Using Wubi, Windows Ubuntu Installer on an XP professional Latitude Dell D630. After installing some updates and being prompted to restart I found myself looking into the ugly face of:
GNU GRUB version 197(squiggle)beta4
[Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists possible device/file completions]
1. ls
2. set prefix=(hdX,Y)/boot/grub
3. set root=(loop0)
4. set
5. ls /boot
with X = 0, Y = 1 but then at step
6. insmod /boot/grub/linux.mod
I got the error "file not found"
I continued however
7. linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/sd01 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root/disk ro
You may notice that I actually made a mistake here, it should've been sda1 instead of sd01...
8. initrd /initrd.img
9. boot
And then an error: "VFS: cannot open root device 'sd01' or unknown-block(0,0)" followed by a list of other drives, then the error noted by others on this forum
"Kernel Panic - not syncying: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)" etc.
but then I replaced C:\wubibldr by the one suggested in comment 10 and then booted up (it worked without deleting insmod ntfs). but then ubuntu seemed to freeze, so I rebooted and deleted the insmod ntfs - and it all seems to be working now, I'm writing this from ubuntu.
One thing which I did notice which was odd, was when I was in Windows immediately after the problem started, was a large section of my hard drive taken up by space reserved for MFT, which I had never noticed before... (I only noticed this because I had opened up defraggler) maybe it was related, maybe not, I'll check back in windows to see if it has gone now that I have seemingly resolved the problem - with your help, Agostino Russo.
Using Wubi, Windows Ubuntu Installer on an XP professional Latitude Dell D630. After installing some updates and being prompted to restart I found myself looking into the ugly face of:
GNU GRUB version 197(squiggle)beta4
[Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists possible device/file completions]
sh:grub>
I got various "no loaded kernel" or "no kernel found" errors when I tried anything. I then went back over to windows searched various forums to find help at: https:/ /help.ubuntu. com/community/ Grub2#Rescue% 20mode
I followed the steps 1-5 just fine:
1. ls (hdX,Y) /boot/grub
2. set prefix=
3. set root=(loop0)
4. set
5. ls /boot
with X = 0, Y = 1 but then at step
6. insmod /boot/grub/ linux.mod
I got the error "file not found"
I continued however
7. linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/sd01 loop=/ubuntu/ disks/root/ disk ro
You may notice that I actually made a mistake here, it should've been sda1 instead of sd01...
8. initrd /initrd.img
9. boot
And then an error: "VFS: cannot open root device 'sd01' or unknown-block(0,0)" followed by a list of other drives, then the error noted by others on this forum
"Kernel Panic - not syncying: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)" etc.
but then I replaced C:\wubibldr by the one suggested in comment 10 and then booted up (it worked without deleting insmod ntfs). but then ubuntu seemed to freeze, so I rebooted and deleted the insmod ntfs - and it all seems to be working now, I'm writing this from ubuntu.
One thing which I did notice which was odd, was when I was in Windows immediately after the problem started, was a large section of my hard drive taken up by space reserved for MFT, which I had never noticed before... (I only noticed this because I had opened up defraggler) maybe it was related, maybe not, I'll check back in windows to see if it has gone now that I have seemingly resolved the problem - with your help, Agostino Russo.
Thanks guys.