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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