Comment 248 for bug 477169

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gloriphobia (gloriphobia) wrote :

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
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.

Thanks guys.