sda4. None of the distributions that grub works for are listed either. I
could understand if none worked, but don't get why some and not others on
the same drive. I tried plugging the drive into another computer and got no
farther.
I am not sure that I understand the idea behing UUIDs. If I wipe the drive
and start from scratch wiping all partitions will this re-occur?
Roy
Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit
Location: Canada
On 5 March 2011 14:22, Chris Becker <usabecker@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Some thoughts:
>
> -Are the partitions correctly defined in /etc/ftsab for the unbootable
> partitions?
> -Have you tried booting the partitions from the grub commandline? It
> looks like how to do it is on the botom of this page:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Using%20CLI%20to%20Boot
> -If you enter grub command line and type "ls", does it pick up the
> partitions you are trying to boot?
> -Do you think there would be any benifit of chainloading Grub legacy
> and seeing if it can pick them up and boot properly?
>
> I know my level of knowledge is likely well below yours on the
> subject, but figured I would offer some thoughts just in case...
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Roy <linuxcanuck@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Most of it is Greek to me. I tried some searching and suggested
> solutions,
> > but grub has the right UUID when compared to the UUID for the partition,
> so
> > I am a bit at a loss. I can't see why it does not find the kernel and
> spouts
> > out an error for two partitions and not for the rest.
> >
> > Roy
> >
> > Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit
> > Location: Canada
> >
> >
> > On 5 March 2011 12:38, Joan Leach <jleach728@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> I just highlighted and pasted "UUID Problem" into Google and there were
> >> some solved hits there. BackTrack, I think, and Ubuntu was mentioned,
> anyway
> >> good reading...
> >>
> >> Joan in Reno, just trying to help...
> >>
> >> --- On Sat, 3/5/11, Roy <linuxcanuck@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> From: Roy <linuxcanuck@gmail.com>
> >> Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] UUID problem
> >> To: LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com
> >> Date: Saturday, March 5, 2011, 8:53 AM
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I have a 500 GB hard drive that I use to install distros for testing
> >>
> >> purposes. I am having trouble with two partitions. I have Fedora 14,
> >>
> >> LMDE, OpenSuSE 11.4 and Ubuntu Natty installed. I have grub written to
> >>
> >> the drive (sdg) MBR and not the MBR of sda. Here is the problem,
> >>
> >> Fedora and LMDE load fine, but openSuSE and Natty do not. I get an
> >>
> >> error there is no string-of-alphanumerics for the UUID and it can't
> >>
> >> find the kernel. These are new partitions and can't understand why the
> >>
> >> UUIDs would mess up.
> >>
> >> I have tried two grubs, one generated by Kubuntu on sda and one
> >>
> >> generated by LMDE on the MBR of the drive where it is not working.
> >>
> >> OpenSuSE's grub is useless. It keeps on writing to sda despite my
> >>
> >> telling it not to and then I need to use the Kubuntu CD to fix the
> >>
> >> problem. Fedora uses grub legacy and does not poll the drivers for
> >>
> >> other kernels, so it works, but only recognises Fedora which is no
> >>
> >> help. I am willing to delete partitions and start over, but that has
> >>
> >> not worked thus far.
> >>
> >> How do I fix it by either fixing grub on the drives in question or
> >>
> >> generating a UUID that will work? I thought that Gparted would fix the
> >>
> >> problem, but it did not, despite destroying the partitions and
> >>
> >> creating new ones. The UUIDs created by Gparted are different from the
> >>
> >> previous ones, but they still give an error.
> >>
> >> Roy
> >>
> >> Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit
> >>
> >> Location: Canada
> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >>
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