I just tried to fsck /dev/sda1, and it's reporting lots of errors. LOTS of errors, including missing inodes, etc. I let fsck fix stuff, then tried again. Now grub is completely hosed -- error: invalid extent.
root says "Unknown command 'root'
help says "Unknown command 'help'
I just tried to fsck /dev/sda1, and it's reporting lots of errors. LOTS of errors, including missing inodes, etc. I let fsck fix stuff, then tried again. Now grub is completely hosed -- error: invalid extent.
root says "Unknown command 'root'
help says "Unknown command 'help'
SO that was the problem.
I will try the install again. If it still fails, I will try the latest daily iso just in case there was some random weirdness in the http:// cdimage. ubuntu. com/ubuntu- netbook- remix/daily- live/20090914. 1/ image.