Grub not working

[NoOp]

On 05/05/2011 06:23 PM, dave boland wrote:
>> 
>> fixmbr then fixboot
>> 
>> But before you do, do you have a spare 40GB drive around? If so I highly
>> recommend copying the drive to the spare (use gparted or dd). You can
>> install the second drive, boot to a liveCD and then use gparted to copy.
>> It will copy the drive bit-for-bit.
>> 
> Unfortunately, I don't have one immediately available.  That is not to
> say I can't get one, but time and effort is also an issue.  I was hoping
> this was going to be simple. 

If you are in the San Francisco bay area I'll give you 1, or 2. or 3.

Also keep in mind that sometimes a blinking cursor doesn't always mean
the system is borked. On a low memory, slow machine it may take awhile
before the system gets to the final boot stages. Give the machine a few
minutes (sometimes as long as 10 or more) & see if it eventually comes
up. Delays in aquiring a network connection can be part of the issue, so
give it a wait & see if it eventually boots.

Just so that everyone knows what the machine looks like (hardware-wise):
$ sudo lshw > davescomputer.txt
$ gedit davescomputer.txt
copy & paste that to http://paste.ubuntu.com/ and give us the url.