Grub Error 17

[anthony baldwin]

Allan Valeriano wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've tryed to repartition my hard disk with gparted and after that, I
> started to receive the Grub Error 17.
> I can't boot from my HD at all.
> I tried following the steps from this thread, answered by mbwardle,
> and couldn't make it after step 9.
>
> Any help on this?
>
> thanks in advance
> --Valeriano
>
>   
Check this out:
http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/GRUB_error_17_after_kernel_update

Or:

grub error 17 "Cannot mount selected partition" happens usually because 
the "root" argument given to grub is wrong. At the grub menu, press 'e' 
and check the "root (hd0,2)" or similar line. You can go into command 
mode with 'c' and use the 'find' command to locate the right partition, 
for instance: find /boot/grub/menu.lst

Once you have found the right (hdx,y) partition, edit the root line in 
the grub menu. After booting up, edit the #groot= line in 
/boot/grub/menu.lst and run 'sudo update-grub'.
(lifted from 
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+question/14606)

The first seems link basically says the first thing, more or less.

Can you boot the computer from the livecd?
That way, you could edit your grub.conf, e2fsck or any other thing you 
need to do that
you are currently unable to do, since the derned thang won't boot.

Or, you could sack grub and install lilo.

/tony

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