Hardware :: Fedora 11 Download On New Laptop - Can't Locate Drive On Dvd / Fix It?
Nov 3, 2009
Purchased Toshiba Satellite laptop L505D-S5983 November 30, 2009. Separated partitions and inserted Fedora 11 disk. Computer responded and asked question regarding what I wanted to do and I selected install. Answered question regarding English, US, then response given "Cannot locate drive" --> now need to manually select drive among myriad of drives listed.
The CD-ROM component in my computer is the HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GT20F ATA Device.
Manufacturer value states "(Standard CD-ROM drives.
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Dec 9, 2010
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I have an Dell Inspiron 1300 laptop operating Windows XP SP3 on a 40 GB hard drive and an 250GB USB Seagate External Expansion Portable Drive, partitioned into two equal sections. I downloaded and burned Ubuntu 9.10 to a CD. I booted up from the CD and installed Ubuntu on one part of the Expansion Drive. When it was completed, I shut down my laptop, unplugged the Expansion Drive and ate dinner.
Later on and came back and turned on my laptop. When I turned it on, I received this message:
GRUB loading,
error: no such disk
grub rescue>
With my external hard drive plugged in, I am able to see the full GRUB menu listing the Ubuntu install as well on the external hard drive, and the windows XP install on my internal hard drive.
Without my external drive plugged it, my laptop fails to XP. It goes straight to:
GRUB loading,
error: no such disk
grub rescue>
The part I don't understand is why it i looking for GRUB on my internal hard drive when I installed Ubuntu on an external hard drive.
Windows XP is only installed on the 40 GB hard drive, which is the internal drive. The 250GB USB Seagate External Expansion Portable Drive, partitioned into two equal sections, has Ubuntu install on one of the partitions. The other partition is blank.
When I connected the expansion drive to my laptop, GRUB starts up and I can choose from using Ubuntu or Windows. The laptop was given to me as a hand-me-down, so I do not have a copy of Windows XP, nor can I locate a copy to repair the MBR on my laptop. Is there a way I can fix what has happened so I can normally boot Windows without needing to plug in my expansion drive?
Here is some additional information that I hope helps. This is what my GRUB menu looks like when the external HD is connected:
Ubuntu Linux 2.6.31-14 generic
Ubuntu Linux 2.6.31-14 generic (recovery mode)
Memory Test (memtest86+)
Memory Test (memtest86+) serial console 115200
Dell Utility Partition (on /dev /sda1)
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Error can not locate drive by-dev-id HD_BLAH ,
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As I mentioned before, the only user authentication required to connect to it should be that the device should be within the same workgroup and use the password. Tried using the workgroup name as the username which didnt work, neither did using the PCs usual log in. Eventually I gave up on the wizard and attempted to mount it from the command line using the following command.
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