can not load ubuntu

When I boot from HDD it's saying smth like - no boot way received...

Can you boot up from LiveCd?

Hi, Tom!
Yes I can boot up and I see all my files, but most of them are locked and it says - You have no permissions to open it.

But I need urgently to work with one file (not Thesis :))

Konstantin

Dohh, you've just said that you can. Perhaps you just need to re-install grub? LiveCd, top taskbar

Applications - Accessories - Terminal

into the terminal/command window/console type

sudo grub

It asks for your normal user password, not your SuperUser/Root one and gives no stars or any other clues about how long your password is or how many letters you've already typed. Note that on a command-line the "Tab" key can help show you relevant possibilities worth typing so try

root (hd

"Tab" to find which drives you could install grub onto, probably you want drive 0 so type "0" and then a comma which should make the command (so far) look like (but don't enter this because it's still incomplete)

root (hd0,

now "Tab" again should show which partitions on the drive are available for putting the grub files on. If you are dual-booting with Windows then it's likely that Windows is the first partition and that hopefully means that your linux-swap is the 2nd partition which would mean Ubuntu would be on the 3rd partition. Many other set-ups are possible and linux is great in allowing variations and flexibliity to suit different needs and different hardware. Grub is meant to mainly talk to the machine, so it starts counting from 0 - so sda3 becomes (hd0,2). So once you find out which drive and partition Ubutnu is on then finish the command which i will assume is (but the numbers might well be different for you)

root (hd0,2)

Now, finally, make sure that the mbr is written to and then quit out of the grub-command-line. Again i'm assuming that your machine uses the master hard-drive but it's possible that you have something else set-up, although that's unlikely

setup (hd0)

quit

You could just be missing some crucial grub files by some other accident and these things do happen from time to time. Please let us know which drive and partition you use for Ubuntu and then we can give a slightly easier-to-follow answer.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

Use sudo command

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

or run nautilus as root

In a terminal

gksu nautilus

I'm not sure if you do have a dual-boot set-up. If not the commands are likely to be ...

sudo grub
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0)
quit

and reboot into Ubuntu on your main drive. Another way to get into OpenOffice faster might be to download Wolvix Hunter and make a Cd. It's easy to boot into that as RootUser, the username is "root" and the password is "toor"
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=wolvix

It's worth having a handy Cd of Hunter for odd emergencies or for using other peoples machines fast in a vaguely familiar linux environment.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

Running nautilus as Root might also get access quickly and should let yu change the Permissions on the relevant files using a right-click and down to "Properties"

Ahhh, i've just noticed it's not your Thesis! Phew! Take care when you're using the system as Root. When-ever you use Root in any distro to write (or re-write) a file then any other distro will also need you to be in as Root to re-write to it. Take care to make sure the permissions are set right so that all users can access what you need as normal user in whichever distro lol :)

Ubuntu is very cautious about letting you in as root but Wolvix makes it a bit too easy!

Hope this helps?
Good luck!

Dear Tom and Shankar,
nautilus really helped me and I was able to unlock the file.

This is all because of my different partitions.

Later on I will think how to address this problem but for now I need to finish my assignment.

If it would be Thesis - I would have a heart attack - honestly!

Thanks again and all the very best,

Konstantin

It might still be worth doing this ...

When trying to boot Ubuntu on your main drive do you get a menu with a lot of Ubuntu options? Sometimes you need to press "Esc" about the time it starts saying something like "Grub 1.5 loading" in order to get the menu. Anyway, choose the one that has "Recovery Mode" at the end and run through a few of the options, except for "fix x-server" which might reset your graphics to some default options.

It's my monthly tidy-up and i try to leave it doing that while i take out the rubbish and hoover etc, big yawns though for some of it. Better and faster than defraging Windows and all that but still a bit slow sometimes.

Glad you've fixed it :)))

No, when I boot from the main drive it says smth. like - no bootable way
exist or smth. like that...

Then it finishes the check and stops forever...until I reset PC...

earlier in the morning it refused to install updates...

I don't really know what is the problem... but as soon, as it's working -
that's OK...

K.

2009/4/6 Tom <email address hidden>

> Your question #66626 on nautilus in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/66626
>
> Tom posted a new comment:
> It might still be worth doing this ...
>
> When trying to boot Ubuntu on your main drive do you get a menu with a
> lot of Ubuntu options? Sometimes you need to press "Esc" about the time
> it starts saying something like "Grub 1.5 loading" in order to get the
> menu. Anyway, choose the one that has "Recovery Mode" at the end and
> run through a few of the options, except for "fix x-server" which might
> reset your graphics to some default options.
>
> It's my monthly tidy-up and i try to leave it doing that while i take
> out the rubbish and hoover etc, big yawns though for some of it. Better
> and faster than defraging Windows and all that but still a bit slow
> sometimes.
>
> Glad you've fixed it :)))
>
> --
> You received this question notification because you are a direct
> subscriber of the question.
>

Hmmm, doing an fsck check of your partitions, especially the Ubuntu partition might be a good plan then - and reinstalling grub as i said earlier might also be a good plan. In a terminal console just type

fsck --help

to see how to run the command. It sounds like something you might be able to have going on in the background but probably only on partitions other than the one with the file you are working on.

Thank U very much Tom,
I really feel that I need to do smth with partition.

But it will be later...

For now my assignment is a top priority!!!

Thanks again!!!

Konstantin

2009/4/6 Tom <email address hidden>

> Your question #66626 on nautilus in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/66626
>
> Tom posted a new comment:
> Hmmm, doing an fsck check of your partitions, especially the Ubuntu
> partition might be a good plan then - and reinstalling grub as i said
> earlier might also be a good plan. In a terminal console just type
>
> fsck --help
>
> to see how to run the command. It sounds like something you might be
> able to have going on in the background but probably only on partitions
> other than the one with the file you are working on.
>
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> You received this question notification because you are a direct
> subscriber of the question.
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