Won't boot after fresh install

[josesanders]

I just did a fresh install of Ubuntu 9.04. Everything seemed to go fine during the installation, but when I rebooted it never started up Ubuntu. It just stuck at the hardware information screen that is displayed on bootup. I have the following drives connected:

1 SATA HD formatted as follows during the installation:
100 GB ext3 partition, mount point is "/"
swap 8 GB (I've been told that this should be twice as big as the RAM, of which I have 4 GB)
Remaining space on this drive is a single ext3 partition with a mount point specified as /drv

In addition to the main HD I have a CD drive and an extra hard drive on the only IDE port. The hard drive is set as slave, but it does have my old Ubuntu installation, and is bootable if set as master drive.

Any ideas?

[lisati]

My Compaq desktop has been known to get stuck after the BIOS splash screen from time to time. What sometimes works is entering BIOS setup (pressing F1 or some such key when the splash screen is showing) and then using the appropriate option to reset BIOS to its default settings.

[presence1960]

Let's get a better look at your setup. Boot the Ubuntu Live CD. Choose "try ubuntu without any changes", when the desktop loads come back here and use the link in my signature to download the Boot Info Script 0.32 to the desktop. Once on desktop open a terminal and run this command
sudo bash ~/Desktop/boot_info_script*.sh This will create a RESULTS.txt file on the desktop. Paste the entire contents of that file back here. Once pasted highlight all text and click the # sign on the toolbar to place code tags around the text.

[josesanders]

Here's what I get:


============================= 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.
=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb

sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 7.04
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/menu.lst /etc/fstab

sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:

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:

sdb6: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders, total 156301488 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x38d1a392

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sda1 * 63 74,364,884 74,364,822 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 74,364,885 154,256,129 79,891,245 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 154,256,130 156,296,384 2,040,255 82 Linux swap / Solaris


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: 0x0007e620

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sdb1 63 195,318,269 195,318,207 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 195,318,270 976,768,064 781,449,795 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 195,318,333 210,949,514 15,631,182 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb6 210,949,578 976,768,064 765,818,487 83 Linux


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/sda1: UUID="f09323c1-1887-44fe-a399-20cb25bbca74" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda2: UUID="a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda3: UUID="f30bbccf-0b5c-4d3b-ab62-b04c3065065f" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="7a272b26-c4bc-4629-aa58-29966d934452" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sdb5: UUID="ce020a9c-a1b1-4902-89ea-497cb71c4a7e" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdb6: UUID="0081f18e-4c20-46cb-ba60-313d5dc195ef" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"

=============================== "mount" output: ===============================

proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
tmpfs on /lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
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)
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
/dev/sr0 on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro,noatime)
/dev/loop0 on /rofs type squashfs (ro,noatime)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/ubuntu/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=ubuntu)


=========================== sda2/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 change this entry to 'saved' 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=a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728 ro

## Setup crashdump menu entries
## e.g. crashdump=1
# crashdump=0

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,1)

## 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

## ## End Default Options ##

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-17-lowlatency
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-17-lowlatency root=UUID=a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-17-lowlatency
quiet
savedefault

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-17-lowlatency (recovery mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-17-lowlatency root=UUID=a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-17-lowlatency

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-17-generic
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-17-generic root=UUID=a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-17-generic
quiet
savedefault

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-17-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-17-generic root=UUID=a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-17-generic

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-lowlatency
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-lowlatency root=UUID=a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-16-lowlatency
quiet
savedefault

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-lowlatency (recovery mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-lowlatency root=UUID=a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-16-lowlatency

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic root=UUID=a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-16-generic
quiet
savedefault

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic root=UUID=a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-16-generic

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-lowlatency
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-lowlatency root=UUID=a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-lowlatency
quiet
savedefault

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-lowlatency (recovery mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-lowlatency root=UUID=a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-lowlatency

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic root=UUID=a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic
quiet
savedefault

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic root=UUID=a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-11-generic
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-11-generic root=UUID=a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-11-generic
quiet
savedefault

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-11-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-11-generic root=UUID=a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-11-generic

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-10-generic
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-10-generic root=UUID=a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-10-generic
quiet
savedefault

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-10-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-10-generic root=UUID=a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-10-generic

title Ubuntu, memtest86+
root (hd0,1)
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/hda1
title Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1


=============================== sda2/etc/fstab: ===============================

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/hda2
#UUID=a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
#/dev/hda2 /media/hda2 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
#/dev/hda2 /storage ext3 defaults 0 0

# /dev/hda1
#UUID=EC7CC7DF7CC7A2A6 /media/hda1 ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
#/dev/hda1 /storage ext3 defaults 0 0
/dev/hda1 /var/www/sharedmedia ext3 defaults 0 0

# /dev/hda3
UUID=f30bbccf-0b5c-4d3b-ab62-b04c3065065f none swap sw 0 0
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0

=================== sda2: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


74.6GB: boot/grub/menu.lst
70.3GB: boot/grub/stage2
70.3GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-10-generic
43.8GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-11-generic
43.3GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-11-generic.bak
43.9GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic
43.8GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic.bak
43.9GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-lowlatency
43.9GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-lowlatency.bak
43.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-16-generic
70.3GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-16-generic.bak
43.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-16-lowlatency
70.3GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-16-lowlatency.bak
43.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-17-generic
42.6GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-17-lowlatency
70.3GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-10-generic
43.1GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-11-generic
43.5GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic
43.9GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-lowlatency
43.0GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic
70.3GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-lowlatency
43.0GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-17-generic
70.3GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-17-lowlatency
42.6GB: initrd.img
43.0GB: initrd.img.old
70.3GB: vmlinuz
43.0GB: vmlinuz.old

=========================== 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=7a272b26-c4bc-4629-aa58-29966d934452 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=7a272b26-c4bc-4629-aa58-29966d934452

## 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 7a272b26-c4bc-4629-aa58-29966d934452
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=7a272b26-c4bc-4629-aa58-29966d934452 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 7a272b26-c4bc-4629-aa58-29966d934452
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=7a272b26-c4bc-4629-aa58-29966d934452 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
uuid 7a272b26-c4bc-4629-aa58-29966d934452
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 an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-17-lowlatency (on /dev/sda2)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-17-lowlatency root=UUID=a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-17-lowlatency
savedefault
boot


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-17-lowlatency (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda2)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-17-lowlatency root=UUID=a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-17-lowlatency
savedefault
boot


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-17-generic (on /dev/sda2)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-17-generic root=UUID=a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-17-generic
savedefault
boot


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-17-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda2)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-17-generic root=UUID=a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-17-generic
savedefault
boot


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-lowlatency (on /dev/sda2)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-lowlatency root=UUID=a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728 ro quiet splash
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savedefault
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# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-lowlatency (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda2)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-lowlatency root=UUID=a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728 ro single
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# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic (on /dev/sda2)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic root=UUID=a55da239-c928-4ee6-b59d-e848dc930728 ro quiet splash
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# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda2)
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# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-lowlatency (on /dev/sda2)
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# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
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# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
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# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
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# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
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# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
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# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
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# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
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# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda2.
title Ubuntu, memtest86+ (on /dev/sda2)
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=============================== sdb1/etc/fstab: ===============================

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'vol_id --uuid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# / was on /dev/sdb1 during installation
UUID=7a272b26-c4bc-4629-aa58-29966d934452 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /drv was on /dev/sdb6 during installation
UUID=0081f18e-4c20-46cb-ba60-313d5dc195ef /drv ext3 relatime 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sda3 during installation
UUID=f30bbccf-0b5c-4d3b-ab62-b04c3065065f none swap sw 0 0
# swap was on /dev/sdb5 during installation
UUID=ce020a9c-a1b1-4902-89ea-497cb71c4a7e none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 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: ===================


84.1GB: boot/grub/menu.lst
84.2GB: boot/grub/stage2
84.2GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
84.1GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic
84.2GB: initrd.img
84.1GB: vmlinuz

The 500 GB drive is the one that I'm trying to boot from.

[presence1960]

Everything looks good in the output from the script. Sorry I don't have any ideas, but it probably is BIOS related.

You mentioned your 80 Gb is not bootable but look at this:


============================= 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.
=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb



either you are booting from the 80 GB or if you are booting from the 500 GB you have no bootloader installed. I would install GRUB onto the 500 GB MBR and then make sure the 500 GB is set to boot first in BIOS. To set grub up on MBR of 500 GB disk do this:


1. Boot your computer up with Ubuntu CD
2. Open a terminal window or switch to a tty.
3. Type sudo grub. Should get text of which last line is grub>
4. Type "find /boot/grub/stage1". You'll get a response like "(hd1,0)".
Use whatever your computer spits out for the following lines.
5. Type "root (hd1,0)", or whatever your hard disk + boot partition
numbers are for Ubuntu.
6. Type "setup (hd1)", to install GRUB to MBR
7. Quit grub by typing "quit".
8. Reboot and remove the bootable CD.

Then reboot and go in BIOS and make sure your 500 GB disk is set to boot first in hard disk order.

[josesanders]

Thanks for the help presence1960.

I've gotten to step 4, and the output is as follows:

find /boot/grub/stage1
(hd0,1)
(hd1,0)

I'm not sure what to do next for step 5. Should I use (hd1,0)?

Also, I have double-checked, and the bios is set to boot from the 500 GB drive. The 80 GB drive is actually bootable, but that is my old Ubuntu installation from my previous computer.

[presence1960]

Thanks for the help presence1960.

I've gotten to step 4, and the output is as follows:

find /boot/grub/stage1
(hd0,1)
(hd1,0)

I'm not sure what to do next for step 5. Should I use (hd1,0)?

Also, I have double-checked, and the bios is set to boot from the 500 GB drive. The 80 GB drive is actually bootable, but that is my old Ubuntu installation from my previous computer.

Use (hd1,0) as this is your 9.04 install. Then use setup (hd1). exit, reboot and put your 500 GB disk as first boot in BIOS hard disk boot order. Just noticed your 500 Gb is set to boot, that is good!.

[josesanders]

Okay, that did it. Thanks a lot. Do you know what I did wrong during the install?

[presence1960]

you placed GRUB on the wrong disk. You already had sdb booting first. You put GRUB on sda. Then when you boot you had no bootloader on sdb which is the drive that boots. You probably didn't even know that GRUB went on MBR of sda because that is the default on an Ubuntu install. If you click the Advanced tab on the Ready to install screen you can choose where to put GRUB. In your case since sdb is your first boot hard disk you would have chosen /dev/sdb. here is a screenshot of that Advanced tab for future reference.

[mocadedhed]

Presence1960 - do you have a quick link to how to install Grub - I've got a successful install of 9.04 on my laptop of 9.04, but didn't install the bootloader at all (don't ask me why). Now how do I install GRUB? Do you have a doc I can read up on? I've been trying the grub-install command, but am guessing that I'm not using the right syntax. (using live CD). I should add that "successful install of 9.04" is not totally accurate as now it won't boot at all (since I didn't install GRUB).

I'm entering ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo grub-install /dev/sda1

Thanks for any help.

Here are my RESULTS.txt from your script:
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================

=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda

sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 9.04
Boot files/dirs: /etc/fstab

sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:

sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:

=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7296 cylinders, total 117210240 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x94e494e4

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sda1 63 114,286,409 114,286,347 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 114,286,410 117,210,239 2,923,830 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 114,286,473 117,210,239 2,923,767 82 Linux swap / Solaris


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/sda1: UUID="6b401b91-2c17-4d81-8c37-bde7e022b974" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda5: UUID="2a6976be-d536-4d0e-b76c-aeb8a8bd0868" TYPE="swap"
/dev/ramzswap0: TYPE="swap"

=============================== "mount" output: ===============================

proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
tmpfs on /lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
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)
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
/dev/sr0 on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro,noatime)
/dev/loop0 on /rofs type squashfs (ro,noatime)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/ubuntu/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=ubuntu)


=============================== sda1/etc/fstab: ===============================

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'vol_id --uuid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=6b401b91-2c17-4d81-8c37-bde7e022b974 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=2a6976be-d536-4d0e-b76c-aeb8a8bd0868 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0

=================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


53.8GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
53.9GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic
53.8GB: initrd.img
53.9GB: vmlinuz