Here is the RESULTS.TXT file for a Desktop that Boots XP, Win 7 and Ubuntu Jaunty. It has a 200GB and a 320GB HDD. Both are SATA hard drives.
Whats in the MBR? This PC boot straight to XP if sda is 1st in the boot order.
If sdb is 1st it boots to Grub legacy. The menu has 3 entries for Jaunty, XP and Win7.
Code:
============================= Boot Info Summary:
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda
=> Grub0.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb and looks on the same drive
in partition #1 for /grub/stage2 and /grub/menu.lst.
sda1 - A boot able XP is installed. note the boot files
Code:
sda1: ___________________________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows XP
Boot files/dirs: /boot.ini /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM
sda2 - A partition for data formated with the NTFS file system. Not bootable note no boot files.
Code:
sda2: ____________________________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
Note sda6 - Linux swap - Ubuntu installed on sdb - though it would be a good idea to put swap on sda.
Code:
sda3: _____________________________________________________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: ____________________________________________________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda4: ____________________________________________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
Small (25MB) dedicated Grub partition. When sdb is the boot drive the Grub menu in this partition is displayed.
Code:
sdb1: _________________________________________________________
File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs: /grub/menu.lst
sdb2 - Win7 installed and bootable by grub - note boot files
Code:
sdb2: __________________________________________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows Vista
Boot files/dirs: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD /Windows/System32/winload.exe
Extended partiton - Holds Ubuntu Jaunty /home and / (root) + a couple of data partitions.
Code:
sdb3: ____________________________________________________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb5: ____________________________________________________________
File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sdb6: _____________________________________________________________
File system: ext3
Boot sector type: Grub
Boot sector info: Grub0.97 is installed in the boot sector of sdb6 and
looks at sector 94839384 of the same hard drive for
the stage2 file. A stage2 file is at this location on
/dev/sdb. Stage2 looks on partition #6 for
/boot/grub/menu.lst.
Operating System: Ubuntu 9.04
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/menu.lst /etc/fstab
sdb7: ____________________________________________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sdb8: ____________________________________________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
output of fdisk -lu (start and end block listed in sectors).
Code:
=========================== Drive/Partition Info:
Drive: sda ___________________
Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders, total 390721968 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0af20af2
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 65,529,134 65,529,072 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 65,529,135 325,701,809 260,172,675 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 388,612,350 390,716,864 2,104,515 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 388,612,413 390,716,864 2,104,452 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda4 325,701,810 388,612,349 62,910,540 7 HPFS/NTFS
Drive: sdb ___________________ _____________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sdb: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf106f8b9
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdb1 63 64,259 64,197 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 * 64,260 60,854,219 60,789,960 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb3 60,854,220 625,137,344 564,283,125 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 60,854,283 71,344,664 10,490,382 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 71,344,728 134,255,204 62,910,477 83 Linux
/dev/sdb7 134,255,268 618,839,864 484,584,597 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb8 618,839,928 625,137,344 6,297,417 7 HPFS/NTFS
Code:
blkid -c /dev/null: ____________________________________________________________
/dev/sda1: UUID="48FC850AFC84F40A" LABEL="XPOS" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda2: UUID="C4842336842329FE" LABEL="XPData" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda4: UUID="2A4F1B1F6E9AF820" LABEL="XPextra" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda5: UUID="a9fdf3fc-0dc5-4c4d-82dd-04eb21e59d38" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="grub" UUID="aeb5f918-5e5f-11de-b06b-00112fd54e0a" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sdb2: UUID="63A1491B45782151" LABEL="win7" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdb5: LABEL="Jauntyh" UUID="f5633bca-4f6e-4e75-9f4d-a6b19effa94f" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sdb6: LABEL="Jauntyr" UUID="c9cbf367-eb07-45d1-802f-0e3708630de4" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sdb7: UUID="0A1BC8AB538A1664" LABEL="blackstuff" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdb8: UUID="1C798EDE5631E28B" LABEL="xpswap" TYPE="ntfs"
=============================== "mount" output:
/dev/sdb6 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)
tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.28-15-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw,mode=755)
/dev/sdb5 on /home type ext3 (rw,relatime)
/dev/sdb7 on /media/blackstuff type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/lou/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=lou)
if found the content of will be listed.
/boot/grub/menu.lst
/grub/menu.lst /NST/menu.lst
/menu.lst
/grub.cfg /grub/grub.cfg /boot/grub/grub.cfg
/ubuntu/disks/boot/grub/menu.lst /ubuntu/disks/install/boot/grub/menu.lst /ubuntu/winboot/menu.lst
/boot/grub/grub.conf /grub/grub.conf /grub.conf
/boot.ini /BOOT.INI
/etc/fstab
/etc/lilo.conf /lilo.conf
Code:
================================ sda1/boot.ini:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
Code:
============================= sdb1/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 saved
## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 7
## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
#hiddenmenu
# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue
splashimage=/splash/debsplash.xpm.gz
## 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
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional (hd1,0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
makeactive
savedefault
chainloader +1
title Microsoft Windows 7 (hd0,1)
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
makeactive
savedefault
chainloader +1
title Linux2 chain load (hd0,5)
root (hd0,5)
savedefault
chainloader +1
title Linux2 configfile (hd0,5)
savedefault
configfile (hd0,5)/boot/grub/menu.lst
=================== sdb1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
.0GB: grub/menu.lst
.0GB: grub/stage2
Code:
=========================== sdb6/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=c9cbf367-eb07-45d1-802f-0e3708630de4 ro
## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=c9cbf367-eb07-45d1-802f-0e3708630de4
## 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 quiet
## 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
## specify if running in Xen domU or have grub detect automatically
## update-grub will ignore non-xen kernels when running in domU and vice versa
## e.g. indomU=detect
## indomU=true
## indomU=false
# indomU=detect
## 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 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-15-generic
uuid c9cbf367-eb07-45d1-802f-0e3708630de4
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic root=UUID=c9cbf367-eb07-45d1-802f-0e3708630de4 ro quiet splash quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-15-generic (recovery mode)
uuid c9cbf367-eb07-45d1-802f-0e3708630de4
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic root=UUID=c9cbf367-eb07-45d1-802f-0e3708630de4 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-14-generic
uuid c9cbf367-eb07-45d1-802f-0e3708630de4
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-14-generic root=UUID=c9cbf367-eb07-45d1-802f-0e3708630de4 ro quiet splash quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-14-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-14-generic (recovery mode)
uuid c9cbf367-eb07-45d1-802f-0e3708630de4
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-14-generic root=UUID=c9cbf367-eb07-45d1-802f-0e3708630de4 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-14-generic
title Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
uuid c9cbf367-eb07-45d1-802f-0e3708630de4
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 Microsoft Windows XP Professional
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
savedefault
chainloader +1
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sdb2
title Windows Vista (loader)
rootnoverify (hd1,1)
savedefault
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1
=============================== sdb6/etc/fstab:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'vol_id --uuid' 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>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# / was on /dev/sdb6 during installation
UUID=c9cbf367-eb07-45d1-802f-0e3708630de4 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sdb5 during installation
UUID=f5633bca-4f6e-4e75-9f4d-a6b19effa94f /home ext3 relatime 0 2
# /media/blackstuff was on /dev/sdb7 during installation
UUID=0A1BC8AB538A1664 /media/blackstuff ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=a9fdf3fc-0dc5-4c4d-82dd-04eb21e59d38 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/scd1 /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
Good to know if dealing with Grub error 18.
Code:
=================== sdb6: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
48.5GB: boot/grub/menu.lst
48.5GB: boot/grub/stage2
48.5GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-14-generic
48.5GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic
48.5GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-14-generic
48.4GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic
48.5GB: initrd.img
48.5GB: initrd.img.old
48.4GB: vmlinuz
48.5GB: vmlinuz.old
This is a card reader built in to an HP printer.
Code:
=======Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive==============
sdc
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