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Grub Error 17 AND Boot from CD Problem

Asked by Kyu

Hi all,
I had both Windows XP and Ubuntu on my laptop (IBM T42).
Yesterday I formatted the Ubuntu drive from Windows XP just by right clicking and choosing the "format" option (from My Computer Folder). (I had EXE2 IFS which allowed me to see linux partitions from Windows.)
After doing so, I tried to reboot the system.
Then I got Grub Error 17.
I tried to fix this problem by deleting grub.
It seems that in order to do so I need XP cd, enter the recovery console, and then type "fixmbr".
I tried to do this but I encountered another problem which I consider more serious:
The system suddenly won't boot from cd even after changing the priorities in the BIOS. (super grub cd, ubuntu live cd, and xp cd all did not work...)
any solution to make my system boot from cd? (it seems that my system is trying to boot from the cd since it lights up when i turn on the computer, but eventually it shows the grub error on the screen; however, it does take longer to show the error when I put the cd in as opposed to just booting it without a cd.)
please please, any ideas to resolve this problem??

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

Please take look at this page: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=442945

Hope this help

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Kyu (kyubok) said : 		#2

I tried the method, but I could not find how specifically to do this:

"3. Search for the HDD that has Ubuntu installed and set its MODE to AUTO (not LBA, large, or normal)
 4. Also, if you have this option available, set TYPE to USER, but don't change any of the figures that were automatically detected."

Furthermore, I don't think the problem is that. I can hear my cd-rom trying to read from cd when I start up the computer. After a while, it shows the grub error message.
Also, I have already formatted the entire linux partition so i think the situation is a little different. Any other ideas please?...

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Kemel Zaidan aka Legendario (kemelzaidan) said : 		#3

I've got this problem few months ago but when trying to install a distro on an old pentium 3. The problem was that the bios was not recognizing the hds well. Believe me, the problem is on the configuration of your bios setup. My cd-rom also used to run. What i can tell you is: be patience and get into your bios setup. Go to IDE, disc controlers, or what ever it is called on your case and see if all your IDE (or sata) devices are well listed. If not, try to make the appear on the list. (Like choosing auto on the primary ide slave)

In my case, my cd-rom was not, but it used to work well under windows. Probably, it is something like this.

Hope i've helped somehow.

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