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October 17th, 2009, 08:08 PM
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I have installed Kubuntu 8.10 on my USB key (8Gb Rally OCZ). It is a persistent usable O/S.
At the office, I have no problems booting with it as it has its own Grub on it.
At home, on my multi boot, booting with the key does nothing. It just goes through the PC Grub instead. I have the USB Key enabled as first boot device.
If I go into Grub and try to manually boot off of my USB key, I get either errors below (depending on how I attempted it):
Grub Error 11
Grub Error 24
Any suggestions as to what I should do to enable booting directly from that USB key ?
added comments ...
I have no problems with any O/S on my Home PC. I boot to any of them
From the Live Kubuntu 9.04 CD (had mounted the USB key as /usb):
ubuntu@ubuntu:/usb/etc$ cat fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sdb1
UUID=73fab218-de73-47ad-a1f6-2b3d849d4c3d / ext2 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sdb2
UUID=51668974-02d2-4212-8ca6-c5deceaf8f6c none swap sw,pri=253 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
# /dev/sda2
UUID=1529e151-364f-407a-b6b9-3ee6841ea79c none swap sw,pri=254 0 0
# /dev/fd0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 vfat rw,user,noauto 0 0
# /dev/sda3
UUID=a6ece3dd-73a6-4ae9-8a1f-f721ac128c7d /PC ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
ubuntu@ubuntu:/$ blkid
/dev/sdc1: LABEL="Office Linux" UUID="73fab218-de73-47ad-a1f6-2b3d849d4c3d" TYPE="ext2"
/dev/sdc2: UUID="51668974-02d2-4212-8ca6-c5deceaf8f6c" TYPE="swap"
ubuntu@ubuntu:/$ fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sdc: 8019 MB, 8019509248 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 974 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc3072e18
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 * 1 843 6771366 83 Linux
/dev/sdc2 844 974 1052257+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
ubuntu@ubuntu:/$ cat/usb/boot/grub/menu.lst
...
## ## End Default Options ##
title Ubuntu 9.04 (PC)
root (hd1,2)
chainloader +1
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-14-generic
uuid 73fab218-de73-47ad-a1f6-2b3d849d4c3d
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-14-generic root=UUID=73fab218-de73-47ad-a1f6-2b3d849d4c3d ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-14-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-14-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 73fab218-de73-47ad-a1f6-2b3d849d4c3d
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-14-generic root=UUID=73fab218-de73-47ad-a1f6-2b3d849d4c3d ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-14-generic
title Ubuntu 8.10, memtest86+
uuid 73fab218-de73-47ad-a1f6-2b3d849d4c3d
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 Windows NT/2000/XP
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
chainloader +1
grub> root (hd0,
Possible partitions are:
Partition num: 0, Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
Partition num: 1, Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x82
/dev/sda is my primary 80Gb HD
/dev/sdb is my second 250Gb HD
/dev/sdc is my USB key plugged in
sudo xxd -l 2 -p /dev/sda
eb48
sudo xxd -l 2 -p /dev/sdb
1000
sudo xxd -l 2 -p /dev/sdc
eb48
sudo xxd -s 1049 -l 2 -p /dev/sda
05ff
sudo xxd -s 1049 -l 2 -p /dev/sdc
With the LIVE CD, it finds the stage1 file on my USB but if I go without the LIVE CD, it does not find it
grub> find /boot/grub/stage1
(hd0,0)
sudo fdisk -lu
Disk /dev/sda: 81.9 GB, 81964302336 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9964 cylinders, total 160086528 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x28842883
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 20964824 10482381 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 31439205 160055594 64308195 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 118109880 160055594 20972857+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 76164228 118109879 20972826 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 31455333 76164164 22354416 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Disk /dev/sdb: 251.0 GB, 251000193024 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30515 cylinders, total 490234752 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000782bb
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 63 8385929 4192933+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb2 8385930 71300490 31457280+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb3 71312535 176152724 52420095 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sdb4 176152725 490223474 157035375 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdb5 176152788 226484369 25165791 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb6 226484433 276816014 25165791 83 Linux
/dev/sdb7 276816078 329187914 26185918+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb8 486303678 490223474 1959898+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb9 350152803 371117564 10482381 83 Linux
/dev/sdb10 329187978 350152739 10482381 83 Linux
/dev/sdb11 371117628 379503494 4192933+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb12 387889488 486303614 49207063+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb13 379503558 387889424 4192933+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Disk /dev/sdc: 8019 MB, 8019509248 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 974 cylinders, total 15663104 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc3072e18
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 * 63 13542794 6771366 83 Linux
/dev/sdc2 13542795 15647309 1052257+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
I have installed Kubuntu 8.10 on my USB key (8Gb Rally OCZ). It is a persistent usable O/S.
At the office, I have no problems booting with it as it has its own Grub on it.
At home, on my multi boot, booting with the key does nothing. It just goes through the PC Grub instead. I have the USB Key enabled as first boot device.
If I go into Grub and try to manually boot off of my USB key, I get either errors below (depending on how I attempted it):
Grub Error 11
Grub Error 24
Any suggestions as to what I should do to enable booting directly from that USB key ?
added comments ...
I have no problems with any O/S on my Home PC. I boot to any of them
From the Live Kubuntu 9.04 CD (had mounted the USB key as /usb):
ubuntu@ubuntu:/usb/etc$ cat fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sdb1
UUID=73fab218-de73-47ad-a1f6-2b3d849d4c3d / ext2 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sdb2
UUID=51668974-02d2-4212-8ca6-c5deceaf8f6c none swap sw,pri=253 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
# /dev/sda2
UUID=1529e151-364f-407a-b6b9-3ee6841ea79c none swap sw,pri=254 0 0
# /dev/fd0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 vfat rw,user,noauto 0 0
# /dev/sda3
UUID=a6ece3dd-73a6-4ae9-8a1f-f721ac128c7d /PC ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
ubuntu@ubuntu:/$ blkid
/dev/sdc1: LABEL="Office Linux" UUID="73fab218-de73-47ad-a1f6-2b3d849d4c3d" TYPE="ext2"
/dev/sdc2: UUID="51668974-02d2-4212-8ca6-c5deceaf8f6c" TYPE="swap"
ubuntu@ubuntu:/$ fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sdc: 8019 MB, 8019509248 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 974 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc3072e18
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 * 1 843 6771366 83 Linux
/dev/sdc2 844 974 1052257+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
ubuntu@ubuntu:/$ cat/usb/boot/grub/menu.lst
...
## ## End Default Options ##
title Ubuntu 9.04 (PC)
root (hd1,2)
chainloader +1
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-14-generic
uuid 73fab218-de73-47ad-a1f6-2b3d849d4c3d
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-14-generic root=UUID=73fab218-de73-47ad-a1f6-2b3d849d4c3d ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-14-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-14-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 73fab218-de73-47ad-a1f6-2b3d849d4c3d
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-14-generic root=UUID=73fab218-de73-47ad-a1f6-2b3d849d4c3d ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-14-generic
title Ubuntu 8.10, memtest86+
uuid 73fab218-de73-47ad-a1f6-2b3d849d4c3d
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 Windows NT/2000/XP
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
chainloader +1
grub> root (hd0,
Possible partitions are:
Partition num: 0, Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
Partition num: 1, Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x82
/dev/sda is my primary 80Gb HD
/dev/sdb is my second 250Gb HD
/dev/sdc is my USB key plugged in
sudo xxd -l 2 -p /dev/sda
eb48
sudo xxd -l 2 -p /dev/sdb
1000
sudo xxd -l 2 -p /dev/sdc
eb48
sudo xxd -s 1049 -l 2 -p /dev/sda
05ff
sudo xxd -s 1049 -l 2 -p /dev/sdc
With the LIVE CD, it finds the stage1 file on my USB but if I go without the LIVE CD, it does not find it
grub> find /boot/grub/stage1
(hd0,0)
sudo fdisk -lu
Disk /dev/sda: 81.9 GB, 81964302336 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9964 cylinders, total 160086528 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x28842883
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 20964824 10482381 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 31439205 160055594 64308195 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 118109880 160055594 20972857+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 76164228 118109879 20972826 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 31455333 76164164 22354416 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Disk /dev/sdb: 251.0 GB, 251000193024 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30515 cylinders, total 490234752 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000782bb
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 63 8385929 4192933+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb2 8385930 71300490 31457280+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb3 71312535 176152724 52420095 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sdb4 176152725 490223474 157035375 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdb5 176152788 226484369 25165791 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb6 226484433 276816014 25165791 83 Linux
/dev/sdb7 276816078 329187914 26185918+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb8 486303678 490223474 1959898+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb9 350152803 371117564 10482381 83 Linux
/dev/sdb10 329187978 350152739 10482381 83 Linux
/dev/sdb11 371117628 379503494 4192933+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb12 387889488 486303614 49207063+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb13 379503558 387889424 4192933+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Disk /dev/sdc: 8019 MB, 8019509248 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 974 cylinders, total 15663104 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc3072e18
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 * 63 13542794 6771366 83 Linux
/dev/sdc2 13542795 15647309 1052257+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris