Error: cannot find GRLDR in all drive. CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart

[dropkickfitz]

Error: cannot find GRLDR in all drives
Unable to get past the boot menu.

This text comes up:

Try (hd0,0): FAT16: no GRLDR
Try (hd0,1): NTFS5: 3
Try (0,2): invalid or null
Try (hd0,3): invalid or null
Try (fd0): invalid or null
Error: cannot find GRLDR in all drive. CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart.

No idea what a GRLDR is.

Can you help?

Thanks

[bean123]

This is due to the limitation of NTFS boot code. i see you have a fat16 partition, move grldr there, and it should be fine.

[tinybit]

bean, the FAT16 might be dell's utility partition and with id "0xDE". It cannot be accessed in a normal way.

Yes, one can place grldr in a Dell UTIL-partition, but this must be done thru an unusual way.

The error "NTFS5: 3" should be clarified. And the code should be updated to fix the issue.

[tadinho]

lol-me too. i've been frantically reading forums pretty much all day long but no to avail. However, i've managed to somehow get into GRUB but i don't know what to do next..
Can anybody help plz?!
Many thanks in advance!!

btw, I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 that has a Dell Util-part, 2 NTFS part., and FAT32 Recovery part.

[ago]

lol-me too. i've been frantically reading forums pretty much all day long but no to avail. However, i've managed to somehow get into GRUB but i don't know what to do next..

did you have the "cannot find GRLDR in all drive. CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart " error? how did you get into grub? what do you see in the grub menu?

can you guys try a different grldr version from http://download.gna.org/grub4dos/ and see if you still have the same issue (unzip and replace grldr)?

Also try to place c:\wubi\boot\grub\menu.lst in the same folder where you have ntldr.

[tinybit]

XP users may try the grldr with grub4dos 0.4.2 final, which can be found here:

http://grub4dos.jot.com/

Note: VISTA was not supported as with grub4dos 0.4.2 final.

[jharek]

cant even get the bloody thing to install , all i get is some nonsense about grldr

i see other people have this problem and their suggestion is to use a FAT16 partition? ARE YOU KIDDING ?

FAT16? ten years ago that wouldv'e been fine

however it is now 2007, you'd think linux wouldve progressed beyond requiring ten year old formats, and displaying useless error messages.

seriously, how do you expect people like myself who hear such great things about linux, and think i'll check it out, see what the fuss is, maybe i'll switch to linux instead of buying vista , IF THE BLOODY THING WONT EVEN INSTALL , ill stick to XP thanks, at least that will install EVERY TIME ON ANY MACHINE and doesn't require some bodge-it-and-scarper ancient file system

[tinybit]

This is a problem on NTFS. I mean, this is a bug in grldr/grldr.mbr

I think the problem will be solved as soon as possible.

And at this moment, you may place a copy of grldr and menu.lst in the root dir of a FAT16/FAT32/EXT2/EXT3 partition or another NTFS partition.

[jharek]

thanks man, i've chilled out a bit now !!

i put the grldr and menu.lst on my E:\ partition

now when i choose ubuntu from the boot menu , the grub program runs

but now it is telling me this :

Warning MBR Cylinders (38914) is greater than the BIOS (625192446)

Some buggy BIOSes can hang when you access sectors exceeding the BIOS limit

find --set-root--ignore-floppies /wubi/boot/grub/menu.lst

ERROR 17: file not found


i can access the GRUB command line, but i dont know exactly what its trying to tell me or what to do about it

any help would be appreciated

incidentally i did try a livecd of pclinuxos , which seemed to work fine , even detecting my sound card which i was amazed at since the vista beta did not , and connecting to the internet with it was real easy, in stark contrast to the last time i tried linux (red hat 5) which involved searching for some seemingly random named help file in /usr/bla/what/ever/bla/bla/bla/bla/bla/../hidden/screw/you/wont/work/anywyz

atm tho i dont want to go through the hassle of altering the partitions of my hard drive for a proper install of linux(my xp is running about as good as its ever been), which is why i am interested in the Wubi/linux-as-a-file-on-ntfs, so i can experiment without screwing up my existing setup which is in constant use

[tinybit]

try to replace grldr with the latest build that can be found here:

http://download.gna.org/grub4dos/

At the moment of writing, it is:

http://download.gna.org/grub4dos/gru...2007-05-26.zip