here is what dmesg says. I think this means the drive is bad. I don't think the live cd I have has grub but rather its predecessor, lilo. Where should I go to download a current version of ubuntuu that will run on a cd? I don't have a dvd burner. heck, i don't even know if this cdrom is a dvd player! root@1[hda1]# dmesg | egrep " ata|sd " [17179608.864000] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda [17179608.864000] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 root@1[hda1]# dmesg [17179569.184000] Linux version 2.6.15-27-desktop (root@mepis-pro) (gcc version 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)) #1 PREEMPT Sun Mar 11 21:36:14 EDT 2007 [17179569.184000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map: [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f800 (usable) [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 000000000009f800 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved) [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved) [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 0000000047eb0000 (usable) [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 0000000047eb0000 - 0000000047efc000 (ACPI data) [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 0000000047efc000 - 0000000047efd000 (ACPI NVS) [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 0000000047efd000 - 0000000047f00000 (reserved) [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 0000000047f00000 - 0000000047f80000 (usable) [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 0000000047f80000 - 0000000048000000 (reserved) [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec10000 (reserved) [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved) [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 00000000ff800000 - 00000000ffc00000 (reserved) [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fff00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved) [17179569.184000] 255MB HIGHMEM available. [17179569.184000] 896MB LOWMEM available. [17179569.184000] found SMP MP-table at 000f5f70 [17179569.184000] On node 0 totalpages: 294784 [17179569.184000] DMA zone: 4096 pages, LIFO batch:0 [17179569.184000] DMA32 zone: 0 pages, LIFO batch:0 [17179569.184000] Normal zone: 225280 pages, LIFO batch:31 [17179569.184000] HighMem zone: 65408 pages, LIFO batch:15 [17179569.184000] DMI present. [17179569.184000] ACPI: RSDP (v000 PTLTD ) @ 0x000f5fc0 [17179569.184000] ACPI: RSDT (v001 PTLTD RSDT 0x060400d0 LTP 0x00000000) @ 0x47ef87f8 [17179569.184000] ACPI: FADT (v001 IBM MARLIN 0x060400d0 PTL 0x00000001) @ 0x47efbf0a [17179569.184000] ACPI: MADT (v001 PTLTD APIC 0x060400d0 LTP 0x00000000) @ 0x47efbf7e [17179569.184000] ACPI: BOOT (v001 PTLTD $SBFTBL$ 0x060400d0 LTP 0x00000001) @ 0x47efbfd8 [17179569.184000] ACPI: DSDT (v001 IBM Marlin 0x060400d0 MSFT 0x0100000d) @ 0x00000000 [17179569.184000] ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x1008 [17179569.184000] ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000 [17179569.184000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x00] lapic_id[0x00] enabled) [17179569.184000] Processor #0 15:1 APIC version 20 [17179569.184000] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x00] high edge lint[0x1]) [17179569.184000] ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x01] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0]) [17179569.184000] IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 1, version 32, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23 [17179569.184000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 high edge) [17179569.184000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 high level) [17179569.184000] ACPI: IRQ0 used by override. [17179569.184000] ACPI: IRQ2 used by override. [17179569.184000] ACPI: IRQ9 used by override. [17179569.184000] Enabling APIC mode: Flat. Using 1 I/O APICs [17179569.184000] Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information [17179569.184000] Allocating PCI resources starting at 50000000 (gap: 48000000:b6c00000) [17179569.184000] Built 1 zonelists [17179569.184000] Kernel command line: us init=/etc/init apm=power-off vga=791 quiet [17179569.184000] mapped APIC to ffffd000 (fee00000) [17179569.184000] mapped IOAPIC to ffffc000 (fec00000) [17179569.184000] Initializing CPU#0 [17179569.184000] PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 65536 bytes) [17179569.184000] Detected 1595.056 MHz processor. [17179569.184000] Using pmtmr for high-res timesource [17179569.184000] Console: colour dummy device 80x25 [17179569.260000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes) [17179569.260000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes) [17179569.328000] Memory: 1162020k/1179136k available (2741k kernel code, 15876k reserved, 931k data, 192k init, 261312k highmem) [17179569.328000] Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok. [17179569.408000] Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 3193.56 BogoMIPS (lpj=6387123) [17179569.408000] Security Framework v1.0.0 initialized [17179569.408000] SELinux: Disabled at boot. [17179569.408000] Capability LSM initialized [17179569.408000] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 [17179569.408000] CPU: After generic identify, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 [17179569.408000] CPU: After vendor identify, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 [17179569.408000] CPU: Trace cache: 12K uops, L1 D cache: 8K [17179569.408000] CPU: L2 cache: 256K [17179569.408000] CPU: After all inits, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 00000000 00000080 00000000 00000000 00000000 [17179569.408000] Intel machine check architecture supported. [17179569.408000] Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0. [17179569.408000] CPU0: Intel P4/Xeon Extended MCE MSRs (12) available [17179569.408000] CPU0: Thermal monitoring enabled [17179569.408000] mtrr: v2.0 (20020519) [17179569.408000] CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.60GHz stepping 02 [17179569.408000] Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done. [17179569.408000] Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done. [17179569.408000] Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. [17179569.424000] checking if image is initramfs...it isn't (no cpio magic); looks like an initrd [17179569.596000] Freeing initrd memory: 1491k freed [17179569.600000] ACPI: Looking for DSDT ... not found! [17179569.608000] ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs [17179569.608000] ..TIMER: vector=0x31 apic1=0 pin1=2 apic2=-1 pin2=-1 [17179569.752000] NET: Registered protocol family 16 [17179569.752000] ACPI: bus type pci registered [17179569.752000] PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd933, last bus=2 [17179569.752000] PCI: Using configuration type 1 [17179569.752000] ACPI: Subsystem revision 20051216 [17179569.752000] ACPI: Interpreter enabled [17179569.752000] ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing [17179569.756000] ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00) [17179569.756000] PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00) [17179569.780000] PCI quirk: region 1000-107f claimed by ICH4 ACPI/GPIO/TCO [17179569.780000] PCI quirk: region 1180-11bf claimed by ICH4 GPIO [17179569.780000] Boot video device is 0000:01:00.0 [17179569.780000] PCI: Transparent bridge - 0000:00:1e.0 [17179569.780000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT] [17179569.808000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.AGP_._PRT] [17179569.808000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.SLOT._PRT] [17179569.812000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 *5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) [17179569.812000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 *5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) [17179569.812000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled. [17179569.812000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 *11 12 14 15) [17179569.812000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 *11 12 14 15) [17179569.812000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled. [17179569.812000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled. [17179569.812000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 *10 11 12 14 15) [17179569.848000] Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay [17179569.848000] pnp: PnP ACPI init [17179569.904000] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices [17179569.904000] PnPBIOS: Disabled by ACPI PNP [17179569.904000] SCSI subsystem initialized [17179569.904000] usbcore: registered new driver usbfs [17179569.904000] usbcore: registered new driver hub [17179569.904000] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing [17179569.904000] PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq". If it helps, post a report [17179569.912000] PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:01.0 [17179569.912000] IO window: disabled. [17179569.912000] MEM window: e0000000-e1ffffff [17179569.912000] PREFETCH window: f0000000-f8ffffff [17179569.912000] PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1e.0 [17179569.912000] IO window: 2000-2fff [17179569.912000] MEM window: e2000000-e20fffff [17179569.912000] PREFETCH window: disabled. [17179569.912000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1e.0 to 64 [17179569.912000] Simple Boot Flag at 0x72 set to 0x1 [17179569.912000] Machine check exception polling timer started. [17179569.912000] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled) [17179569.912000] audit(1321191404.912:1): initialized [17179569.912000] highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages [17179569.912000] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1 [17179569.912000] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes) [17179569.912000] squashfs: version 3.1 (2006/08/15) Phillip Lougher [17179569.912000] NTFS driver 2.1.25 [Flags: R/W]. [17179569.912000] JFS: nTxBlock = 8192, nTxLock = 65536 [17179569.928000] Registering unionfs 1.1.2 [17179569.928000] Initializing Cryptographic API [17179569.928000] io scheduler noop registered [17179569.928000] io scheduler anticipatory registered [17179569.928000] io scheduler deadline registered [17179569.928000] io scheduler cfq registered [17179569.928000] vesafb: framebuffer at 0xf0000000, mapped to 0xf8d00000, using 3072k, total 131072k [17179569.928000] vesafb: mode is 1024x768x16, linelength=2048, pages=1 [17179569.928000] vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:e2d0 [17179569.928000] vesafb: scrolling: redraw [17179569.928000] vesafb: Truecolor: size=0:5:6:5, shift=0:11:5:0 [17179569.928000] vesafb: Mode is VGA compatible [17179570.024000] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48 [17179570.024000] fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device [17179570.024000] isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards... [17179570.336000] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found [17179570.364000] Non-volatile memory driver v1.2 [17179570.364000] PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly. [17179570.372000] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 [17179570.372000] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 [17179570.372000] Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 48 ports, IRQ sharing enabled [17179570.372000] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A [17179570.372000] serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A [17179570.376000] 00:0a: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A [17179570.376000] 00:0b: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A [17179570.380000] RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 65536K size 1024 blocksize [17179570.380000] loop: loaded (max 8 devices) [17179570.380000] Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2 [17179570.380000] ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx [17179570.380000] ICH2: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:1f.1 [17179570.380000] ICH2: chipset revision 18 [17179570.380000] ICH2: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later [17179570.380000] ide0: BM-DMA at 0x1800-0x1807, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio [17179570.380000] ide1: BM-DMA at 0x1808-0x180f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio [17179570.380000] Probing IDE interface ide0... [17179570.668000] hda: ST340016A, ATA DISK drive [17179571.340000] ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 [17179571.340000] Probing IDE interface ide1... [17179572.076000] hdc: LITE-ON LTR-16102B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive [17179572.412000] ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 [17179572.412000] hda: max request size: 128KiB [17179572.412000] hda: 78156288 sectors (40016 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=65535/16/63, UDMA(100) [17179572.412000] hda: cache flushes not supported [17179572.412000] hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 > [17179572.444000] hdc: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, DMA [17179572.444000] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 [17179572.500000] ACPI: bus type scsi registered [17179572.500000] libata version 1.20 loaded. [17179572.500000] Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods [17179572.500000] ieee1394: Initialized config rom entry `ip1394' [17179572.500000] ieee1394: raw1394: /dev/raw1394 device initialized [17179572.500000] sbp2: $Rev: 1306 $ Ben Collins [17179572.500000] ieee1394: sbp2: Driver forced to serialize I/O (serialize_io=1) [17179572.500000] ieee1394: sbp2: Try serialize_io=0 for better performance [17179572.500000] usbmon: debugfs is not available [17179572.500000] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... [17179572.500000] usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage [17179572.500000] USB Mass Storage support registered. [17179572.500000] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice [17179572.500000] NET: Registered protocol family 2 [17179572.536000] IP route cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes) [17179572.536000] TCP established hash table entries: 262144 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes) [17179572.540000] TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes) [17179572.540000] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 262144 bind 65536) [17179572.540000] TCP reno registered [17179572.540000] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team [17179572.544000] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /class/input/input0 [17179572.580000] TCP bic registered [17179572.580000] NET: Registered protocol family 1 [17179572.580000] NET: Registered protocol family 8 [17179572.580000] NET: Registered protocol family 20 [17179572.580000] Using IPI Shortcut mode [17179572.580000] ACPI wakeup devices: [17179572.580000] SLOT COMA COMB USB1 USB2 [17179572.580000] ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S3 S4 S5) [17179572.580000] RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 [17179572.772000] EXT2-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is recommended [17179572.776000] VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). [17179582.824000] Unable to identify CD-ROM format. [17179582.824000] VFS: Can't find an ext2 filesystem on dev hda. [17179582.828000] VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev hda. [17179582.828000] ReiserFS: hda: warning: sh-2021: reiserfs_fill_super: can not find reiserfs on hda [17179582.832000] FAT: invalid media value (0xb9) [17179582.832000] VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev hda. [17179582.832000] NTFS-fs warning (device hda): is_boot_sector_ntfs(): Invalid boot sector checksum. [17179582.832000] NTFS-fs error (device hda): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Primary boot sector is invalid. [17179582.832000] NTFS-fs error (device hda): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Mount option errors=recover not used. Aborting without trying to recover. [17179582.832000] NTFS-fs error (device hda): ntfs_fill_super(): Not an NTFS volume. [17179582.896000] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 [17179582.908000] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A [17179591.188000] Freeing unused kernel memory: 192k freed [17179602.684000] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5 [17179602.708000] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4 [17179603.148000] Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones [17179603.172000] agpgart: Detected an Intel i845 Chipset. [17179603.276000] e100: Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Driver, 3.4.14-k4-NAPI [17179603.276000] e100: Copyright(c) 1999-2005 Intel Corporation [17179603.296000] agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xe8000000 [17179603.296000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:08.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 [17179603.320000] e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr 0xe2000000, irq 16, MAC addr 00:09:6B:78:AB:F0 [17179603.340000] USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v2.3 [17179603.340000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[D] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 [17179603.340000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.2 to 64 [17179603.340000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.2: UHCI Host Controller [17179603.340000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 [17179603.340000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.2: irq 17, io base 0x00001820 [17179603.340000] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found [17179603.340000] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected [17179603.444000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.4[C] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 [17179603.444000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.4 to 64 [17179603.444000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.4: UHCI Host Controller [17179603.444000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.4: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2 [17179603.444000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.4: irq 18, io base 0x00001840 [17179603.444000] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found [17179603.444000] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected [17179603.456000] Real Time Clock Driver v1.12 [17179603.472000] input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input1 [17179603.684000] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 [17179603.828000] scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [17179603.828000] usb-storage: device found at 2 [17179603.828000] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [17179603.876000] Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M [17179603.988000] FDC 0 is a National Semiconductor PC87306 [17179604.068000] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 [17179604.144000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.5[B] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 [17179604.144000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.5 to 64 [17179604.208000] hub 2-1:1.0: USB hub found [17179604.208000] hub 2-1:1.0: 4 ports detected [17179604.524000] usb 2-1.1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 [17179604.620000] parport: PnPBIOS parport detected. [17179604.620000] parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 1 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP,DMA] [17179604.760000] intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 53508 usecs [17179604.760000] intel8x0: clocking to 41149 [17179604.780000] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven). [17179604.868000] usb 2-1.2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4 [17179605.868000] usbcore: registered new driver hiddev [17179605.892000] input: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard as /class/input/input2 [17179605.892000] input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1f.4-1.1 [17179605.912000] input: USB Optical Mouse as /class/input/input3 [17179605.916000] input: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [USB Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1f.4-1.2 [17179605.916000] usbcore: registered new driver usbhid [17179605.916000] drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver [17179607.296000] e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex [17179607.548000] fuse init (API version 7.8) [17179607.548000] fuse distribution version: 2.6.1 [17179607.944000] md: md driver 0.90.3 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27 [17179607.944000] md: bitmap version 4.39 [17179608.544000] NET: Registered protocol family 17 [17179608.784000] device-mapper: 4.4.0-ioctl (2005-01-12) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com [17179608.832000] Vendor: Model: USB Flash Memory Rev: 1.00 [17179608.832000] Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 [17179608.836000] SCSI device sda: 3913664 512-byte hdwr sectors (2004 MB) [17179608.840000] sda: Write Protect is off [17179608.840000] sda: Mode Sense: 65 44 09 30 [17179608.840000] sda: assuming drive cache: write through [17179608.856000] SCSI device sda: 3913664 512-byte hdwr sectors (2004 MB) [17179608.856000] sda: Write Protect is off [17179608.856000] sda: Mode Sense: 65 44 09 30 [17179608.856000] sda: assuming drive cache: write through [17179608.856000] sda: sda1 [17179608.864000] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda [17179608.864000] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 [17179608.868000] usb-storage: device scan complete [17179613.368000] ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports 8 throttling states) [17179613.536000] p4-clockmod: P4/Xeon(TM) CPU On-Demand Clock Modulation available [17179613.604000] powernow: This module only works with AMD K7 CPUs [17179618.924000] ndiswrapper version 1.38 loaded (preempt=yes,smp=no) [17179618.976000] usbcore: registered new driver ndiswrapper [17179619.724000] Adding 1646620k swap on /dev/hda5. Priority:1 extents:1 across:1646620k [17179621.012000] ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF] [17179621.012000] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB] [17179621.248000] ibm_acpi: ec object not found [17179621.300000] pcc_acpi: loading... [17179621.416000] ACPI: Thermal Zone [THM0] (36 C) [17179635.144000] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver [17179639.016000] powernow: This module only works with AMD K7 CPUs root@1[hda1]# On 11/13/11, Michael Butash wrote: > You need to read this: > > http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2005/11/how-to-repair-corrupt-mbr-and-boot.html > > You need to read down to the newer instructions for the last bit to > reapply grub. Get a bootable cd, just about any should allow you to do > this usb, cd, or floppy. > > How did you lose your boot sector? Are you sure the disk isn't toast in > general? Boot a live cd and look at the dmesg info for /dev/sda or > whatever your drive is to it. > > dmesg | egrep " ata|sd " > > Should give you everything. dmesg alone often tells quite the tale. > > -mb > > > > On 11/13/2011 01:07 PM, Stephen wrote: >> Do you have a USB glasshouse drive? You can use unetbootin to make a >> usbbased live cd >> >> On Nov 13, 2011 1:06 PM, "Michael Havens" > > wrote: >> >> I have uubuntuu10 installed on my hard drive. I don't have the cd for >> uubuntuu 10. I do have the cd for mepis 6.5. How do I reinstall the >> boot sector? How do I figure out if it is the boot sector and not a >> hard drive failure. If it is a haard drive failure could someone mail >> me a uubuntuu cd? I have a few hard drives I can use. >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss