MathMonkeyMan
June 29th, 2009, 02:30 AM
Hello everyone,
I've done some careful searching but still am perplexed by this issue. I began with a Vista system. I installed Ubuntu. A year passed. Then, Vista went fubar. I reinstalled Vista. It works.
The problem is, of course, that Vista overwrote my boot setup. I no longer have the selection that allows me to boot Ubuntu 8.04 (which is my primary, albeit smaller, system).
I am (now) running Ubuntu live from a USB stick. None of the proposed solutions have worked: GRUB keeps giving me Error 22. Gparted does not recognize either of the partitions on my internal hard drive. I cannot mount either file system, and things seem a bit confused altogether. Here is the information anyone needs:
grub> find /boot/grub/stage1
(hd0,0)
grub> root (hd0,0)
grub> setup (hd0)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 16 sectors are embedded.
succeeded
Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+16 p (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2
/boot/grub/menu.lst"... failed
Error 22: No such partition
grub>
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda
=> Syslinux is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system:
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info:
Mounting failed:
mount: unknown filesystem type ''
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system:
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info:
Mounting failed:
mount: unknown filesystem type ''
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Fat32
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Mounting failed:
mount: /dev/sdb1 already mounted or sdb1 busy
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders, total 234441648 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x18b39c9d
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 63 61,368,299 61,368,237 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 ? 61,368,300 234,438,526 173,070,227 7 HPFS/NTFS
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 8086 MB, 8086618112 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 983 cylinders, total 15794176 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x04dd5721
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 63 15,794,175 15,794,113 b W95 FAT32
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="BOOT_STICK" UUID="244C-69C1" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
=============================== "mount" output: ===============================
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
tmpfs on /lib/modules/2.6.24-23-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /lib/modules/2.6.24-23-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
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)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/ubuntu/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=ubuntu)
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================
Unknown BootLoader on sda1
Unknown BootLoader on sda2
=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================
hexdump: /dev/sda1: No such file or directory
hexdump: /dev/sda1: No such file or directory
hexdump: /dev/sda2: No such file or directory
hexdump: /dev/sda2: No such file or directory
ubuntu@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x18b39c9d
This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 3820 30684118+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 ? 3821 14594 86535113+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
Disk /dev/sdb: 8086 MB, 8086618112 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 983 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x04dd5721
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 984 7897056+ b W95 FAT32
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(982, 254, 63) logical=(983, 36, 13)
ubuntu@ubuntu:~/Desktop$
I appreciate any input that could help me solve this irritating problem.
I've done some careful searching but still am perplexed by this issue. I began with a Vista system. I installed Ubuntu. A year passed. Then, Vista went fubar. I reinstalled Vista. It works.
The problem is, of course, that Vista overwrote my boot setup. I no longer have the selection that allows me to boot Ubuntu 8.04 (which is my primary, albeit smaller, system).
I am (now) running Ubuntu live from a USB stick. None of the proposed solutions have worked: GRUB keeps giving me Error 22. Gparted does not recognize either of the partitions on my internal hard drive. I cannot mount either file system, and things seem a bit confused altogether. Here is the information anyone needs:
grub> find /boot/grub/stage1
(hd0,0)
grub> root (hd0,0)
grub> setup (hd0)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 16 sectors are embedded.
succeeded
Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+16 p (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2
/boot/grub/menu.lst"... failed
Error 22: No such partition
grub>
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda
=> Syslinux is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system:
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info:
Mounting failed:
mount: unknown filesystem type ''
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system:
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info:
Mounting failed:
mount: unknown filesystem type ''
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Fat32
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Mounting failed:
mount: /dev/sdb1 already mounted or sdb1 busy
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders, total 234441648 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x18b39c9d
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 63 61,368,299 61,368,237 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 ? 61,368,300 234,438,526 173,070,227 7 HPFS/NTFS
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 8086 MB, 8086618112 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 983 cylinders, total 15794176 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x04dd5721
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 63 15,794,175 15,794,113 b W95 FAT32
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="BOOT_STICK" UUID="244C-69C1" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
=============================== "mount" output: ===============================
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
tmpfs on /lib/modules/2.6.24-23-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /lib/modules/2.6.24-23-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
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)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/ubuntu/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=ubuntu)
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================
Unknown BootLoader on sda1
Unknown BootLoader on sda2
=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================
hexdump: /dev/sda1: No such file or directory
hexdump: /dev/sda1: No such file or directory
hexdump: /dev/sda2: No such file or directory
hexdump: /dev/sda2: No such file or directory
ubuntu@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x18b39c9d
This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 3820 30684118+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 ? 3821 14594 86535113+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
Disk /dev/sdb: 8086 MB, 8086618112 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 983 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x04dd5721
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 984 7897056+ b W95 FAT32
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(982, 254, 63) logical=(983, 36, 13)
ubuntu@ubuntu:~/Desktop$
I appreciate any input that could help me solve this irritating problem.