Perpetual dual boot fail. Boot Rescue fixes one not both.

smudge|lala · 04-11-2018, 04:41 PM

Hi all, I know dual boot threads are quite common but I've tried a few ways to resolve without success.

I dual boot Windows 7 and Linux Mint and usually never have any issues. What changed is my W7 got infected, I was unable to resolve so I restored from a backup image rather than a fresh install.

Mint would not boot, I tried using a live disc but the easiest way to boot was to use rescue boot media on a USB key. This gave tonnes of options and listed numerous boot settings it found. I can select which OS to boot and can start either no issue.

Once in Mint I tried Boot Repair auto but this only fixed Linux, then I couldn't boot windows. I repair Windows boot then Linux won't start so I have a constant issue of fixing one and not the other. I think I need to wipe all boot settings and reset for Linux Mint and Windows only I don't know how to do this?

Windows is on sda and Linux is on sdf(5). If I need to run some bash commands to output settings please. Do you need #df?

Many thanks in advance

syg00 · 04-11-2018, 05:45 PM

See if bootinfoscript is in the Mint repos, and install and run it. If not, go here and do as it says. Post the RESULTS.txt.

syg00 · 04-11-2018, 06:51 PM

Oops - if you used boot repair you should have a link with all that info, just post that link.

smudge|lala · 04-11-2018, 07:13 PM

So I installed and ran bootinfoscript and it gave out a heap of info:

Code:

                  Boot Info Script 0.61      [1 April 2012]


============================= Boot Info Summary: ===============================

 => Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda.
 => Grub2 (v1.99) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb and looks at sector 1 of 
    the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks 
    in partition 97 for .
 => Grub2 (v1.99) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdc and looks at sector 1 of 
    the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks 
    in partition 97 for .
 => Grub2 (v1.99) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdd and looks at sector 1 of 
    the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks 
    in partition 97 for .
 => Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sde.
 => Grub2 (v1.99) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdg and looks at sector 1 of 
    the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks 
    in partition 97 for .

sda1: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  Windows Vista/7: NTFS
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files:        /bootmgr /Boot/BCD

sda2: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  Windows Vista/7: NTFS
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files:        /bootmgr /Boot/BCD /Windows/System32/winload.exe

sdb1: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  Windows Vista/7: NTFS
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files:        

sdc1: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  Windows Vista/7: NTFS
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files:        

sdd1: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  Windows Vista/7: NTFS
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files:        

sde1: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info: 
    Mounting failed:   mount: unknown filesystem type ''

sde2: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  Windows Vista/7: NTFS
    Boot sector info:  According to the info in the boot sector, sde2 has 
                       4294705071 sectors, but according to the info from 
                       fdisk, it has 11810897839 sectors.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files:        

sdg1: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  Windows Vista/7: NTFS
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files:        

sdg2: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       Extended Partition
    Boot sector type:  Unknown
    Boot sector info: 

sdg5: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ext4
    Boot sector type:  Grub2 (v1.99)
    Boot sector info:  Grub2 (v1.99) is installed in the boot sector of sdg5 
                       and looks at sector 2051296064 of the same hard drive 
                       for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks 
                       in partition 97 for .
    Operating System:  Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia
    Boot files:        /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab

sdg6: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       swap
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info: 

============================ Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda _____________________________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sda: 238.5 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos

Partition  Boot  Start Sector    End Sector  # of Sectors  Id System

/dev/sda1    *          2,048       206,847       204,800   7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sda2             206,848   500,115,455   499,908,608   7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS


Drive: sdb _____________________________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sdb: 1.8 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos

Partition  Boot  Start Sector    End Sector  # of Sectors  Id System

/dev/sdb1               2,048 3,907,026,943 3,907,024,896   7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS


Drive: sdc _____________________________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sdc: 1.8 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos

Partition  Boot  Start Sector    End Sector  # of Sectors  Id System

/dev/sdc1               2,048 3,907,026,943 3,907,024,896   7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS


Drive: sdd _____________________________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sdd: 1.8 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos

Partition  Boot  Start Sector    End Sector  # of Sectors  Id System

/dev/sdd1               2,048 3,907,026,943 3,907,024,896   7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS


Drive: sde _____________________________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sde: 16 TiB, 17592186044416 bytes, 34359738368 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt

Partition  Boot  Start Sector    End Sector  # of Sectors  Id System

/dev/sde1                   1 4,294,967,295 4,294,967,295  ee GPT


GUID Partition Table detected.

Partition    Start Sector    End Sector  # of Sectors System
/dev/sde1              34       262,177       262,144 Microsoft Reserved Partition (Windows)
/dev/sde2         262,18411,811,160,02311,810,897,840 Data partition (Windows/Linux)

Drive: sdg _____________________________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sdg: 1.8 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos

Partition  Boot  Start Sector    End Sector  # of Sectors  Id System

/dev/sdg1               2,048 2,047,999,999 2,047,997,952   7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sdg2       2,048,002,046 3,907,028,991 1,859,026,946   5 Extended
/dev/sdg5       2,048,002,048 3,873,570,815 1,825,568,768  83 Linux
/dev/sdg6       3,873,572,864 3,907,028,991    33,456,128  82 Linux swap / Solaris


"blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________

Device           UUID                                   TYPE       LABEL

/dev/loop0                                              squashfs   
/dev/loop1                                              squashfs   
/dev/loop3                                              squashfs   
/dev/loop4                                              squashfs   
/dev/loop5                                              squashfs   
/dev/loop6                                              squashfs   
/dev/loop7                                              squashfs   
/dev/mapper/cryptswap1 69bbb0e2-ac88-4e11-99fc-d6391f1ce522   swap       
/dev/sda1        1EEA53A9EA537C49                       ntfs       System Reserved
/dev/sda2        60A86685A8665A14                       ntfs       M a i n
/dev/sdb1        7CAEA0B6AEA06A7A                       ntfs       M e d i a 1
/dev/sdc1        B0F0AED7F0AEA2D8                       ntfs       M e d i a 2
/dev/sdd1        E216178616175B3D                       ntfs       M e d i a 3
/dev/sde1                                                          
/dev/sde2        2408ECB708EC88DE                       ntfs       Drobo
/dev/sdg1        09C92B0F633FBC04                       ntfs       M e d i a 4
/dev/sdg5        60a990e0-db9b-4612-93e8-d51761601a99   ext4       
/dev/sdg6        0e5df89f-8470-4dd3-9625-96c1ff25316f   swap       

========================= "ls -R /dev/mapper/" output: =========================

/dev/mapper:
control
cryptswap1

================================ Mount points: =================================

Device           Mount_Point              Type       Options

/dev/sda2        /mnt/60A86685A8665A14    fuseblk    (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096)
/dev/sdb1        /mnt/7CAEA0B6AEA06A7A    fuseblk    (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096)
/dev/sdc1        /mnt/B0F0AED7F0AEA2D8    fuseblk    (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096)
/dev/sdd1        /mnt/E216178616175B3D    fuseblk    (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096)
/dev/sdg1        /mnt/09C92B0F633FBC04    fuseblk    (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096)
/dev/sdg5        /                        ext4       (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered)


=========================== sdg5/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  set have_grubenv=true
  load_env
fi
if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
   set default="${next_entry}"
   set next_entry=
   save_env next_entry
   set boot_once=true
else
   set default="0"
fi

if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
  menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
  menuentry_id_option=""
fi

export menuentry_id_option

if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
  set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
  save_env saved_entry
  set prev_saved_entry=
  save_env prev_saved_entry
  set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
  if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
    saved_entry="${chosen}"
    save_env saved_entry
  fi
}
function recordfail {
  set recordfail=1
  if [ -n "${have_grubenv}" ]; then if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
function load_video {
  if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
    insmod all_video
  else
    insmod efi_gop
    insmod efi_uga
    insmod ieee1275_fb
    insmod vbe
    insmod vga
    insmod video_bochs
    insmod video_cirrus
  fi
}

if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
   font=unicode
else
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd6,msdos5'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd6,msdos5 --hint-efi=hd6,msdos5 --hint-baremetal=ahci6,msdos5  60a990e0-db9b-4612-93e8-d51761601a99
else
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 60a990e0-db9b-4612-93e8-d51761601a99
fi
    font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi

if loadfont $font ; then
  set gfxmode=auto
  load_video
  insmod gfxterm
  set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
  set lang=en_NZ
  insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then
  set timeout=30
else
  if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
    set timeout_style=menu
    set timeout=10
  # Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
  # unavailable.
  else
    set timeout=10
  fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
function gfxmode {
	set gfxpayload="${1}"
	if [ "${1}" = "keep" ]; then
		set vt_handoff=vt.handoff=7
	else
		set vt_handoff=
	fi
}
if [ "${recordfail}" != 1 ]; then
  if [ -e ${prefix}/gfxblacklist.txt ]; then
    if hwmatch ${prefix}/gfxblacklist.txt 3; then
      if [ ${match} = 0 ]; then
        set linux_gfx_mode=keep
      else
        set linux_gfx_mode=text
      fi
    else
      set linux_gfx_mode=text
    fi
  else
    set linux_gfx_mode=keep
  fi
else
  set linux_gfx_mode=text
fi
export linux_gfx_mode
menuentry 'Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon 64-bit' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-60a990e0-db9b-4612-93e8-d51761601a99' {
	recordfail
	load_video
	gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
	insmod gzio
	if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='hd6,msdos5'
	if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd6,msdos5 --hint-efi=hd6,msdos5 --hint-baremetal=ahci6,msdos5  60a990e0-db9b-4612-93e8-d51761601a99
	else
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 60a990e0-db9b-4612-93e8-d51761601a99
	fi
        linux	/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-38-generic root=UUID=60a990e0-db9b-4612-93e8-d51761601a99 ro  quiet splash $vt_handoff
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-38-generic
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon 64-bit' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-60a990e0-db9b-4612-93e8-d51761601a99' {
	menuentry 'Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon 64-bit, with Linux 4.10.0-38-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-4.10.0-38-generic-advanced-60a990e0-db9b-4612-93e8-d51761601a99' {
		recordfail
		load_video
		gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
		insmod gzio
		if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
		insmod part_msdos
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd6,msdos5'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd6,msdos5 --hint-efi=hd6,msdos5 --hint-baremetal=ahci6,msdos5  60a990e0-db9b-4612-93e8-d51761601a99
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 60a990e0-db9b-4612-93e8-d51761601a99
		fi
		echo	'Loading Linux 4.10.0-38-generic ...'
	        linux	/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-38-generic root=UUID=60a990e0-db9b-4612-93e8-d51761601a99 ro  quiet splash $vt_handoff
		echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
		initrd	/boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-38-generic
	}
	menuentry 'Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon 64-bit, with Linux 4.10.0-38-generic (upstart)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-4.10.0-38-generic-init-upstart-60a990e0-db9b-4612-93e8-d51761601a99' {
		recordfail
		load_video
		gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
		insmod gzio
		if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
		insmod part_msdos
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd6,msdos5'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd6,msdos5 --hint-efi=hd6,msdos5 --hint-baremetal=ahci6,msdos5  60a990e0-db9b-4612-93e8-d51761601a99
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 60a990e0-db9b-4612-93e8-d51761601a99
		fi
		echo	'Loading Linux 4.10.0-38-generic ...'
	        linux	/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-38-generic root=UUID=60a990e0-db9b-4612-93e8-d51761601a99 ro  quiet splash $vt_handoff init=/sbin/upstart
		echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
		initrd	/boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-38-generic
	}
	menuentry 'Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon 64-bit, with Linux 4.10.0-38-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-4.10.0-38-generic-recovery-60a990e0-db9b-4612-93e8-d51761601a99' {
		recordfail
		load_video
		insmod gzio
		if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
		insmod part_msdos
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd6,msdos5'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd6,msdos5 --hint-efi=hd6,msdos5 --hint-baremetal=ahci6,msdos5  60a990e0-db9b-4612-93e8-d51761601a99
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 60a990e0-db9b-4612-93e8-d51761601a99
		fi
		echo	'Loading Linux 4.10.0-38-generic ...'
	        linux	/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-38-generic root=UUID=60a990e0-db9b-4612-93e8-d51761601a99 ro recovery nomodeset 
		echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
		initrd	/boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-38-generic
	}
}

### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f  ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
  source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f  $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
  source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

=============================== sdg5/etc/fstab: ================================

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
# / was on /dev/sde5 during installation
UUID=60a990e0-db9b-4612-93e8-d51761601a99 /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# swap was on /dev/sde6 during installation
#UUID=0e5df89f-8470-4dd3-9625-96c1ff25316f none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/mapper/cryptswap1 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/7CAEA0B6AEA06A7A /mnt/7CAEA0B6AEA06A7A auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/B0F0AED7F0AEA2D8 /mnt/B0F0AED7F0AEA2D8 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/E216178616175B3D /mnt/E216178616175B3D auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/09C92B0F633FBC04 /mnt/09C92B0F633FBC04 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/60A86685A8665A14 /mnt/60A86685A8665A14 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

=================== sdg5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================

           GiB - GB             File                                 Fragment(s)


======================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc: ========================

Unknown BootLoader on sdg2

00000000  10 e0 76 82 80 68 8f 49  22 8a e4 91 c6 44 82 5a  |..v..h.I"....D.Z|
00000010  cb 16 bc e0 ab fe e6 f6  54 af 01 4b 4a 3e 2d 71  |........T..KJ>-q|
00000020  b4 85 c1 13 d0 25 e7 07  23 b1 7d de 70 1c 44 b1  |.....%..#.}.p.D.|
00000030  9d 35 95 9e 4e c5 a2 d5  89 a3 96 ed 74 b6 91 a7  |.5..N.......t...|
00000040  05 63 44 6c 3f eb 70 b4  8d d3 5d 63 b6 03 21 30  |.cDl?.p...]c..!0|
00000050  80 f3 fd bc fd d1 b8 e9  c2 09 9c b6 f2 10 c6 45  |...............E|
00000060  bc 66 f9 e7 8e 22 a6 ed  1e 83 09 af 79 1a 5c 88  |.f..."......y.\.|
00000070  d0 e9 e5 57 58 0c bf 72  97 94 ae 88 d6 b5 a7 b6  |...WX..r........|
00000080  6d d4 d7 0a f2 34 b2 ca  4d 10 12 a0 3e 66 12 2f  |m....4..M...>f./|
00000090  51 bd 02 2d 0a a8 eb cb  35 1a 3d ba 9e e0 f7 09  |Q..-....5.=.....|
000000a0  7e 1a 9f b2 5a 66 5a 41  96 c1 45 f6 f2 71 dd 85  |~...ZfZA..E..q..|
000000b0  27 48 09 6c 1f 23 49 87  89 ed 29 69 5d 47 9a 54  |'H.l.#I...)i]G.T|
000000c0  9a 51 f1 d4 0a 15 4b 9b  89 ef e4 d1 ba 02 b4 7b  |.Q....K........{|
000000d0  93 76 cb f2 28 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |.v..(...........|
000000e0  00 00 00 3d 2a 0b 77 5a  5a 1e 40 eb f8 40 3e ff  |...=*.wZZ.@..@>.|
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cat: /tmp/BootInfo-z5q4zSPL/Tmp_Log: No such file or directory

syg00 · 04-11-2018, 08:36 PM

Looks like you don't have os-prober installed (properly). Make sure it is and run it - it should list Win7. If so just re-install grub to /dev/sda, and it should pick up Windoze ok.

yancek · 04-12-2018, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Windows is on sda and Linux is on sdf(5)

Your bootinfo output disagrees showing Mint (the only Linux partition on all 6 of your drives) as being on sdg5. You have Grub installed in the MBR of 4 of the 6 drives with windows code in the other 2. If you are now able to boot Mint and have already tried running sudo update-grub with all drives attached, then you probably need os-prober installed as suggested above because you obviously don't have a windows entry in the grub.cfg file. If you then set sdg to first boot priority you should not need to reinstall Grub but that would depend upon which drives you always have attached?

smudge|lala · 04-15-2018, 12:25 AM

Thanks all, as advised, I used boot repair to put grub onto sda and then when I rebooted (no windows option) I simply typed sudo update-grub and this worked a treat!