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Complete newb, ubuntu wont' boot without CD in drive

Lithium381

Lithium381

Lifer
I chose Ubuntu(desktp) as my first instalation of linux. everything was fine and dandy until i rebooted the system....."no system disk found" when i boot using the CD and select "boot from hard disk" everything is fine. Is there a setting i need to change for the boots? or change my 'greb' settings? Any help is appreciated. I'm off to install fedora on my laptop, be back in a bit. :-D
 
Typically, when you install Linux, you want to install Grub on the MBR of the disk.
If you install Grub to a partition, it will produce what you are seeing.
 
is there anyway to repair the damage that my nubness has caused? i thought i had selected the MBR of my first drive, but apparently not...:-(
 
OP boot the live cd, open a terminal window, and type:

sudo grub-install /dev/sda
(provided that sda is your main hard disk, which it is by default if you only have 1 hard drive)

next, reboot your computer and boot ubuntu up from the hard drive. once you're in, open a terminal and type:

sudo update-grub

enter your password and you should be done.

good luck.
 
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