sTpny
May 11th, 2009, 07:41 PM
Hi Guys, I just installed the new Jaunty on my friends computer, and I messed something up. The computer has an 80 gig hd and a 160 gig hd. Richard, my friend, wanted me to put ubuntu on the 160 gig drive, but it had a few windows files on it, so I copied those files into a folder on the c drive, and proceeded to install Ubuntu. The install itself went fine, but when I rebooted after the install, it loaded back into windows. Ugg! so I jumped into the bios and, sure enough, there was a security feature protecting the mbr, so I disabled it, reinstalled ubuntu, and then it installed and booted into the new ubuntu, which looks really nice. Anyhow, grub didn't detect the windows, so I manually added an entry to the boot/grub/menu.lst file, but when I try to boot from it, all I get is...
Starting Up...
Y%Y%
only the % signs are really infinity signs. I just can't type them.
I think What I've done is install grub over the windows bootloader! Is that what happened, or is my manual entry in the boot.lst wrong?
Here are the results of the boot info script from
https://sourceforge.net/projects/bootinfoscript/
============================= 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.
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows XP
Boot files/dirs:
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 9.04
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:
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80032038912 bytes
147 heads, 32 sectors/track, 33229 cylinders, total 156312576 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc7dbc7db
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 * 32 156,309,215 156,309,184 7 HPFS/NTFS
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc790c790
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdb1 63 307,291,319 307,291,257 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 307,291,320 312,576,704 5,285,385 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 307,291,383 312,576,704 5,285,322 82 Linux swap / Solaris
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
/dev/sda1: UUID="01C948BE25AF4780" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sdb5: UUID="c5dc7e65-df96-40c0-aa4f-1a53b7a4025b" TYPE="swap"
=============================== "mount" output: ===============================
/dev/sdb1 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/2.6.28-11-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw,mode=755)
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/richard/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=richard)
=========================== 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 3
## 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=14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba ro
## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba
## 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
## 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 2.6.28-11-generic
uuid 14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic
uuid 14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
title Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
uuid 14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet
title Windows Professional
root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
=============================== sdb1/etc/fstab: ===============================
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sdb1
UUID=14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sdb5
UUID=c5dc7e65-df96-40c0-aa4f-1a53b7a4025b none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sdb1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
143.5GB: boot/grub/menu.lst
143.4GB: boot/grub/stage2
143.3GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
143.3GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
143.4GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic
143.4GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic
143.3GB: initrd.img
143.3GB: initrd.img.old
143.4GB: vmlinuz
143.4GB: vmlinuz.old
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================
Unknown BootLoader on sda1
00000000 eb 5b 90 4e 54 46 53 20 20 20 20 00 02 08 00 00 |.[.NTFS .....|
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00 20 00 93 00 20 00 00 00 |........ ... ...|
00000020 00 00 00 00 80 00 80 00 bf 16 51 09 00 00 00 00 |..........Q.....|
00000030 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 6b 11 95 00 00 00 00 00 |........k.......|
00000040 f6 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 80 47 af 25 be 48 c9 01 |.........G.%.H..|
00000050 fa 33 c0 8e d0 bc 00 7c fb b8 c0 07 8e d8 e8 16 |.3.....|........|
00000060 00 b8 00 0d 8e c0 33 db c6 06 0e 00 10 e8 53 00 |......3.......S.|
00000070 68 00 0d 68 6a 02 cb 8a 16 24 00 b4 08 cd 13 73 |h..hj....$.....s|
00000080 05 b9 ff ff 8a f1 66 0f b6 c6 40 66 0f b6 d1 80 |......f...@f....|
00000090 e2 3f f7 e2 86 cd c0 ed 06 41 66 0f b7 c9 66 f7 |.?.......Af...f.|
000000a0 e1 66 a3 20 00 c3 b4 41 bb aa 55 8a 16 24 00 cd |.f. ...A..U..$..|
000000b0 13 72 0f 81 fb 55 aa 75 09 f6 c1 01 74 04 fe 06 |.r...U.u....t...|
000000c0 14 00 c3 66 60 1e 06 66 a1 10 00 66 03 06 1c 00 |...f`..f...f....|
000000d0 66 3b 06 20 00 0f 82 3a 00 1e 66 6a 00 66 50 06 |f;. ...:..fj.fP.|
000000e0 53 66 68 10 00 01 00 80 3e 14 00 00 0f 85 0c 00 |Sfh.....>.......|
000000f0 e8 b3 ff 80 3e 14 00 00 0f 84 61 00 b4 42 8a 16 |....>.....a..B..|
00000100 24 00 16 1f 8b f4 cd 13 66 58 5b 07 66 58 66 58 |$.......fX[.fXfX|
00000110 1f eb 2d 66 33 d2 66 0f b7 0e 18 00 66 f7 f1 fe |..-f3.f.....f...|
00000120 c2 8a ca 66 8b d0 66 c1 ea 10 f7 36 1a 00 86 d6 |...f..f....6....|
00000130 8a 16 24 00 8a e8 c0 e4 06 0a cc b8 01 02 cd 13 |..$.............|
00000140 0f 82 19 00 8c c0 05 20 00 8e c0 66 ff 06 10 00 |....... ...f....|
00000150 ff 0e 0e 00 0f 85 6f ff 07 1f 66 61 c3 a0 f8 01 |......o...fa....|
00000160 e8 09 00 a0 fb 01 e8 03 00 fb eb fe b4 01 8b f0 |................|
00000170 ac 3c 00 74 09 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd 10 eb f2 c3 0d |.<.t............|
00000180 0a 41 20 64 69 73 6b 20 72 65 61 64 20 65 72 72 |.A disk read err|
00000190 6f 72 20 6f 63 63 75 72 72 65 64 00 0d 0a 4e 54 |or occurred...NT|
000001a0 4c 44 52 20 69 73 20 6d 69 73 73 69 6e 67 00 0d |LDR is missing..|
000001b0 0a 4e 54 4c 44 52 20 69 73 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 |.NTLDR is compre|
000001c0 73 73 65 64 00 0d 0a 50 72 65 73 73 20 43 74 72 |ssed...Press Ctr|
000001d0 6c 2b 41 6c 74 2b 44 65 6c 20 74 6f 20 72 65 73 |l+Alt+Del to res|
000001e0 74 61 72 74 0d 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |tart............|
000001f0 00 00 00 00 83 a0 b3 c9 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|
00000200
So, any help for me? Or should I just backup my friends personal files and start from scratch with both OS's.
I'll be sending the computer back today, so I'll have to finish the fix later during a visit. I'm actually hoping that after he sees how awesome Ubuntu is, that he'll just say "Screw Windows" like so many of us have, but I'd still like to know what went wrong, and how to fix it.
Thanks :)
Tony
Starting Up...
Y%Y%
only the % signs are really infinity signs. I just can't type them.
I think What I've done is install grub over the windows bootloader! Is that what happened, or is my manual entry in the boot.lst wrong?
Here are the results of the boot info script from
https://sourceforge.net/projects/bootinfoscript/
============================= 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.
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows XP
Boot files/dirs:
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 9.04
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:
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80032038912 bytes
147 heads, 32 sectors/track, 33229 cylinders, total 156312576 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc7dbc7db
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 * 32 156,309,215 156,309,184 7 HPFS/NTFS
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc790c790
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdb1 63 307,291,319 307,291,257 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 307,291,320 312,576,704 5,285,385 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 307,291,383 312,576,704 5,285,322 82 Linux swap / Solaris
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
/dev/sda1: UUID="01C948BE25AF4780" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sdb5: UUID="c5dc7e65-df96-40c0-aa4f-1a53b7a4025b" TYPE="swap"
=============================== "mount" output: ===============================
/dev/sdb1 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/2.6.28-11-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw,mode=755)
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/richard/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=richard)
=========================== 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 3
## 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=14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba ro
## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba
## 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
## 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 2.6.28-11-generic
uuid 14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic
uuid 14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
title Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
uuid 14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet
title Windows Professional
root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
=============================== sdb1/etc/fstab: ===============================
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sdb1
UUID=14559413-4385-4336-b812-c0ef08efa2ba / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sdb5
UUID=c5dc7e65-df96-40c0-aa4f-1a53b7a4025b none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sdb1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
143.5GB: boot/grub/menu.lst
143.4GB: boot/grub/stage2
143.3GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
143.3GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
143.4GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic
143.4GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic
143.3GB: initrd.img
143.3GB: initrd.img.old
143.4GB: vmlinuz
143.4GB: vmlinuz.old
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================
Unknown BootLoader on sda1
00000000 eb 5b 90 4e 54 46 53 20 20 20 20 00 02 08 00 00 |.[.NTFS .....|
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00 20 00 93 00 20 00 00 00 |........ ... ...|
00000020 00 00 00 00 80 00 80 00 bf 16 51 09 00 00 00 00 |..........Q.....|
00000030 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 6b 11 95 00 00 00 00 00 |........k.......|
00000040 f6 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 80 47 af 25 be 48 c9 01 |.........G.%.H..|
00000050 fa 33 c0 8e d0 bc 00 7c fb b8 c0 07 8e d8 e8 16 |.3.....|........|
00000060 00 b8 00 0d 8e c0 33 db c6 06 0e 00 10 e8 53 00 |......3.......S.|
00000070 68 00 0d 68 6a 02 cb 8a 16 24 00 b4 08 cd 13 73 |h..hj....$.....s|
00000080 05 b9 ff ff 8a f1 66 0f b6 c6 40 66 0f b6 d1 80 |......f...@f....|
00000090 e2 3f f7 e2 86 cd c0 ed 06 41 66 0f b7 c9 66 f7 |.?.......Af...f.|
000000a0 e1 66 a3 20 00 c3 b4 41 bb aa 55 8a 16 24 00 cd |.f. ...A..U..$..|
000000b0 13 72 0f 81 fb 55 aa 75 09 f6 c1 01 74 04 fe 06 |.r...U.u....t...|
000000c0 14 00 c3 66 60 1e 06 66 a1 10 00 66 03 06 1c 00 |...f`..f...f....|
000000d0 66 3b 06 20 00 0f 82 3a 00 1e 66 6a 00 66 50 06 |f;. ...:..fj.fP.|
000000e0 53 66 68 10 00 01 00 80 3e 14 00 00 0f 85 0c 00 |Sfh.....>.......|
000000f0 e8 b3 ff 80 3e 14 00 00 0f 84 61 00 b4 42 8a 16 |....>.....a..B..|
00000100 24 00 16 1f 8b f4 cd 13 66 58 5b 07 66 58 66 58 |$.......fX[.fXfX|
00000110 1f eb 2d 66 33 d2 66 0f b7 0e 18 00 66 f7 f1 fe |..-f3.f.....f...|
00000120 c2 8a ca 66 8b d0 66 c1 ea 10 f7 36 1a 00 86 d6 |...f..f....6....|
00000130 8a 16 24 00 8a e8 c0 e4 06 0a cc b8 01 02 cd 13 |..$.............|
00000140 0f 82 19 00 8c c0 05 20 00 8e c0 66 ff 06 10 00 |....... ...f....|
00000150 ff 0e 0e 00 0f 85 6f ff 07 1f 66 61 c3 a0 f8 01 |......o...fa....|
00000160 e8 09 00 a0 fb 01 e8 03 00 fb eb fe b4 01 8b f0 |................|
00000170 ac 3c 00 74 09 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd 10 eb f2 c3 0d |.<.t............|
00000180 0a 41 20 64 69 73 6b 20 72 65 61 64 20 65 72 72 |.A disk read err|
00000190 6f 72 20 6f 63 63 75 72 72 65 64 00 0d 0a 4e 54 |or occurred...NT|
000001a0 4c 44 52 20 69 73 20 6d 69 73 73 69 6e 67 00 0d |LDR is missing..|
000001b0 0a 4e 54 4c 44 52 20 69 73 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 |.NTLDR is compre|
000001c0 73 73 65 64 00 0d 0a 50 72 65 73 73 20 43 74 72 |ssed...Press Ctr|
000001d0 6c 2b 41 6c 74 2b 44 65 6c 20 74 6f 20 72 65 73 |l+Alt+Del to res|
000001e0 74 61 72 74 0d 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |tart............|
000001f0 00 00 00 00 83 a0 b3 c9 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|
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So, any help for me? Or should I just backup my friends personal files and start from scratch with both OS's.
I'll be sending the computer back today, so I'll have to finish the fix later during a visit. I'm actually hoping that after he sees how awesome Ubuntu is, that he'll just say "Screw Windows" like so many of us have, but I'd still like to know what went wrong, and how to fix it.
Thanks :)
Tony