Ubuntu :: Grub: Error 17 Cannot Mount Selected Partition?
Apr 19, 2011
I've tried everything to solve this, been browsing the forums for the last 2 days and no solution has worked.So I got a new netbook (Samsung n150 dated 03/2011) it had ubuntu 10.10 installed but I already use ubuntu on my macbookso I'm trying out knoppix, I booted it from usb and ran the HD installer, it gets through all that and then installs grub ok, but when I reboot I get "Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition"Things I already tried:*Grub setup (grub, root (hd0,1), setup (hd0), quit) and every variation.*I tried removing the usb and setting the HDD back to first boot in the bios andthen changing the menu.lst accordingly, still I get error 17.Below is the information just after boot with the usb still plugged in and set as first boot in bios.fdisk -l
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Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
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Apr 19, 2011
I've tried everything to solve this, been browsing the forums for the last 2 days and no solution has worked. So I got a new netbook (Samsung n150 dated 03/2011) it had ubuntu 10.10 installed but I already use ubuntu on my macbook so I'm trying out knoppix, I booted it from usb and ran the HD installer, it gets through all that and then installs grub ok, but when I reboot I get "Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition"
Things I already tried: Grub setup (grub, root (hd0,1), setup (hd0), quit) and every variation. *I tried removing the usb and setting the HDD back to first boot in the bios and then changing the menu.lst accordingly, still I get error 17. Below is the information just after boot with the usb still plugged in and set as first boot in bios.
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Dec 15, 2010
i ran into this issue only because i wanted to learn. I was reading the book, linux troubleshooting and decided to give it a try.
1) I went to /boot/ and moved vmlinuz (kernel file) to my home directory. (/root/)
2) I booted, it didnt boot (as expected) and now the troubleshooting part begins.
3) i entered to grub config mode using c
4) When i press root (hd0, (tab) it gave me 2 partitions. hd0 which is my boot partition hd1 which is my '/' partition. Please keep in mind its LVM and not a physical partition
5) If i do this, root (hd0,1), and press boot, it gives the following error Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition
During my research i found that, LVM is not supported by grub, so kindly confirm me this ? is this the reason i am not able to access my root partition ? i am doing this on vmware so no issues, but just for the sake of learning, can someone tell me some way of restoring it without using any rescure disk (livecd, liveusb etc) ?
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Jun 4, 2010
I dualboot Ubuntu and Fedora in one hard drive. Below are the scenario.
First, installed Ubuntu 10.4 on the entire disk (40GiB of size). Then, shrink the Ubuntu installation to equal size to free up space for fedora.
Second, installed Fedora 13 using the option "Use free space on selected drives and create default layout". After the successful installation fdisk -l shows,
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# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
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Jul 22, 2010
I 've reinstalled XP partition on my ubuntu system 8.10 ,After that i reinstalled grub using live CD ubuntu 9.04
With the following commands:
but when i restarted the system i got the grub menu .. but when i select ubuntu i got the following error message: " error 17 .. can not mount selected partition "
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Oct 10, 2009
I am having problems with grub. Originally I was having trouble installing Service Pack 2 for vista and I made the fool's mistake of changing the active partition in disk management from the boot partition to the windows partition. This blew up grub. After restarting I was dumped at the grub terminal i.e.
grub>
so I thought okay, I will just reinstall grub. I ran setup (hdx,y) but now when I restart first of all the splash screen is different, rather then the blue background with the big words in white, fedora 11, it's black and I get a error saying unable to read any images. I can see the different OS' I have on the grub screen but attempting to load any of them gives me
error 17 cannot mount selected partition.
I am currently running the Fedora 11 xfce spin live cd. From the terminal here, here is some information. sda3 is my fedora 11 partition I am not sure maybe it is because of ext4 but I can't seem to mount it using mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/xxxxx.
[root@localhost grub]# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x72edceee
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
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Jul 9, 2010
I installed Mac OS X 10.6, Windows 7 Ultimate, and made 4 partitions.OSX and 7 installed fine, but when I tried to install SUSE, it stopped at 92%.I get this error:
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grub>setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --force-lba (hd0,3) (hd0,3)
Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition
grub> quit
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May 10, 2010
I have a Dell VOSTRO laptop that I use for windows Vista. I have an old disk drive that I put into a USB case and now I want to use that for a Debian system. I do not want to install grub on my laptops HDD, if I do I need to have the USB HDD plugged in everytime I boot and i find that a real pain. I installed Debian on the USB drive with no problem and when it asked where I wanted to install GRUB I picked the USB drive ( I think ). Now when I interupt the boot and tell it to boot from the USB drive grub comes up with the correct menu but when I pick Debian I get the following messages:
Booting 'Debian GNU/Linux Kernel 2.6.26-2-amd64' root (hd1,0) Filesystem type unknown partition type 0xde kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-amd64 root=/dev/sdb1 ro quiet Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition
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Jul 9, 2010
I am a regular user of ubuntu . I reinstalled my window XP ( windows / ubuntu dual booting )
after that i give the commands
grub > root (hd0, 6)
>setup (hd0)
after that when i restart the system i got the following message
" error 17 can not mount selected partition "
when i selected ubuntu
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Mar 29, 2009
I have a vista machine I recently put FC10 on. Through the course of figuring out wireless drivers, I goofed it enough that I was told to simply reinstall linux. I had the fedora GRUB file set as I wanted. But after I re-installed FC10 it would just hang after it searched for bootable CDs and stuff. I got the super grub CD and am able to boot into windows no issue. HOWEVER, when I select the fedora option, I get
"Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition"
I assume this means the grub doesn't know where my Linux boot stuff is. I have a separate drive dedicated to the linux install. The Vista drive is where the MBR is. So... how do I tell the grub where the FC10 install is? I've tried to reinstall FC10 twice hoping I just goofed something. edit: The standard grub file was in /boot/grub or something. Is there a file I can edit to point in the right direction?
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May 28, 2010
When upgrading F12 to F13 I had a fatal error when I selected to update grub so I opted to do a fresh install of grub and the upgrade proceeded without any further problems. When I went to boot the system (dual-boot with Win 7) grub gave me error 17 "cannot mount selected partition". So I booted into rescue from the install disk thinking that maybe reinstalling grub might help, but when I ran "grub-install /dev/sda" I got the message that "/dev/sda does not have any corresponding BIOS drive" (I have Windows on SATA 1 sda and Fedora on SATA 2 sdb). I exited rescue mode rebooted entered BIOS and swapped the drive order and restarted. Success!... Well almost. The progress bar goes all the way across the screen to the point the login screen should come up then it hangs...
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Jun 3, 2011
I installed 15. I have reformatted the 500mb /boot partition, didn't touch the swap partition, formatted the / partition. Trying to boot, I receive a "cannot mount selected partition". This is a fresh install. I rebooted into the Live CD to do some FS Checks, and got kernal crash, black screen, lots of kernal output while in live CD trying to do FS checks. The only line that looks like it holds any info that may be relevant is the last of the lines that says: Kernal Panic - Not Syncing: Fatal exception interupt PID 1161, comm:irq/21-0000:01: tainted: g d (kernal version) Panic+0x91/0x19c
I did an FS check on /boot and it came back fine. I did an FS check on /, and it came back fine. But then I told it to do an FS check on swap and got the warning that swap is currently mounted, and that if I proceed, it could cause serious system damage, and asked me if I wanted to proceed. I chose no, and it crashed.
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wait, i think i found the problem. It APPARENTLY installed /boot as ext4. Reinstalling now. Will update momentarily...
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Nope, i explicity made sure i installed ext3 on boot this time, and it still gives the same boot error, AND i KEEP getting that kernel crash.
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Mar 7, 2011
Plan to use GRUB for multiple booting to select the OS but only with luck have I got it partially to work. Windows 98 and Puppy 431 O.K on first HDD but Puppy 421 on second HDD /dev/sdb1 stops at error 21.
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Jun 24, 2010
what now trying to mount partition get this error this is the partition ubuntu 9.10 is installed on and upon reboot error no device with a long string. mount: can't find /dev/sda6/mnt in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
so now that I believe I've successfully mounted the partition how do I direct the bootloader to this partition /dev/sda6 on /media/11076e45-e27d-470b-bb6d-6894f7809a0c type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=devkit)
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Mar 22, 2010
had a dual O/S win Vista 64bit & unbuntu 9.10 64bit.
1. Had a virus on my Win vista side, anti virus could help (virus kept replicating itself - to halt all progs from running).
2. In the End Win Vista would start & was only used Unbuntu for about 2 days.
3. Tried to repair Win Vista, but noting worked.
4. Couldn't mount Win partition through unbuntu either - needed to copy some files across.
5. Eventually formatted Win partition side & re-installed Win Vista 64bit.
6. The problem now is that the grub option to select the O/S choice isn't there, thus i can't use Linux.
6b. The computer loads only Win vista 64bit (Like there usn't a Linux)
7.Checked at the disk management prog - could see my linux space but have no access.
8. Used a live Linux cd to access linux partition, just to check - it worked.
9. how can i acccess the Linux O/S as normal?
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May 3, 2011
I recently switched to the Ubuntu 10.10 version from the 8.04 version, and when I looked for the Drive and Volume tabs in the USB Properties dialog, they were no longer available. In 8.04, I used the Volume tab to set the mount point and file system for selected CompactFlash drives connected to the computer through a USB adapter. It is important that these selected drives be mounted as msdos rather than vfat because of the characteristics of the legacy system that they are used with.
how do I get the functionality I had in 8.04 under the Drive and Volume tabs of the device properties dialog?
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Jun 2, 2010
I dual boot windows xp and ubuntu 9.10 UNR on my asus1005ha Netbook What happened: I deleted the ubuntu partition and the swap partition through windows xp using Disk management. Whats happening now : When I power on my netbook grub says the following GRUB loading. Error: no such partition grub recovery>. I attempt to input any sudo command it says unknown command which makes sense considering the partition no longer exists.
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Jul 16, 2010
I resize my Ubuntu extended partition in Windows and now when I boot, I'm getting a GRUB rescue and the error "no such partition". I'm on a LiveUSB. Here's the results of my fdisk -l:
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omitting empty partition (5)
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders[code].....
The first device is my hard drive: the second is the LiveUSB and the third is an SD card I have to move files to.I ran a fsck on my Ubuntu partition, and I can't seem to mount it (or the Windows one): it gives me the error: "Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)".How could I recover my data on both the Windows partition and the Ubuntu one?
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Apr 10, 2010
I was and idiot and stared messing around gparted before I was ready to partition my hard drive. Consequently I messed up my partitions, and when I restarted my computer a screen comes up that reads:
GRUB loading.
error: no such partition
grub rescue> _
Have I killed my computer or is there some way I can fix it?
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Sep 19, 2010
I accidentally removed the partition in my hard drive where my Ubuntu was installed.After restarting my Laptop, I suddenly receive the message saying,
"grub error> partition does not exist.
grub>"
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Sep 28, 2010
I know this is a common error, but my situation is a little different than previous threads on this issue and I just want to make sure I get the correct solution.
Basically, I had Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7 on my netbook and wanted to try a more lightweight version of Ubuntu. After settling on LXDE for a desktop, I decided to install Lubuntu 10.04. I chose not to install LXDE over regular Ubuntu because I wanted to eventually end up with an Ubuntu distro with either GNOME or LXDE, but not both. So rather than put myself through the hassle of uninstalling all the GNOME or LXDE packages, I decided to keep them each on separate partitions.
In the end I decided to just stick with regular Ubuntu and deleted the Lubuntu partitions. Now I get the GRUB error written in the title of this thread.
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May 6, 2011
i deleted the ubuntu partition from my pc that came with windows 7 and now when i start i get that error message. i kind of have an idea from reading other post about what is happening. i believe its looking for the ubuntu bootloader and its not finding it, correct me if im wrong. im not panicing because last night i did it once and read up on reinstalling it from my live cd will fix the boot problem and my pc will start like normal. ok well my question is...how do i get rid of ubuntu from a dual boot. dont get me wrong i love ubuntu but i love VM more and want to run it through there instead.
How to competely Remove Ubuntu From Partitions after having a dual boot???
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Feb 15, 2010
Just installed Ubuntu 9.10 and had windows 7 ultimate installed prior to installing Ubuntu. When I installed Ubuntu I partitioned off a section of the HDD that windows is installed on and installed to that new partition. Ubuntu boots and works great but ever since installed if I select windows to boot it just reboot PC all together. Tried making windows default and it booted windows once then went back to normal. I tried to follow suggestions on different post about running "sudo grub" but it is not a command according to my terminal.
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Mar 5, 2010
I recently installed Ubuntu, my first experience with Linux, but when I try to boot a previously installed Windows 7 from grub, it reboots the system back to the grub screen. I can boot to Ubuntu.
I've been searching for and working on possible solutions for several days to no avail. There are some similar posts on various forums but few quite like mine, and solutions I've read haven't solved my problem. I tried booting to the windows 7 repair disk and selecting the repair start up option, but the message tells me no problems were found.
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Jan 9, 2010
if it's possible to see or retrieve from the system which menu option from the grub boot menu was selected afterall.
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Jul 8, 2010
then my computer starts black window opens error: no such partition grub rescue>
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Jan 3, 2011
I have a machine with two disc but only one is involved in the boot. It is hd0 / sda. On this I have several partitions, first I have a partion (sda1) with grub-legacy and a menu.lst file that boot by chainloading my ubuntu 10.04 on partition sda4 (with ext4 and grub 2). This works without any problems. Today I was doing a larger upgrade of my mythtv install so I first copied sda4 to sda3, did all the neccessary changes in /etc/fstab and a grub-mkconfig (so that the grub.cfg on sda4 also included sda3 kernel). The chainload manage to nicely chainload to sda4 and when I select the newly copied kernel on sda3 it boots. Now inside the booted kernel/ubuntu on sda3 I again do the grub-mkconfig so I get a correct grub menu. I add a new chainload to menu.lst on sda1 so that I can go direct from that to my new partition.
when I chainload to the sda3 (hd0,2) partition I get grub-legacy error 13 invalid or unsupported executable format. No grub2 menu from sda3 shows up and the boot halts. The grub.cfg files on sda3 and sda4 are identical besides the uuid and hd0,3/4 references.
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Mar 31, 2011
i just installed ubuntu 10.10 x64 on my computer and removed the windows 7 partition and installed it on that one it installed as usual now as i booted it give me the following error
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error:no such partition grub rescue> i tried one or too methods given to restore grub but it isnt working wht can be done ?
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Apr 13, 2011
I had 3 partitions on my hard dive, Windows 7, Ubuntu, and just junk on the other. I installed Ubuntu in a way where it went to the GRUB filesystem? first, where it ask me to start in linux kernel 2.38.6 (can't really remember the kernel exact name) which was ubuntu, some other options, recovery mode, and at the very bottom was the one to go to Windows 7. I was in Windows and I wanted to get rid of my junk partition but I formatted the Ubuntu partition by mistake.
Now when it boots up it saying:
Error: unknown filesystem. grub rescue>
I hope there is a way to save my files on Windows. I tried to reinstall Windows 7 back on my computer but it wouldn't go through since the grub startup thing is the main one, not the windows one.
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Jul 3, 2011
I've been serching the forum for hours and every thread related to "GRUB error: no such partition" that i've read relates to fixing the issue for users with windows OS also installed or trying to get windows to boot.
How it happened: I edited partitions and now I get GRUB error: no such partition. I ONLY have Linux installed.
I was able to boot the OS by typing:
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set partition=(hd0,1)/boot/grub
set root=(hd0,1)
insmod normal
normal
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