Now I'm worried

[D-Dan]

I'm running an OSgrid server on PC2 running Win 7. Since Win is so resource hungry, I decided to go dual boot with Ubuntu Server (9.04 - 9.10 fails owing to bad S.M.A.R.T. data).

In installed beautifully but I hit a problem. It was failing to mount an ntfs partition (that I really need some data from).

So - I deleted the partition in Windows and recreated is, then copied the needed data across again.

Then GRUB failed.

Currently trying to repair - and worrying like mad.

Hell - during the time I've been typing this the system has repaired itself and I'm back to Ubuntu Server lol. That was quick.

Steve

[Steve]

Is the hard drive flaky?

[D-Dan]

Maybe it is now lol. I couldn't login - tried resetting the PW and could only login as root.

Since it's a clean install, I decided to wipe the drive and reinstall again. I hope I got the right disk - can't remember which one Windows is on - but no real loss. Since the OS server is copied onto both drives, I should be able to find it - and I don't mind losing Windows on it.

Nevertheless,  

Steve

PS - for non linux users - re-install is a 10 minute job for the server edition. Not three days like Windows

PPS - GRUB found Windows - so I guess I guessed right re the disk 

[D-Dan]

Wow - this reminds me of my time 15 years ago installing Debian onto my Amiga - no GUI, just a screen full of text. Retro memories - I love it

Steve