Laptop fail from ubuntu un install

TheDoc

Hoping I can get some help here.

I installed linux mint a few weeks ago, but somehow Ubuntu was also installed on my machine.

So today I went to uninstall ubuntu, and was told I just delete the partitions. so off I went and done it.

Now when I boot the laptop I get the following

Grub loading.
error: no such partition
grub rescue>

I'm assuming that this means it cannot locate the partitions I deleted, but I genuinely thought this would be gone since I deleted all relevant ubuntu systems.

So on my laptop there is linux mint and windows 7, somewhere, but I cant boot anything up.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Cheers.

Johnboy1951

what did you use to delete Ubuntu?

Deleting a partition causes all following partitions to be renumbered ... it is likely that Grub is now looking for a non-existent partition.

You can edit the boot command at the boot page ...... usually by pressing Esc and accepting to go to a non-graphical boot page.

Then select the line you wish to edit and press the 'E' key.
Use the arrow keys to locate the digits you wish to edit.
Possibly need to reduce the grub partition number by one ... so (hd0,6) might become (hd0,5) or such.
There may be more than one line to edit.
After editing, pressing the 'B' key will attempt to boot the pc.

There is one thing that bothers me though ......... were you running Mint when you deleted the partition with Ubuntu?
Had someone deliberately installed Ubuntu on that machine?

You are aware that Mint IS Ubuntu - with some changes made?
Did you by chance delete Mint?
If so you need to reinstall it.

regards.

Stuxnet

i'm presuming win 7 was your default os before you installed mint/ubuntu
pop in your win7 cd
load it up,
try system repair
if that doesnt work, go again and go to cmd option

Type Bootrec.exe, and then press ENTER.

bootrec /fixmbr enter
bootrec /fixboot enter

restart, win 7 should kick in

if your not familiar with grub, try a wubi installation next time ! will save all the hassle, it installs ubuntu inside of windows, it'll give you the dual boot option, but you can uninstall like any windows program in your cp

good luck

kierank01

If you deleted the ubuntu (mint) partition, then the GRUB loader could not work, as it uses the menu.lst file on the /boot folder in the ubuntu partition.

also when you say:
'So on my laptop there is linux mint and windows 7, somewhere, but I cant boot anything up.'

This could not be possible (for mint) if you actually deleted the ucuntu (mint) partiton.
What did you use to delete the partition (s)

stick in the ubuntu (mint) disk, and boot from it, and check what partitions are there. Hopefully your win 7 is still there, (how did you do the install - it should have prompted you to choose a partitioning method).

If it is, you should be able to do the system restore with the win 7 cd as BOBBY has said.

TheDoc

Got it sorted

Used the recovery command console on the windows cd to fix the mbr thing.

Then had to reformatt my laptop. Pain.

Then I went to install ubuntu, and o shocker, 2 hours installing, 5 mins left, hits an error and crashes.

Not impressed with the ****e I'm getting from "linux"

I'm giving it one more go this week, with getting rid of windows and going solely linux.

Anymore problems and that will be the end of linux for me : /

TheDoc

well ubuntu installed, got it on a disc from my main pc, and completely whiped windows

hope for the best

pickarooney

You don't do things by half - write it off as shïte then remove Windows and single-boot linux within 24 hours

TheDoc

Running full ubuntu now.

Having a problem getting the wireless to work. The drivers are installed but it wont connect to my network even though its accepting the key.

I had this problem before, I went and set my connection to static.

Currently doing it now, but any help from upc users would be sweet.

TheDoc

All sorted by the way, using ubuntu with no complaints.

But cant say im blown awya, couldnt recommend anyone to move from windows as of yet, as i dont see anything different better or worse

pickarooney

How much RAM/CPU is your anti-virus using compared to Windows?

MrVestek

pickarooney wrote: »

How much RAM/CPU is your anti-virus using compared to Windows?

Hahahaha!

TheDoc - did you get wireless sorted? If not you're not running a ralink chipset by any chance are you?

TheDoc

Yeah everything is running on it now.

Its not a laptop I use much, mainly for college work and web browsing. Getting alot more comfortable with it.

However I still couldnt recommend it for a user like me, I've opened the terminal just for interest.

But I'd quicker do file management and copying etc through clicking then typing through terminal.

And seeing that ubuntu has that gui where i can click everywhere, it negates the use for me to even touch the terminal.

Therefore, since its just simply another clicking gui for me, theres nothing making me sell it more to friends over windows : /

Khannie

TheDoc wrote: »

theres nothing making me sell it more to friends over windows : /

Did you think there would be? Windows is actually a grand piece of kit now.

For me the big reasons I use linux are:
1) It is faster / uses less resources than windows. Perfect for breathing new life into old laptops.
2) I can complete the same tasks much faster on linux (this takes some time to achieve)
3) It is free
4) It is secure
5) It is generally more configurable
6) It is built from the ground up for remote access

TheDoc

Khannie wrote: »

Did you think there would be? Windows is actually a grand piece of kit now.

For me the big reasons I use linux are:
1) It is faster / uses less resources than windows. Perfect for breathing new life into old laptops.
2) I can complete the same tasks much faster on linux (this takes some time to achieve)
3) It is free
4) It is secure
5) It is generally more configurable
6) It is built from the ground up for remote access

Well yeah the point of me shifting my laptop across was because i was getting this " linux is so much better then windows" but in short its just not imo, in relation to your points.

1) Windows 7 operates alot faster that linux on my laptop. I can notice this from opening programmes, gaming and evenbooting up the laptop.
2) I dont use terminal, so i just use the gui, so in essence there is really no difference I can open programmes at the same pace ( albeit windows loads them faster) but theres little diff here.
3) My windows was given for free.
4) Never had a windows problem in over 9 years in relation to viruses or security breaches. The windows 7 anti spyware etc is very good and highly respected.
5) Cant say I've dabbled enough to notice a winner here.
6) Windows 7 took all of about 4 minutes to link 6 pcs together in my home network. Linux looks like it needs all the ips and all this sort of messing that will take alot longer : /


The one thing I thought id really use on linux was ssh into my home pc, but then found out that i could just use putty to do it from windows anyway.

Khannie

Never used windows 7 tbh, so I can't comment on speed. I'd be surprised though.

TheDoc wrote: »

4) Never had a windows problem in over 9 years in relation to viruses or security breaches. The windows 7 anti spyware etc is very good and highly respected.

I would say "linux requires no anti-spyware". I don't have any.

TheDoc wrote: »

6) Windows 7 took all of about 4 minutes to link 6 pcs together in my home network. Linux looks like it needs all the ips and all this sort of messing that will take alot longer : /

That sounds very good.

I would never say "linux is better than windows" or the reverse. I would say I can work faster and better on linux than windows.

You mention the remote aspect. For me this is one of the real clinchers. I can shut down my laptop, media computer / file server and HTPC in my house all from my the comfort of my bed with my iphone and a terminal.

Putty is a fine piece of kit.

The other thing I really like about linux in general is the software installation. In ubuntu if you want to install a mail reader, you do so with a single click in synaptic. It downloads it and installs it for you. You can be certain it is free of spyware and adware. If there is an update, you will receive it.

LinHaX

We can start a war in this topic, seriously

I`m using Ubuntu and Windows 7 myself, I`ve put Ubuntu on my laptop as I`m using it only for internet related things - its much more secure than Windows, it runs very fast, after installing Beryl it looks just wonderfull

I`m using Windows 7 just to play games, actually there are not so much games for Linux (damn DirectX thingy ), and emulating them is eee... well, it`s just a mistake, although if there would be more games for Linux, I would delete Windows and probably not come back to it in a long time. Also mind that Linux is an open-source OS, and it`s improving everyday. In my opinion Linux distros have much bigger potential than Windows.

TheDoc

I have to say I like the installion of packages on linux.

Either using terminal or the package manager, its just cool and its really a case of one click install.

dreamz

Hi there all,

Lol, I know it's a silly thing to say - pre-installed (like it's installed before it's installed).. but I figure that folks will know what I mean...

eg. Linux Laptops and Linux Desktops at LinuxIreland.info (yes there are Linux vendors in Ireland!)

...but lots of issues I see are with the configuration of Linux, which a Windows user would never have to face - simply because they do not install / configure Windows. I can put most systems (laptops / desktops) side-by-side and the amount of drivers Windows requires - mainboard, chipset, ethernet, GPU, before we even get to wireless etc... makes the installation so slow and overly complex.

Simply, over a wide range of systems, with the right distro (ie. on that supports legacy graphics drivers out-of-the-box), the installation and config of peripherals (eg. printers etc) is much faster with Linux.

(Let's put aside the energy, security, compatibility, reliability, scalability and configuration benefits of using Linux)

And you'll find that all of the problems are caused by 'Linux Developers' - but by proprietary software, issued by companies like Nvidia and ATI, etc...

... so it's still closed source that is the problem, not that 'Linux isn't ready' - you can either look to the vendors of the internal hardware - or look to a Linux vendor that ships system with Linux (pre) installed and fully supported (for business etc).

Dz :-)