Grub Error: Dual Boot WinXP & Kubuntu 14.04
I'm running Windows XP off of my main partition and have installed Kubuntu 14.04 to a secondary. The installer for Trusty Tahr seems to crash every time I try to use it to set up my Swap and Linux ext4 partition.. so I've created those using Gparted and then everything goes smoothly.
That is until install supposedly finished. After I was prompted to restart then everything hung after it exited the X/KDE desktop and spit out my install disc. I waited 10 mins for my laptop to finish shutting down but it didn't. I powered it off and upon reboot I'm greeted with a 'grub rescue' prompt. I've tried all of the usual routes.. but even my Boot-Repair disc doesn't seem to touch this issue. And nowadays the so-called Live Disc prevents you from installing grub from a terminal window. Below is my bootconfig... Please Help! Thanks Paste2 * Create Paste * Followup Paste * QR 1. Boot Info Script 0.61.full + Boot-Repair extra info [Boot-Info November 20th 2012] 2. 3. 4. ============================= Boot Info Summary: =============================== 5. 6. => Grub2 (v1.99) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks at sector 1 of 7. the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks 8. in partition 112 for . 9. 10. sda1: __________________________________________________________________________ 11. 12. File system: ntfs 13. Boot sector type: Windows XP: NTFS 14. Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block. 15. Operating System: Windows XP 16. Boot files: /boot.ini /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM 17. 18. sda2: __________________________________________________________________________ 19. 20. File system: swap 21. Boot sector type: - 22. Boot sector info: 23. 24. sda3: __________________________________________________________________________ 25. 26. File system: ext4 27. Boot sector type: - 28. Boot sector info: 29. Operating System: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 30. Boot files: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab 31. /boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img 32. 33. ============================ Drive/Partition Info: ============================= 34. 35. Drive: sda _____________________________________________________________________ 36. 37. Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes 38. 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors 39. Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes 40. Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes 41. 42. Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System 43. 44. /dev/sda1 * 63 247,528,567 247,528,505 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS 45. /dev/sda2 247,529,520 251,626,094 4,096,575 82 Linux swap / Solaris 46. /dev/sda3 251,626,095 488,392,064 236,765,970 83 Linux 47. 48. 49. "blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________ 50. 51. Device UUID TYPE LABEL 52. 53. /dev/loop0 squashfs 54. /dev/sda1 BAE872A6E8726095 ntfs 55. /dev/sda2 4732bb91-01ae-4742-be80-3850b0f879ce swap 56. /dev/sda3 d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a ext4 57. 58. ================================ Mount points: ================================= 59. 60. Device Mount_Point Type Options 61. 62. /dev/sr0 /live/image iso9660 (ro,noatime) 63. 64. 65. ================================ sda1/boot.ini: ================================ 66. 67. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 68. [boot loader] 69. timeout=30 70. default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS 71. [operating systems] 72. multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect 73. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 74. 75. =========================== sda3/boot/grub/grub.cfg: =========================== 76. 77. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 78. # 79. # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE 80. # 81. # It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates 82. # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub 83. # 84. 85. ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### 86. if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then 87. set have_grubenv=true 88. load_env 89. fi 90. if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then 91. set default="${next_entry}" 92. set next_entry= 93. save_env next_entry 94. set boot_once=true 95. else 96. set default="0" 97. fi 98. 99. if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then 100. menuentry_id_option="--id" 101. else 102. menuentry_id_option="" 103. fi 104. 105. export menuentry_id_option 106. 107. if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then 108. set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}" 109. save_env saved_entry 110. set prev_saved_entry= 111. save_env prev_saved_entry 112. set boot_once=true 113. fi 114. 115. function savedefault { 116. if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then 117. saved_entry="${chosen}" 118. save_env saved_entry 119. fi 120. } 121. function recordfail { 122. set recordfail=1 123. if [ -n "${have_grubenv}" ]; then if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi 124. } 125. function load_video { 126. if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then 127. insmod all_video 128. else 129. insmod efi_gop 130. insmod efi_uga 131. insmod ieee1275_fb 132. insmod vbe 133. insmod vga 134. insmod video_bochs 135. insmod video_cirrus 136. fi 137. } 138. 139. if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then 140. font=unicode 141. else 142. insmod part_msdos 143. insmod ext2 144. set root='hd0,msdos3' 145. if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then 146. search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos3 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos3 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos3 d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a 147. else 148. search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a 149. fi 150. font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2" 151. fi 152. 153. if loadfont $font ; then 154. set gfxmode=auto 155. load_video 156. insmod gfxterm 157. set locale_dir=$prefix/locale 158. set lang=en_US 159. insmod gettext 160. fi 161. terminal_output gfxterm 162. if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then 163. set timeout=-1 164. else 165. if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then 166. set timeout_style=menu 167. set timeout=10 168. # Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is 169. # unavailable. 170. else 171. set timeout=10 172. fi 173. fi 174. ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ### 175. 176. ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### 177. set menu_color_normal=white/black 178. set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray 179. #set_background_image "images/tile.png"; 180. 181. set menu_color_normal=white/black 182. set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray 183. if background_color 0,0,0; then 184. clear 185. fi 186. ### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### 187. 188. ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### 189. function gfxmode { 190. set gfxpayload="${1}" 191. if [ "${1}" = "keep" ]; then 192. set vt_handoff=vt.handoff=7 193. else 194. set vt_handoff= 195. fi 196. } 197. if [ "${recordfail}" != 1 ]; then 198. if [ -e ${prefix}/gfxblacklist.txt ]; then 199. if hwmatch ${prefix}/gfxblacklist.txt 3; then 200. if [ ${match} = 0 ]; then 201. set linux_gfx_mode=keep 202. else 203. set linux_gfx_mode=text 204. fi 205. else 206. set linux_gfx_mode=text 207. fi 208. else 209. set linux_gfx_mode=keep 210. fi 211. else 212. set linux_gfx_mode=text 213. fi 214. export linux_gfx_mode 215. menuentry 'Ubuntu' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a' { 216. recordfail 217. load_video 218. gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode 219. insmod gzio 220. insmod part_msdos 221. insmod ext2 222. set root='hd0,msdos3' 223. if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then 224. search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos3 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos3 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos3 d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a 225. else 226. search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a 227. fi 228. linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a ro quiet splash $vt_handoff 229. initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-24-generic 230. } 231. submenu 'Advanced options for Ubuntu' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a' { 232. menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.13.0-24-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.13.0-24-generic-advanced-d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a' { 233. recordfail 234. load_video 235. gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode 236. insmod gzio 237. insmod part_msdos 238. insmod ext2 239. set root='hd0,msdos3' 240. if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then 241. search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos3 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos3 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos3 d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a 242. else 243. search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a 244. fi 245. echo 'Loading Linux 3.13.0-24-generic ...' 246. linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a ro quiet splash $vt_handoff 247. echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' 248. initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-24-generic 249. } 250. menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.13.0-24-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.13.0-24-generic-recovery-d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a' { 251. recordfail 252. load_video 253. insmod gzio 254. insmod part_msdos 255. insmod ext2 256. set root='hd0,msdos3' 257. if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then 258. search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos3 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos3 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos3 d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a 259. else 260. search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a 261. fi 262. echo 'Loading Linux 3.13.0-24-generic ...' 263. linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a ro recovery nomodeset 264. echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' 265. initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-24-generic 266. } 267. } 268. 269. ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### 270. 271. ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### 272. 273. ### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### 274. 275. ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### 276. menuentry 'Microsoft Windows XP Professional (on /dev/sda1)' --class windows --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-chain-BAE872A6E8726095' { 277. insmod part_msdos 278. insmod ntfs 279. set root='hd0,msdos1' 280. if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then 281. search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 BAE872A6E8726095 282. else 283. search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root BAE872A6E8726095 284. fi 285. parttool ${root} hidden- 286. drivemap -s (hd0) ${root} 287. chainloader +1 288. } 289. menuentry 'Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (14.04) (on /dev/sda3)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-simple-d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a' { 290. insmod part_msdos 291. insmod ext2 292. set root='hd0,msdos3' 293. if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then 294. search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos3 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos3 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos3 d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a 295. else 296. search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a 297. fi 298. linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a ro quiet splash $vt_handoff 299. initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-24-generic 300. } 301. submenu 'Advanced options for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (14.04) (on /dev/sda3)' $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-advanced-d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a' { 302. menuentry 'Ubuntu (on /dev/sda3)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic--d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a' { 303. insmod part_msdos 304. insmod ext2 305. set root='hd0,msdos3' 306. if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then 307. search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos3 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos3 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos3 d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a 308. else 309. search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a 310. fi 311. linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a ro quiet splash $vt_handoff 312. initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-24-generic 313. } 314. menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.13.0-24-generic (on /dev/sda3)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic--d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a' { 315. insmod part_msdos 316. insmod ext2 317. set root='hd0,msdos3' 318. if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then 319. search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos3 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos3 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos3 d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a 320. else 321. search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a 322. fi 323. linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a ro quiet splash $vt_handoff 324. initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-24-generic 325. } 326. menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.13.0-24-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda3)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic-root=UUID=d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a ro recovery nomodeset-d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a' { 327. insmod part_msdos 328. insmod ext2 329. set root='hd0,msdos3' 330. if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then 331. search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos3 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos3 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos3 d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a 332. else 333. search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a 334. fi 335. linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a ro recovery nomodeset 336. initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-24-generic 337. } 338. } 339. 340. set timeout_style=menu 341. if [ "${timeout}" = 0 ]; then 342. set timeout=10 343. fi 344. ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### 345. 346. ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ### 347. ### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ### 348. 349. ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### 350. # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the 351. # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change 352. # the 'exec tail' line above. 353. ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### 354. 355. ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### 356. if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then 357. source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg 358. elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then 359. source $prefix/custom.cfg; 360. fi 361. ### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### 362. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 363. 364. =============================== sda3/etc/fstab: ================================ 365. 366. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 367. # /etc/fstab: static file system information. 368. # 369. # Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a 370. # device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices 371. # that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5). 372. # 373. # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> 374. # / was on /dev/sda3 during installation 375. UUID=d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1 376. # swap was on /dev/sda2 during installation 377. UUID=4732bb91-01ae-4742-be80-3850b0f879ce none swap sw 0 0 378. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 379. 380. =================== sda3: Location of files loaded by Grub: ==================== 381. 382. GiB - GB File Fragment(s) 383. 384. ?? = ?? boot/grub/grub.cfg 1 385. ?? = ?? boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-24-generic 3 386. ?? = ?? boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic 1 387. ?? = ?? initrd.img 3 388. ?? = ?? vmlinuz 1 389. 390. =============================== StdErr Messages: =============================== 391. 392. File descriptor 7 (pipe:[5577]) leaked on lvscan invocation. Parent PID 7686: bash 393. File descriptor 8 (pipe:[5577]) leaked on lvscan invocation. Parent PID 7686: bash 394. No volume groups found 395. mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically 396. 397. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION : 398. =================== log of boot-repair 2014-05-13__02h57 =================== 399. boot-repair version : 3.195~ppa11~lucid 400. boot-sav version : 3.195~ppa11~lucid 401. glade2script-gtk2 version : 3.2.2~ppa45~lucid 402. boot-sav-extra version : 3.195~ppa11~lucid 403. File descriptor 7 (pipe:[5577]) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 3593: /bin/sh 404. File descriptor 8 (pipe:[5577]) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 3593: /bin/sh 405. No volume groups found 406. boot-repair is executed in live-session (Boot-Repair-Disk 29nov2012, squeeze, Debian, i686) 407. CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit 408. initrd=/live/initrd.img boot=live config quiet BOOT_IMAGE=/live/vmlinuz 409. 410. =================== os-prober: 411. /dev/sda1:Microsoft Windows XP Professional:Windows:chain 412. /dev/sda3:Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (14.04):Ubuntu:linux 413. 414. =================== blkid: 415. /dev/sda1: UUID="BAE872A6E8726095" TYPE="ntfs" 416. /dev/sda2: UUID="4732bb91-01ae-4742-be80-3850b0f879ce" TYPE="swap" 417. /dev/sda3: UUID="d36a255c-0169-4a9d-9328-eca8685b118a" TYPE="ext4" 418. /dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs" 419. 420. 421. 1 disks with OS, 2 OS : 1 Linux, 0 MacOS, 1 Windows, 0 unknown type OS. 422. 423. 424. 425. =================== sda3/etc/default/grub : 426. 427. # If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update 428. # /boot/grub/grub.cfg. 429. # For full documentation of the options in this file, see: 430. # info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration' 431. 432. GRUB_DEFAULT=0 433. #GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0 434. GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true 435. GRUB_TIMEOUT=10 436. GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian` 437. GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" 438. GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" 439. 440. # Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs 441. # This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains 442. # the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...) 443. #GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef" 444. 445. # Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only) 446. #GRUB_TERMINAL=console 447. 448. # The resolution used on graphical terminal 449. # note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE 450. # you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo' 451. #GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480 452. 453. # Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux 454. #GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true 455. 456. # Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries 457. #GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true" 458. 459. # Uncomment to get a beep at grub start 460. #GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1" 461. 462. 463. 464. 465. =================== sda3/etc/grub.d/ : 466. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 13 02:00 grub.d 467. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 13 01:59 grub.d.bak 468. total 72 469. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9424 Apr 11 10:48 00_header 470. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6058 Apr 10 15:58 05_debian_theme 471. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11608 Apr 11 10:48 10_linux 472. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10412 Apr 11 10:48 20_linux_xen 473. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11692 Apr 11 10:48 30_os-prober 474. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1416 Apr 11 10:48 30_uefi-firmware 475. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 214 Apr 11 10:48 40_custom 476. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 216 Apr 11 10:48 41_custom 477. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 483 Apr 11 10:48 README 478. 479. 480. =================== UEFI/Legacy mode: 481. This live-session is not EFI-compatible. 482. SecureBoot maybe enabled. 483. 484. 485. =================== PARTITIONS & DISKS: 486. sda1 : sda, not-sepboot, no-grubenv nogrub, no-docgrub, no-update-grub, 32, no-boot, is-os, not--efi--part, part-has-no-fstab, part-has-no-fstab, ntldr, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, notwinboot, nopakmgr, nogrubinstall, no---usr, part-has-no-fstab, not-sep-usr, standard, farbios, /mnt/boot-sav/sda1. 487. sda3 : sda, not-sepboot, grubenv-ok grub2, grub-pc, update-grub, 32, with-boot, is-os, not--efi--part, fstab-without-boot, fstab-without-efi, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, notwinboot, apt-get, grub-install, with--usr, fstab-without-usr, not-sep-usr, standard, farbios, /mnt/boot-sav/sda3. 488. 489. sda : not-GPT, BIOSboot-not-needed, has-no-EFIpart, not-usb, has-os, 63 sectors * 512 bytes 490. 491. 492. =================== parted -l: 493. 494. Model: ATA WDC WD2500BEVE-0 (scsi) 495. Disk /dev/sda: 250GB 496. Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B 497. Partition Table: msdos 498. 499. Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 500. 1 32.3kB 127GB 127GB primary ntfs boot 501. 2 127GB 129GB 2097MB primary linux-swap(v1) 502. 3 129GB 250GB 121GB primary ext4 503. 504. 505. 506. 507. Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/sr0 508. has been opened read-only. 509. 510. 511. Error: /dev/sr0: unrecognised disk label 512. 513. =================== parted -lm: 514. 515. BYT; 516. /dev/sda:250GB:scsi:512:512:msdos:ATA WDC WD2500BEVE-0; 517. 1:32.3kB:127GB:127GB:ntfs::boot; 518. 2:127GB:129GB:2097MB:linux-swap(v1)::; 519. 3:129GB:250GB:121GB:ext4::; 520. 521. 522. 523. Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/sr0 524. has been opened read-only. 525. 526. 527. Error: /dev/sr0: unrecognised disk label 528. 529. 530. =================== mount: 531. aufs on / type aufs (rw) 532. tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755) 533. proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) 534. sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) 535. udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755) 536. tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) 537. devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620) 538. /dev/sr0 on /live/image type iso9660 (ro,noatime) 539. tmpfs on /live/cow type tmpfs (rw,noatime,mode=755) 540. tmpfs on /live type tmpfs (rw,relatime) 541. tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) 542. fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw) 543. /dev/sda1 on /mnt/boot-sav/sda1 type fuseblk (rw,allow_other,blksize=4096) 544. /dev/sda3 on /mnt/boot-sav/sda3 type ext4 (rw) 545. 546. 547. =================== ls: 548. /sys/block/sda (filtered): alignment_offset bdi capability dev device ext_range holders inflight power queue range removable ro sda1 sda2 sda3 size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent 549. /sys/block/sr0 (filtered): alignment_offset bdi capability dev device ext_range holders inflight power queue range removable ro size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent 550. /dev (filtered): agpgart block bsg btrfs-control bus cdrom cdrw char console core cpu_dma_latency disk dri dvd dvdrw fb0 fd full fuse hpet initctl input kmsg log MAKEDEV md mem net network_latency network_throughput null port ppp psaux ptmx pts random rfkill rtc rtc0 scd0 sda sda1 sda2 sda3 sg0 sg1 shm snapshot snd sndstat sr0 stderr stdin stdout urandom vga_arbiter xconsole zero 551. ls /dev/md: 552. 553. =================== df -Th: 554. 555. Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on 556. aufs aufs 252M 7.2M 245M 3% / 557. tmpfs tmpfs 252M 0 252M 0% /lib/init/rw 558. udev tmpfs 247M 176K 247M 1% /dev 559. tmpfs tmpfs 252M 0 252M 0% /dev/shm 560. /dev/sr0 iso9660 340M 340M 0 100% /live/image 561. tmpfs tmpfs 252M 7.2M 245M 3% /live/cow 562. tmpfs tmpfs 252M 0 252M 0% /live 563. tmpfs tmpfs 252M 8.0K 252M 1% /tmp 564. /dev/sda1 fuseblk 119G 12G 108G 10% /mnt/boot-sav/sda1 565. /dev/sda3 ext4 112G 3.4G 103G 4% /mnt/boot-sav/sda3 566. 567. =================== fdisk -l: 568. 569. Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes 570. 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders 571. Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes 572. Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes 573. I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes 574. Disk identifier: 0x00083923 575. 576. Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System 577. /dev/sda1 * 1 15408 123764252+ 7 HPFS/NTFS 578. /dev/sda2 15409 15663 2048287+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris 579. /dev/sda3 15664 30401 118382985 83 Linux 580. 581. 582. 583. =================== Default settings 584. Recommended-Repair 585. This setting would reinstall the grub2 of sda3 into the MBR of sda. 586. Additional repair would be performed: unhide-bootmenu-10s fix-windows-boot 587. 588. =================== Settings chosen by the user 589. Boot-Info 590. This setting will not act on the MBR. 591. 592. 593. 594. No change has been performed on your computer. See you soon! 595. Comments powered by Disqus © 2006 - 2014 Paste2.org. Follow paste2.org on Twitter |
where did this paste come from? i can't make head nor tails of it.
and please use code tags (go advanced -> #). |
the reporting function in Boot-Repair
code tags? |
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It did this with 13.04 too Think it's been ever since they took out the Rescue option from the cd launch menu |
statements like "some error" and "all of the usual routes" will not help solve your problem.
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Show the command you used (exactly), and all messages. |
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Here's what I entered: sudo -i sudo fdisk -l sudo mount /dev/sda3 /mnt sudo mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/boot sudo mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev/ sudo chroot /mnt grub-install /dev/sda1 Warning: file system 'ntfs' doesn't support embedding This last part is shortened.. but you get the idea |
that is far from exact.
but like syg00 said, i guess it should be Code:
grub-install /dev/sda |
I'll try syg00's suggestion once I'm home later.
Sorry if I didn't give a complete transcription.. I was reading from a pic I took with my cell. My laptop was running slow with the Live CD so I had to type the commands from the pic I took with my cell. |
You're lucky grub2 disallowed that, else you'd be fixing XP as well.
You don't have a separate partition for /boot, so don't need that mount for the chroot, but a bind mount for proc is always worthwhile. As said, install to the MBR - it will replace the copy already there. If you have problems, check that the BIOS doesn't have any "boot virus" options set - that's designed to stop updates to the BIOS. |
Hi Starsage77
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WinXP requires an MBR type boot system that on new computers is called Legacy Boot. Legacy is just a polite word for "old crap no longer used". The version of Ubuntu you're trying to install is 64 bit and requires a UEFI boot system. You can dual boot them as I do but they can not co-exist on the same physical harddrive. They must be completely different drives so if you're trying to do this on a laptop it isn't going to happen. And no grub menu can switch between the 2 boot systems either, you need to use the BIOS boot menu (F12 key on mine) to choose which drive to boot. Try downloading and installing the 32 bit version instead, not sure here but I think that does legacy boot. Cheers, Andrew. |
I don't think so - if that were true the chroot would fail. Also, the liveCD boots which last I tried never would on an architecture mismatch.
I think that message is merely infomational. |
Hi syg00,
I wasn't suggesting that his computer wasn't capable of running the 64 bit version, merely that the two boot systems are incompatable. Taken from his boot menu: Quote:
When I boot up the grub menu shows Windows XP and Fedora 17 but if I attempt to boot either of them from that menu the system falls over and requires a hard reboot. That same grub menu will however start my Fedora 19 which is uefi boot. Those lines look like: Quote:
In much the same manner, his computer can probably uefi boot the live cd but fails the boot menu on a harddrive with mbr partitioning. And of course I could be completely wrong, won't be the first time or the last. But I think it's an avenue worth exploring. Cheers, Andrew. |
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But yeah.. it loads the Live CD ok just doesn't boot grub. I'm wondering if I can reformat, install Trusty Tahr then install XP on a secondary partition afterward (reinstall grub of course). I've considered making my system linux exclusive and run XP from a virtual machine. It's just that the vm for xp tends to run slow.. But oh well, it might just have to do until I can get a new laptop. Thanks to those of you who've been patient (and courteous) |
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