timmy Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Well i was being a idot and i tried to install backtrack via this methold http://forums.remote-exploit.org/backtrack...e-dvd-disk.html My computer wouldn't boot up after i installed bt4 via unetbootin on my windows xp partition Well in this tutorial i dont think that they had another partition running ubunto netbook remix right now my netbook is getting grub error 17. Im a linux version and i havent got around to messing around with grub yet because of all my various projects. What i think is happening is that grub on my xp partion with bt4 files is confused with my UNR partition please help. I think a possible solution is to boot via usb and delete some shit but i dont really know i also don't really want to install windows on my netbook seeing as i do not own a external DVD reader thnx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopez1364 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 What happened was you never updated the grub on the backtrack partition. Whenever you install a O/S and try doing dual boots if always have to update the grub. You're best bet will be to boot into a live backtrack and run the following: - fdisk /dev/sda - Once you're in disk, enter e[x]tra/expert mode, [f]ix the partition order, then [w]rite the table and exit. - You can verify that the partition table was indeed fixed by issuing an fdisk -l Now if this doesn't work then again boot into a live backtrack and run the following: cd / mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /mnt mount -t proc proc /mnt/proc mount -t sysfs sys /mnt/sys mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev chroot /mnt /bin/bash Edit the: <vi or nano> /boot/grub/menu.lst then type: cd / umount -a exit cd / umount -a reboot IF ALL ELSE FAILS.... again boot into the live cd and type: sudo grub find /boot/grub/stage1 <locate your boot partition> <Replace the (hd0,0) by your boot partition number> setup (hd0) quit Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmy Posted July 15, 2009 Author Share Posted July 15, 2009 seems to not work ill post again what showed im thinking of reinstalling xp on messed up partition T.T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 What's that Lassy? Timmy screwed up his linux install?!??!!? Lets call out the Calvary to go help him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmy Posted July 15, 2009 Author Share Posted July 15, 2009 I really dont want to reinstall xp again T.T Thanks to everyone thoughts and solutions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmy Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 Sorry for the double post I tried the last method but it says that /boot/grub/stage1 does not exist i can clearly see the stage1 for my xp partition i just dont know but im positive that file does exist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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