jimmyboy09
April 25th, 2009, 09:22 PM
Hallo der. I was on a dual boot w/ xp and intrepid.
I then upgraded to Jaunty (keeping my orig menu.lst and "read ahead?" b/c I was afraid of ruining my dual-bootability). Well, turns out I ruined it anyways. Couldn't boot into Jaunty (as grub still only recognized intrepid) so I manually changed the kernel name in grub first (didn't work), then later did an update-grub. The update-grub meant grub doesn't even show the option to boot into windows anymore. On top of that, I still couldn't boot into Jaunty :( Useless laptop.
So I decided to just do a fresh install of intrepid again, remounting my separate /home partition. I also "fixed" my menu.lst although I'm pretty sure it's a botched job. So the option to boot into windows shows, but when I select it, it clears the screen and redisplays the grub menu.
Can anyone tell me how to fix this?
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Grub0.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive
in partition #3 for /boot/grub/stage2 and /boot/grub/menu.lst.
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system:
Boot sector type: Grub
Boot sector info: Grub0.97 is installed in the boot sector of sda1 and
looks at sector 230554056 of the same hard drive for
the stage2 file. A stage2 file is at this location on
/dev/sda. Stage2 looks on partition #3 for
/boot/grub/menu.lst.
Mounting failed:
mount: unknown filesystem type ''
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sda6: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 8.10
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/menu.lst /etc/fstab
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
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: 0xec59a4b2
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 156,328,514 156,328,452 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 156,328,515 212,957,639 56,629,125 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 156,328,578 208,764,674 52,436,097 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 208,764,738 212,957,639 4,192,902 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 212,957,640 265,393,799 52,436,160 83 Linux
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
/dev/sda3: UUID="94f21851-1ed3-4134-b236-dc9dd951e637" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda5: UUID="f616ca05-da60-4510-8708-e8914b6a89d1" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda6: UUID="190635f2-f810-489e-a7f2-ae72e8197ab2" TYPE="swap"
=============================== "mount" output: ===============================
/dev/sda3 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/2.6.27-11-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw,mode=755)
/dev/sda5 on /home type ext3 (rw,relatime)
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/dominic/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=dominic)
=========================== sda3/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=94f21851-1ed3-4134-b236-dc9dd951e637 ro
## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=94f21851-1ed3-4134-b236-dc9dd951e637
## 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 2.6.27-11-generic
uuid 94f21851-1ed3-4134-b236-dc9dd951e637
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic root=UUID=94f21851-1ed3-4134-b236-dc9dd951e637 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-11-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 94f21851-1ed3-4134-b236-dc9dd951e637
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic root=UUID=94f21851-1ed3-4134-b236-dc9dd951e637 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic
title Ubuntu 8.10, memtest86+
uuid 94f21851-1ed3-4134-b236-dc9dd951e637
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 Edition
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
boot
=============================== sda3/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=94f21851-1ed3-4134-b236-dc9dd951e637 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda5
UUID=f616ca05-da60-4510-8708-e8914b6a89d1 /home ext3 relatime 0 2
# /dev/sda6
UUID=190635f2-f810-489e-a7f2-ae72e8197ab2 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sda3: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
127.3GB: boot/grub/menu.lst
127.3GB: boot/grub/stage2
127.3GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic
127.4GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
127.3GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic
127.3GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic
127.3GB: initrd.img
127.4GB: initrd.img.old
127.3GB: vmlinuz
127.3GB: vmlinuz.old
I then upgraded to Jaunty (keeping my orig menu.lst and "read ahead?" b/c I was afraid of ruining my dual-bootability). Well, turns out I ruined it anyways. Couldn't boot into Jaunty (as grub still only recognized intrepid) so I manually changed the kernel name in grub first (didn't work), then later did an update-grub. The update-grub meant grub doesn't even show the option to boot into windows anymore. On top of that, I still couldn't boot into Jaunty :( Useless laptop.
So I decided to just do a fresh install of intrepid again, remounting my separate /home partition. I also "fixed" my menu.lst although I'm pretty sure it's a botched job. So the option to boot into windows shows, but when I select it, it clears the screen and redisplays the grub menu.
Can anyone tell me how to fix this?
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Grub0.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive
in partition #3 for /boot/grub/stage2 and /boot/grub/menu.lst.
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system:
Boot sector type: Grub
Boot sector info: Grub0.97 is installed in the boot sector of sda1 and
looks at sector 230554056 of the same hard drive for
the stage2 file. A stage2 file is at this location on
/dev/sda. Stage2 looks on partition #3 for
/boot/grub/menu.lst.
Mounting failed:
mount: unknown filesystem type ''
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sda6: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 8.10
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/menu.lst /etc/fstab
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
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: 0xec59a4b2
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 156,328,514 156,328,452 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 156,328,515 212,957,639 56,629,125 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 156,328,578 208,764,674 52,436,097 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 208,764,738 212,957,639 4,192,902 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 212,957,640 265,393,799 52,436,160 83 Linux
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
/dev/sda3: UUID="94f21851-1ed3-4134-b236-dc9dd951e637" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda5: UUID="f616ca05-da60-4510-8708-e8914b6a89d1" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda6: UUID="190635f2-f810-489e-a7f2-ae72e8197ab2" TYPE="swap"
=============================== "mount" output: ===============================
/dev/sda3 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/2.6.27-11-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw,mode=755)
/dev/sda5 on /home type ext3 (rw,relatime)
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/dominic/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=dominic)
=========================== sda3/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=94f21851-1ed3-4134-b236-dc9dd951e637 ro
## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=94f21851-1ed3-4134-b236-dc9dd951e637
## 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 2.6.27-11-generic
uuid 94f21851-1ed3-4134-b236-dc9dd951e637
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic root=UUID=94f21851-1ed3-4134-b236-dc9dd951e637 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-11-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 94f21851-1ed3-4134-b236-dc9dd951e637
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic root=UUID=94f21851-1ed3-4134-b236-dc9dd951e637 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic
title Ubuntu 8.10, memtest86+
uuid 94f21851-1ed3-4134-b236-dc9dd951e637
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 Edition
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
boot
=============================== sda3/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=94f21851-1ed3-4134-b236-dc9dd951e637 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda5
UUID=f616ca05-da60-4510-8708-e8914b6a89d1 /home ext3 relatime 0 2
# /dev/sda6
UUID=190635f2-f810-489e-a7f2-ae72e8197ab2 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sda3: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
127.3GB: boot/grub/menu.lst
127.3GB: boot/grub/stage2
127.3GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic
127.4GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
127.3GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic
127.3GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic
127.3GB: initrd.img
127.4GB: initrd.img.old
127.3GB: vmlinuz
127.3GB: vmlinuz.old