[SOLVED] Error 17 Grub Help?!

**hopelessone** · June 6th, 2008

Hi,

New install...i get error 17 Cannot Mount Selected Partition..

Here is menu.lst
title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic
root (hd3,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=ee24ee1d-292b-4591-9091-6eb8bc28a907 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 (hd3,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=ee24ee1d-292b-4591-9091-6eb8bc28a907 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic

title Ubuntu 8.04, memtest86+
root (hd3,0)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

and fstab:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sdd1
UUID=ee24ee1d-292b-4591-9091-6eb8bc28a907 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sdd2
UUID=cb676900-2ba3-4be6-86e3-0e5b8cb748c5 /home ext3 relatime 0 2
# /dev/sdd3
UUID=f45ec103-c1b5-44c6-b76b-d32b8e9e2235 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0

Please help me fix this up

Disk /dev/sdd: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0009c0eb

sudo fdisk -l:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 * 1 1275 10241406 83 Linux
/dev/sdd2 1276 1402 1020127+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdd3 1403 1529 1020127+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

thanks..

**lisati** · June 6th, 2008

Edit: I asked a couple of hasty questions: The references to "hd3" don't look right......shouldn't they be "hd0" with the partitions listed?

**hopelessone** · June 6th, 2008

4 hard drives..
3 partitions on the install

**lisati** · June 6th, 2008

Please excuse me while I sit in a corner wearing a dunce's cap, thus giving someone who knows what they're talking about a chance to respond....

**bumanie** · June 6th, 2008

Can you post the full output of

sudo fdisk -l

please to show the 4 hard drives. A partial list is hard to interpret.

**hopelessone** · June 6th, 2008

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 300.0 GB, 300069052416 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36481 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x9459814b

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda2 * 1 36481 293033601 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 300.0 GB, 300069052416 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36481 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00075451

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 36481 293033601 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdc: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00010cad

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 60801 488384001 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdd: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0009c0eb

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 * 1 1275 10241406 83 Linux
/dev/sdd2 1276 1402 1020127+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdd3 1403 1529 1020127+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

**bumanie** · June 6th, 2008

I unfortunately have to go but I think the problem may be that you have boot flags on both sda and sdd. That may be causing the confusion for grub. I check again later when I'm free and see if you have sorted things out.