worksofcraft
April 30th, 2009, 01:39 PM
Ubuntu 9.04 installation on new sda drive fails to boot, but 8.04 installs and works fine
With my original sda connected as sdb here is fdisk output.
Disk /dev/sda: 750.1 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000824f6
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 10 80293+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 11 79279 636728242+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda3 79280 91201 95763465 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda5 11 12168 97659103+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 12169 13627 11719386 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7 13628 25785 97659103+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 25786 37943 97659103+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 37944 50101 97659103+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda10 50102 62259 97659103+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda11 62260 70769 68356543+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda12 70770 79279 68356543+ 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdb: 640.1 GB, 640135028736 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77825 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0005c3c6
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 30395 244147806 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 30396 44984 117186142+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb3 60789 77825 136849702+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb4 44985 60788 126945630 6 FAT16
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Disk /dev/hda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xb4c1bcb4
Note: I used separate partitions for each suggested mount point with the new installation because I read somewhere why it was not a good idea to just have one big partition which was how the sdb drive worked (64 bit ubuntu or 32 bit ubuntu both 8.04).
Note the large FAT partitions are used for recording videos to both under Linux and XP.
So firstly is this installation problem with release 9.04 that was NOT there in 8.04.
Just one other problem...
When swapping back to my original sda drive it doesn't boot anymore and I get GRUB error 15.
What I really want is to connect which ever drive I want to boot from as sda and have the others mountable when needed and not have to reconfigure grub each time. (yes changing the hardware IS actually easier - lol)
Also if anyone can see something I really should not do that way, your input is most welcome :)
With my original sda connected as sdb here is fdisk output.
Disk /dev/sda: 750.1 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000824f6
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 10 80293+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 11 79279 636728242+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda3 79280 91201 95763465 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda5 11 12168 97659103+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 12169 13627 11719386 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7 13628 25785 97659103+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 25786 37943 97659103+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 37944 50101 97659103+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda10 50102 62259 97659103+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda11 62260 70769 68356543+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda12 70770 79279 68356543+ 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdb: 640.1 GB, 640135028736 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77825 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0005c3c6
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 30395 244147806 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 30396 44984 117186142+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb3 60789 77825 136849702+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb4 44985 60788 126945630 6 FAT16
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Disk /dev/hda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xb4c1bcb4
Note: I used separate partitions for each suggested mount point with the new installation because I read somewhere why it was not a good idea to just have one big partition which was how the sdb drive worked (64 bit ubuntu or 32 bit ubuntu both 8.04).
Note the large FAT partitions are used for recording videos to both under Linux and XP.
So firstly is this installation problem with release 9.04 that was NOT there in 8.04.
Just one other problem...
When swapping back to my original sda drive it doesn't boot anymore and I get GRUB error 15.
What I really want is to connect which ever drive I want to boot from as sda and have the others mountable when needed and not have to reconfigure grub each time. (yes changing the hardware IS actually easier - lol)
Also if anyone can see something I really should not do that way, your input is most welcome :)