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   From: ray    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: grub problems   
   Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:20:39 -0700   
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   On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:14:39 +0000, V. T. Eric Layton wrote:   
      
   > ray wrote:   
   >> Since I upgraded from 5.10 to 6.06 on my laptop I have not been able to   
   >> boot from grub setup from that partition. I have another active install on   
   >> another partition (Elive 0.5) and if I install grub from that partition it   
   >> boots fine - but trying to boot from ubuntu's grub results in the initial   
   >> boot screen not appearing and a message that the disk is either bad or   
   >> disconnected. I have reinstalled grub to no avail. I recently replaced   
   >> the hard disk with a larger unit and after copying everything back (I used   
   >> partimage to copy to an external USB hard drive) the new disk acts exactly   
   >> the same way. Any ideas?   
   >>    
   >> thanks,   
   >> ray   
   >>    
   >    
   >    
   > Ray,   
   >    
   > GRUB is only installed once on the MBR (master boot record) of each hard    
   > drive. You can't install GRUB on individual partitions. You can edit    
   > your active MBR GRUB (from whatever distribution) to load all your linux    
   > distros, regardless of their locations on different partitions. For    
   > instance, I'm running five different distributions of Linux on my system    
   > (plus Windows). I allowed Ubuntu to install its GRUB on the MBR and then    
   > modified it to load all the other operating systems.   
   >    
   > Luck,   
   >    
   > ~Eric   
      
   That's exactly what I did. But: I installed another Linux after ubuntu and   
   it overwrote the MBR (it did not offer me the option). I went back to the   
   ubuntu partition and tried to reinstall grub. At that point - no boot -   
   just a message from the intel boot manager to check the cable. So I went   
   to the Elive install and did it from there - no problem. Back to ubuntu   
   grub and same lockup again. I finally copied all the stage files from the   
   Elive partition to the ubuntu partition and tried again - it worked.   
   Tentative conclusion: there is probably something wrong with the upgraded   
   stage 1 or stage 1.5 file.   
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