Thanks for explaining.
We now have:
Code:
mint@mint ~ $ sudo fdisk -lu
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x3b85059c
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 83891429 41945683+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 83891430 167766794 41937682+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 167782797 297893294 65055249 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 167782860 208748609 20482875 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 208748673 261184769 26218048+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 261184833 297893294 18354231 83 Linux
I'm a little concerned with this warning here.
Code:
mint@mint ~ $ sudo sfdisk -d /dev/sda
Warning: extended partition does not start at a cylinder boundary.
DOS and Linux will interpret the contents differently.
# partition table of /dev/sda
unit: sectors
/dev/sda1 : start= 63, size= 83891367, Id= 7, bootable
/dev/sda2 : start= 83891430, size= 83875365, Id= 7
/dev/sda3 : start=167782797, size=130110498, Id= 5
/dev/sda4 : start= 0, size= 0, Id= 0
/dev/sda5 : start=167782860, size= 40965750, Id=83
/dev/sda6 : start=208748673, size= 52436097, Id=83
/dev/sda7 : start=261184833, size= 36708462, Id=83
Code:
mint@mint ~ $ sudo grub
Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.
mint@mint ~ $ sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt
mint@mint ~ $ cat /mnt/etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda3
UUID=79dec3e4-ad3d-4607-bb63-92b6cbc8ae12 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda4
UUID=f11fbbee-816b-4882-85bd-733c646ed612 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
Code:
mint@mint ~ $ cat /mnt/boot/grub/menu.lst
# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.
## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default 0
## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 10
## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
#hiddenmenu
# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue
## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
## password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret
#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#
#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST
### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below
## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs
## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=79dec3e4-ad3d-4607-bb63-92b6cbc8ae12 ro
## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=79dec3e4-ad3d-4607-bb63-92b6cbc8ae12
## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true
## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false
## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash
## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false
## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=
## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0
## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single
## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all
## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true
## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false
## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false
## ## End Default Options ##
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-9-generic
uuid 79dec3e4-ad3d-4607-bb63-92b6cbc8ae12
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-9-generic root=UUID=79dec3e4-ad3d-4607-bb63-92b6cbc8ae12 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-9-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-9-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 79dec3e4-ad3d-4607-bb63-92b6cbc8ae12
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-9-generic root=UUID=79dec3e4-ad3d-4607-bb63-92b6cbc8ae12 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-9-generic
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic
uuid 79dec3e4-ad3d-4607-bb63-92b6cbc8ae12
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=79dec3e4-ad3d-4607-bb63-92b6cbc8ae12 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 79dec3e4-ad3d-4607-bb63-92b6cbc8ae12
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=79dec3e4-ad3d-4607-bb63-92b6cbc8ae12 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
title Ubuntu 8.10, memtest86+
uuid 79dec3e4-ad3d-4607-bb63-92b6cbc8ae12
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Windows Vista/Longhorn (loader)
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
Code:
mint@mint ~ $ sudo blkid -c /dev/null
/dev/sda1: UUID="B470A4F870A4C28A" LABEL="VISTA" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda2: UUID="379668F91241225B" LABEL="VISTA_DOCS" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda5: UUID="79dec3e4-ad3d-4607-bb63-92b6cbc8ae12" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda6: LABEL="UE" UUID="aa32e442-2a81-47e7-91d6-21136ba9812c" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda7: LABEL="MINT" UUID="101f424d-2948-4def-a974-521d06f5588f" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
mint@mint ~ $
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