Had to reboot Ubuntu server and it wouldn't reboot: grub gave errors about missing partitions. Argh. To make things worse, the CD Drive stopped working. Argh.
I managed to get it to boot using Puppy Linux on my USB key. I did the following:
- boot puppy from floppy/usb key
- open terminal
-
mount broken linux partition:
mkdir /mnt/d mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/d
-
chroot to broken linux so I get access to grub on it (no grub in puppy linux
)
chroot /mnt/d bash
- Set up a grub floppy as described here as pc could not read the existing grub floppy (monday morning: Argh).
- Boot into floppy and boot system from grub as also described there.
System back up and running. I tried
sudo grub-install '(hd0)'
to try to get system booting again but didn't work so I have to keep booting from grub floppy. I'll come back to this sometime, I have work to do. I might go back to Lilo, grub is a bit too weird for my taste.
Peter's Moblog
