and went ahead with the install process onto the 8GB USB stick, using the 2nd sdb partition. Firstly, I created a swap partition of ~1200Mb, then did the rest of the install as Ext3 to the rest of the free space.
On first run, the OS ran fine, I also rebooted and again it worked okay. However the wireless card was not working. I trawled for an answer and followed this procedure:
https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/intern...-wireless.html
This is the last command I ran:
echo -e "blacklist bcm43xx\nblacklist b43\nblacklist b43legacy\nblacklist ssb" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
I then decided to reboot into windows as I couldn't work out the type of wireless card, and thought it would be easier to determine from device manager in windows.
Now when it boots up (without UNR usb) I first get the red compaq splash screen with the choice of hitting esc. for boot options, and I then get a black screen:
Grub loading.
error: no such device: 45229bb5-7a5b-4f3c-89d2-c9db5b2ffc8c.
grub rescue>_ [blinking cursor]
If I try to boot from USB into linux, I simply get a blinking cursor directly after the compaq splash screen.
I have tried holding down space, shift, shift + e, but I am not able to do anything!
It appears Win 7 is still there intact (from running Win 7 Recovery disc), but the Grub is corrupt or something and will not allow either OS to boot. I just don't know what to do to solve!
Apologies for the essay, but I think too much info is better than too little,
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Still have the wifi issue though but will tackle that another day.
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