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Laptop won't boot after Ubuntu restart

  • 17-08-2010 11:56am
    #1
    mk6705
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 721 ✭✭✭


    Last night, I booted into Ubuntu. It had been a few days so the update manager had alot of updates to install. It installed them, then said it had to restart. I worked away for a while, then restarted. It went straight into Grub (It normally starts with the Windows Boot manager). So I went into Vista. I hibernated before going asleep. When I got up this morning, it wouldn't boot. It says "No module name found". It won't boot into Vista or Ubuntu, and I had to use an Ubuntu Live CD to get it started. I used GParted and marked the Ubuntu partition as boot but I get the same message. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.


Comments

  • #2
    evercloserunion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,889 ✭✭✭evercloserunion


    Is Grub still there?


  • #3
    mk6705
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 721 ✭✭✭mk6705


    It doesn't appear to be. I've tried marking the Ubuntu partition for boot but to no avail.


  • #4
    Stuxnet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭Stuxnet


    try reinstall grub from live cd
    sudo mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/sda
sudo update-grub


  • #5
    mk6705
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 721 ✭✭✭mk6705


    I managed to get this problem fixed. I did it by using the Windows Vista CD and following the tutorial here, however it did not work on step one so I had to follow the instructions in step three. This restored the Vista bootloader and I was able to boot into Vista.
    Then, when Windows was re-installed I used Easy BCD to add the Linux bootloader (GRUB) and now it's back to normal.

    :)


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