[NTLUG:Discuss] ubuntu 9.10 MBR corrupted!! Grub error 17

[Gilbert Morrow]

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 5:36 PM, lonestar17 <lonestar17 at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> terry wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 12:12 PM, lonestar17 <lonestar17 at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello - All,
> >>  While upgrading to Karmic, things went down on my laptop compaq
> presario V2630 amd HP...
> >> worked perfectly on my Dell desktop, but NOT on my compaq!!
> >>  Now I can't boot!!
> >> 55 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
> >> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> >> Disk identifier: 0x94e494e4
> >>
> >>   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> >> /dev/sda1   *           1        5747    46162746    7  HPFS/NTFS
> >> /dev/sda2            5748        8612    23013112+  83  Linux
> >> /dev/sda3            8613        8742     1044225    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
> >> /dev/sda4            8743        9729     7928077+   c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
> >> /dev/sda5            8613        8742     1044193+  82  Linux swap /
> Solaris
> >> ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk /dev/hda
> >>
> >> Unable to open /dev/hda
> >> ubuntu at ubuntu:~$
> >>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> Following an example on line,was wrong. Ubuntu lists HD's as sda1 etc.
>  However, I still can't open /dev/sda 1/2/3/4/5
> http://stringofthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/grub-error-17-debianubuntu/
> >>
> >>  What would happen if I just deleted the ubuntu partition?  I have
> partition magic on my laptop, that's how Terrence partitioned in the
> beginning to linux....Would the MBR magically return to windows XP home??
> >>  Thanks/ everyone for suggestions,
> >>  John in Dallas.
> >>
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> >>
> >
> >
> > So, I'm assuming you're able to boot to live CD?
> > If so, do:
> >   sudo fdisk -l
> >
> > If  you find you have a corrupted partition table it is sometimes
> > possible to repair it.  There is a utility on live CD
> >
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted-live-stable/OldFiles/0.4.6-1/gparted-live-0.4.6-1.iso/download
> > that may be of use to you.
> >
> ===============================================================
> Thanks Terry for your reply.  Where is the utility on the Live CD?  I've
> been using terminal with all the suggested formats, which none work.
> I can boot from my 8.10 CD ok.....No one told be about the """ utility
> """ on the CD!!
> I even tried to reinstall grub from the repository - won't work!
> Can you tell from my fdisk -l if something is corrupted?
> I'm not particularly interested in getting Ubuntu back, I have a good
> working 9.10 on my desktop.
> But, I DO need my windows xp home working on my laptop....Can I simply
> delete the ubuntu partition; will it revert back to the windows MBR?
> Thanks for your help.
> John in Dallas.
>
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Delete partitions , run Windows CD , command prompt , "fixmbr" .

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