reinstalled grub but have problems

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Kronolynx

reinstalled grub but have problems

Post by Kronolynx »

i was dualbooting windows 8 and linux mint 14 cinnamon , i deleted windows 8 and installed windows 7 then had to repair the grub so i could boot back in to mint.
now each time i start my laptop in to mint it takes a long time and i get this screen
Image
sometimes mint doesn't load and my laptop screen just stays black, i force shutdown and start again and everything is normal but still get that screen asking me to skip mounting the partition.

sda1 was the partition where windows 8 was and now windows 7 is in sda7

how can i fix this problem ?

thanks
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mintybits

Re: reinstalled grub but have problems

Post by mintybits »

Press S
Then look at /etc/fstab. If it has an entry for sda1 then remove it.
Does Windows 7 boot ok?
Kronolynx

Re: reinstalled grub but have problems

Post by Kronolynx »

thanks this is how my fstab looks

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# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>

proc	/proc	proc	nodev,noexec,nosuid	0	0
#Entry for /dev/sda7 :
UUID=aa6f10ce-0797-49ea-9834-754349a9d8e8	/	ext4	errors=remount-ro	0	1
#Entry for /dev/sda5 :
UUID=EE4E0CD24E0C960D	/media/Kronolynx	ntfs-3g	defaults,locale=en_US.UTF-8	0	0
#Entry for /dev/sda1 :
UUID=6E06BC5706BC224F	/media/sda1	ntfs	defaults,nls=utf8,umask=0222	0	0
#Entry for /dev/sda6 :
UUID=0cc74844-166d-488b-9b06-9e519b642834	none	swap	sw	0	0
i should remove this?

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#Entry for /dev/sda1 :
UUID=6E06BC5706BC224F	/media/sda1	ntfs	defaults,nls=utf8,umask=0222	0	0
i have been using it for a couple of days like that and yes it boots ok to windows 7
mintybits

Re: reinstalled grub but have problems

Post by mintybits »

Yes, remove those lines or just comment out the second one by starting it with #

Then see if it boots without complaining.
Kronolynx

Re: reinstalled grub but have problems

Post by Kronolynx »

mintybits wrote:Yes, remove those lines or just comment out the second one by starting it with #

Then see if it boots without complaining.
yes it's working fine, thanks
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