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Grub Boot Problem

Asked by Edmond Condillac

I resized my /dev/sda1 partition. But after a second resizing attempt the warning appeared as follows:

Moving a partition might cause your operating system to fail to boot.You have queued an operation to move the start sector of partition /dev/sda1. Failure to boot is most likely to occur if you move the GNU/Linux partition containing /boot, or if you move the Windows system partition C:.
You can learn how to repair the boot configuration in the GParted FAQ.
http://gparted.org/faq.php

I canceled the second resizing but cannot boot into the system.

Booted using Live CD of Ubuntu 11.10. To fix the problems, reinstalled GRUB and started the grub application from the command line.

The command find /boot/grub/stage1 returns the error Error 12: Invalid device requested. in the grub application.

Kindly advise, if possible how to boot into the system.

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#1

Boot again from the Live CD and try this tool
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair#A2nd_option_:_install_Boot-Repair_in_Ubuntu

but I think it has to be a Live CD/USB with a supported Ubuntu version. 11.10 has reached EOL. (End Of Life)

Alternatively you can download an .iso that includes this tool by default.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1831869

Do not forget to give here the link (URL) that this tool will create (in case the problem not solved).

Regards
 NikTh

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Edmond Condillac (econ22) said : 		#2

There is a problem with the available disc space for the boot-repair-disc-32bit.iso download. The maximum Filesystem capacity of 1.4 Gb is all used up as shown by Disc Usage Analyzer.

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> Your question #231695 on Ubuntu changed:
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> Status: Open => Answered
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> NikTh proposed the following answer:
> Boot again from the Live CD and try this tool
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair#A2nd_option_:_install_Boot-Repair_in_Ubuntu
>
> but I think it has to be a Live CD/USB with a supported Ubuntu version.
> 11.10 has reached EOL. (End Of Life)
>
> Alternatively you can download an .iso that includes this tool by default.
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1831869
>
> Do not forget to give here the link (URL) that this tool will create (in
> case the problem not solved).
>
> Regards
> NikTh
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Best N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#3

Can you create a new Live DVD or USB with a supported version of Ubuntu ? 12.04 , 13.04 .

Then there is no need to download the complete .iso. You can boot from the supported live DVD/USB, choose "Try Ubuntu" and the follow these instructions to install and run the problem on Live session
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair#A2nd_option_:_install_Boot-Repair_in_Ubuntu

If you have another PC (even on Windows) , you can create a live USB
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows

Regards
 NikTh

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Edmond Condillac (econ22) said : 		#4

Thanks NikTh, that solved my question.