kunks112
February 8th, 2009, 06:46 AM
I have Ubuntu 8.04 install on one SATA drive. Vista on another SATA drive, and XP Pro on a back up IDE drive. When I first installed Ubuntu correctly everything was fine, however a couple days later when I turned on my computer my GRUB menus was changed.
For instance, my GRUB menu looks as the following
1. Ubuntu 8.04.2, kernel 2.6.24-23-generic
2. Ubuntu 8.04.2, kernel 2.6.24-23-generic (recovery mode)
3. Ubuntu 8.04.2, memtest86+
4. XP Pro (loader)
5. Vista (hd2)
At fisrt this was the case, now when I load GRUB and choose Vista I get XP Pro. If I try XP Pro I get an error, and when I load Ubuntu somtimes I get Ubuntu sometime I get an error.
Other times When I would select Vista it would load XP Pro, choose XP pro I would load Ubuntu, choose Ubuntu it would load Vista.
I ran boot_info_script and get the following
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Grub0.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on boot drive #2 in
partition #1 for /boot/grub/stage2 and /boot/grub/menu.lst.
=> Grub0.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb and looks on the same drive
in partition #1 for /boot/grub/stage2 and /boot/grub/menu.lst.
=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdc
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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 /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 8.04.2
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/menu.lst /etc/fstab
sdb2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdc1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive sda: __________________________________________________ ___________________
Disk /dev/sda: 300.0 GB, 300069052416 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36481 cylinders, total 586072368 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1bf61bf5
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 586,051,199 586,051,137 7 HPFS/NTFS
Drive sdb: __________________________________________________ ___________________
Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0009aac1
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 63 955,498,004 955,497,942 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 955,498,005 976,768,064 21,270,060 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 955,498,068 976,768,064 21,269,997 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Drive sdc: __________________________________________________ ___________________
Disk /dev/sdc: 4102 MB, 4102887936 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 498 cylinders, total 8013453 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0009305c
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdc1 * 34 7,984,304 7,984,271 b W95 FAT32
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
/dev/sda1: UUID="40BC2AF2BC2AE1E0" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="83e5bd57-791c-45da-a814-5ac0bf6b4a08" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sdb5: TYPE="swap" UUID="62132145-d060-460c-afeb-3d7dd27bfadc"
/dev/sdc1: UUID="200D-D515" TYPE="vfat"
=============================== "mount" output: ===============================
/dev/sdb1 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/mike/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=mike)
/dev/sdc1 on /media/disk type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=mixed,uid=1 000,utf8,umask=077,flush)
=========================== sdb1/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=83e5bd57-791c-45da-a814-5ac0bf6b4a08 ro
## Setup crashdump menu entries
## e.g. crashdump=1
# crashdump=0
## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,0)
## 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 xforcevesa
## 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 8.04.2, kernel 2.6.24-23-generic
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-23-generic root=UUID=83e5bd57-791c-45da-a814-5ac0bf6b4a08 ro quiet splash xforcevesa
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-23-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.04.2, kernel 2.6.24-23-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-23-generic root=UUID=83e5bd57-791c-45da-a814-5ac0bf6b4a08 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-23-generic
title Ubuntu 8.04.2, memtest86+
root (hd0,0)
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.
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sdb1
title XP Pro (loader)
root (hd1,0)
savedefault
makeactive
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1
title Vista (hd2)
rootnoverify (hd2,0)
map (hd0) (hd2)
map (hd2) (hd0)
chainloader +1
=============================== sdb1/etc/fstab: ===============================
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sdc1
UUID=83e5bd57-791c-45da-a814-5ac0bf6b4a08 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sdc5
UUID=62132145-d060-460c-afeb-3d7dd27bfadc 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
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sdb1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
466.9GB: boot/grub/menu.lst
467.0GB: boot/grub/stage2
466.9GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic
466.9GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic.bak
467.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-23-generic
466.9GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-23-generic.bak
466.9GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic
466.9GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-23-generic
467.0GB: initrd.img
466.9GB: initrd.img.old
466.9GB: vmlinuz
466.9GB: vmlinuz.old
help please
Thanks
Mike
For instance, my GRUB menu looks as the following
1. Ubuntu 8.04.2, kernel 2.6.24-23-generic
2. Ubuntu 8.04.2, kernel 2.6.24-23-generic (recovery mode)
3. Ubuntu 8.04.2, memtest86+
4. XP Pro (loader)
5. Vista (hd2)
At fisrt this was the case, now when I load GRUB and choose Vista I get XP Pro. If I try XP Pro I get an error, and when I load Ubuntu somtimes I get Ubuntu sometime I get an error.
Other times When I would select Vista it would load XP Pro, choose XP pro I would load Ubuntu, choose Ubuntu it would load Vista.
I ran boot_info_script and get the following
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Grub0.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on boot drive #2 in
partition #1 for /boot/grub/stage2 and /boot/grub/menu.lst.
=> Grub0.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb and looks on the same drive
in partition #1 for /boot/grub/stage2 and /boot/grub/menu.lst.
=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdc
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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 /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 8.04.2
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/menu.lst /etc/fstab
sdb2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdc1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive sda: __________________________________________________ ___________________
Disk /dev/sda: 300.0 GB, 300069052416 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36481 cylinders, total 586072368 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1bf61bf5
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 586,051,199 586,051,137 7 HPFS/NTFS
Drive sdb: __________________________________________________ ___________________
Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0009aac1
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 63 955,498,004 955,497,942 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 955,498,005 976,768,064 21,270,060 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 955,498,068 976,768,064 21,269,997 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Drive sdc: __________________________________________________ ___________________
Disk /dev/sdc: 4102 MB, 4102887936 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 498 cylinders, total 8013453 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0009305c
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdc1 * 34 7,984,304 7,984,271 b W95 FAT32
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
/dev/sda1: UUID="40BC2AF2BC2AE1E0" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="83e5bd57-791c-45da-a814-5ac0bf6b4a08" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sdb5: TYPE="swap" UUID="62132145-d060-460c-afeb-3d7dd27bfadc"
/dev/sdc1: UUID="200D-D515" TYPE="vfat"
=============================== "mount" output: ===============================
/dev/sdb1 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/mike/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=mike)
/dev/sdc1 on /media/disk type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=mixed,uid=1 000,utf8,umask=077,flush)
=========================== sdb1/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=83e5bd57-791c-45da-a814-5ac0bf6b4a08 ro
## Setup crashdump menu entries
## e.g. crashdump=1
# crashdump=0
## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,0)
## 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 xforcevesa
## 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 8.04.2, kernel 2.6.24-23-generic
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-23-generic root=UUID=83e5bd57-791c-45da-a814-5ac0bf6b4a08 ro quiet splash xforcevesa
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-23-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.04.2, kernel 2.6.24-23-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-23-generic root=UUID=83e5bd57-791c-45da-a814-5ac0bf6b4a08 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-23-generic
title Ubuntu 8.04.2, memtest86+
root (hd0,0)
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.
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sdb1
title XP Pro (loader)
root (hd1,0)
savedefault
makeactive
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1
title Vista (hd2)
rootnoverify (hd2,0)
map (hd0) (hd2)
map (hd2) (hd0)
chainloader +1
=============================== sdb1/etc/fstab: ===============================
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sdc1
UUID=83e5bd57-791c-45da-a814-5ac0bf6b4a08 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sdc5
UUID=62132145-d060-460c-afeb-3d7dd27bfadc 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
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sdb1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
466.9GB: boot/grub/menu.lst
467.0GB: boot/grub/stage2
466.9GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic
466.9GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic.bak
467.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-23-generic
466.9GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-23-generic.bak
466.9GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic
466.9GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-23-generic
467.0GB: initrd.img
466.9GB: initrd.img.old
466.9GB: vmlinuz
466.9GB: vmlinuz.old
help please
Thanks
Mike