Kubuntu does not load...please help

[dimmutal]

Here is the scenario...

I have two hard drives in my pc. The one (C is SATA and contains Windows XP. The other is IDE (E and is the one that i plan to install Kubuntu. With Partition Magic i created a swap partition and two other partitions one for kubuntu and the other for home. i started the installation and proceeded to manual configuration of the hard drives. i set the mount points correctly and started the installation. After everything was done i restarted the system and removed the CD but the Windows screen appeared!! I have checked the selection for the boot loader. What is wrong then?

PS: both C: and E: are shown in partition magic as ACTIVE? Can this be the problem?

[Qqmike]

Re: Kubuntu does not load...please help

I assume your BIOS is set to boot first from the Windows drive, then second from the Kubuntu drive.
So the Windows drive is hd0 and the Kubuntu drive is hd1.

Sounds like GRUB just got misplaced. Not a problem – fixable.

Use the Kubuntu Live CD.
Open K > System Konsole terminal program.
Type
sudo grub
and press Enter
to get a grub> prompt.
Type and press Enter:
grub> find /boot/grub/stage1
That should say, we hope, (hd1,0) or (hd1,1), or (hd1,2).
Put that here in place of (hd1,y):
grub> root (hd1,y)
grub > setup (hd0)
grub> quit
exit

Exit the Live CD session, removing the Cd when so prompted. Rebooting.
It should be OK now, but you may want to edit the boot menu to adjust the default OS and the timeout.

How To GRUB Methods - Toolkit
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3081671.0

--- HOW To: Change the Default Operating System (Also: Changing the timeout, boot menu, and other tips) Reply #1

[dimmutal]

Re: Kubuntu does not load...please help

grub>find /boot/stage1 returns (hd0,5)!! Got no idea what this is By the way when i restart my pc my screen shows the word GRUB repeated again and again and i'm not able to do anything

[Qqmike]

Re: Kubuntu does not load...please help

Well, OK.
It looks like the Kubuntu drive is the drive set in BIOS to be the first in the boot order. It doesn't really matter, but you just have to know and then to adjust to it.

Looks like you got Kubuntu on the sixth partition of that drive, too.
That's also OK.

So, you have two choices.

1 You can change the order of booting in BIOS so the Windows drive is first (and so is hd0) and the Kubuntu drive is second (and so is hd1).

Or,

2 You can leave it this way so Kubuntu is the first drive hd0 (as it seems it is now). If you choose this second way, then re-do the steps above (to re-install GRUB using a Live Kubuntu CD, at Konsole), but when you come to the root statement, use
root (hd0,5).
Now, if this second method works, you will be able to boot into Kubuntu, but probably NOT into Windows and we have to fix that next (and simply uses Reply #12 of that how-to I mentioned).



Everything looks OK, but you just have to make adjustments if you want to use two hard drives and dual boot (and you have a mixture of SATA and IDE drives, which can cause extra work on our part here).

[dibl]

Re: Kubuntu does not load...please help

Some combinations of BIOS and IDE controllers require any IDE drive in the system to be "looked at" prior to any SATA drive. So that means even if you jumper an IDE hdd as "slave", and then also install a SATA drive, and try to make the SATA drive the first to be booted, it won't work. Been there, tried that, got the T-shirt.

[MoonRise]

Re: Kubuntu does not load...please help

Some combinations of BIOS and IDE controllers require any IDE drive in the system to be "looked at" prior to any SATA drive. So that means even if you jumper an IDE hdd as "slave", and then also install a SATA drive, and try to make the SATA drive the first to be booted, it won't work. Been there, tried that, got the T-shirt.

Been there as well, never received a shirt though

[Qqmike]

Re: Kubuntu does not load...please help

So stick with method 2, which is the way you have it now (Kubuntu on IDE = hd0 to boot first in BIOS boot order), and follow the GRUB re-install as indicated.

[dibl]

Re: Kubuntu does not load...please help

Been there as well, never received a shirt though

You're lucky -- it says "DIBL IS A HARD-HEAD AND A SLOW LEARNER!"

[dimmutal]

Re: Kubuntu does not load...please help

Everything ok, i rearranged the boot sequence of my drives and installed correctly the GRUB file!! Everything works fine, and now i move on to getting familiar with kubuntu. I'm a beginner with Linux but i'm really excited with it! thanks for the help..

[Qqmike]

Re: Kubuntu does not load...please help

Good job. Sounds like you've done some good work today!
Glad you're on the road now ...

[MoonRise]

Re: Kubuntu does not load...please help

Everything ok, i rearranged the boot sequence of my drives and installed correctly the GRUB file!! Everything works fine, and now i move on to getting familiar with kubuntu. I'm a beginner with Linux but i'm really excited with it! thanks for the help..

That's a good way to begin and you've learned some of it already. Great!!