New-install problem.

[Martinx - ジェームズ]

BTW, before reformatting your SDA, try this to clean it up before anything:

"dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=1024 count=1000000"

This command will write 1G of "0s" starting from the very first bit of your
HD, then, try to install you S.O. again...

Take care with that `dd` command! It will wipe out any data you might have
on /dev/sda!

Also, "grub" package is obsolete by now, grub2 is the new version (probably
already installed). You can try the commands like "update-grub" and
"grub-install /dev/sda"...

I'm already using Ubuntu 14.04 (beta is fine for me), it is very good!

Regards,
Thiago


On 10 March 2014 05:01, Herman Aalderink <n0jn at gmx.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 2014-03-08 at 16:22 +0800, reeyarn wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Herman Aalderink <n0jn at gmx.net> wrote:
> >
> >         I am using Puppy OS 5.4.3 to get to the list.
> >
> >         II cannot install my Ubuntu 12.04.
> >         I have no clue.
> >         Puppy OS working OK sofar on the same system.
> >
> >         I have installed Ubuntu 12.04.02 5 times.
> >         For the last install I partitioned the HD with GParted, 2 new
> >         partitions/ 80GB HD, FS2.
> >
> >          Every install fails with this error msg:
> >         error: no such device :
> >
> >         89b1bd66-6374-471c-9864-10af498625d2.
> >         grub rescue>
> >         grub rescue> exit
> >         Unknown command 'exit'
> >         grub rescue>
> >
> >         HermanPHL
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > It is possible that the UUID "
> >
> > 89b1bd66-6374-471c-9864-10af498625d2." are incorrect
> >
> >
> >
> > Under the prompt grub rescue>
> > you may run comand "ls" without quote to list all the disks, like
> > (hd0,1)    (hd0,2)  (hd0,3)  etc.
> >
> >
> > You may continue with command
> > ls (hd0,1)/
> > to see what files are stored in each disk.
> >
> >
> > If you are sure which one has your root file system,  run the
> > following commands to get the grub boot menu.
> >
> >
> > grub rescue>root=(hd0,x)
> > grub rescue>prefix=/boot/grub
> > grub rescue>set root=(hd0,x)
> > grub rescue>set prefix=(hd0,x)/boot/grub
> > grub rescue>insmod normal
> > grub rescue>normal
> >
> >
> >
> > If the boot menu shows up, you may modify the item on the menu to get
> > into your installed ubuntu system.
> >
> >
> > Best,
> > Reeyarn
> >
> The original install was on sda. (sdb is being used for data).
> By selecting un-used sdb partitions for the / and /home partition, I got
> a good install.
> Also grub itself now resides on sdb.
>
> Consequently no more: grub rescue> (it does not show up with a good
> install).
> grub> (without the rescue) does not respond to these commands. (I
> installed the grub program).
>
>
> herman14 at herman14-P4M900T-M2:/$ grub rescue
> The program 'grub' is currently not installed.  You can install it by
> typing:
> sudo apt-get install grub
> herman14 at herman14-P4M900T-M2:/$ sudo apt-get install grub
>
> I have a working system now. Any info that I can provide?
>
> I will re-format/re-partition the sda drive.
> I hope it will give no more problems in the future.
>
> Herman in Philippines.
>
>
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