I am having a similar problem. I have Ubuntu 9.04 installed directly to a 8G usb stick using the alternate installation iso. Everything went quite well. I have grub installed on the usb wich in this case is sdb, but after i choose to boot ubuntu from the grub menu the first text that pops up is that it is searching (hd0,0) when i know from reading 9 pages back and running
sudo find /boot/grub/stage2
that my location is (hd1,0). From reading a few of these i have anticipated your first quetion and yes i have the results.txt
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> HP/Gateway is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda
=> Grub0.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb and looks on the same drive
in partition #1 for /boot/grub/stage2 and /boot/grub/menu.lst.
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdc
=> No known boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdd
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows Vista
Boot files/dirs: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs: /bootmgr /boot/bcd
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext3
Boot sector type: Grub
Boot sector info: Grub0.97 is installed in the boot sector of sdb1 and
looks at sector 10993727 of the same hard drive for
the stage2 file. A stage2 file is at this location on
/dev/sdb. Stage2 looks on partition #1 for
/boot/grub/menu.lst.
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:
sdc1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdc5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sdc5 starts
at sector 63.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sdd1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sdd1 has
976765094 sectors.. But according to the info from the
partition table , it has 976768002 sectors.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xd7f2bdd3
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 957,939,884 957,939,822 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 957,939,885 976,768,064 18,828,180 7 HPFS/NTFS
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 8036 MB, 8036285952 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 977 cylinders, total 15695871 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0004aea0
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 63 14,924,384 14,924,322 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 14,924,385 15,695,504 771,120 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 14,924,448 15,695,504 771,057 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Drive: sdc ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdc: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x7ba0e9c1
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdc1 16,065 1,953,520,064 1,953,504,000 f W95 Ext d (LBA)
/dev/sdc5 16,128 1,953,520,064 1,953,503,937 7 HPFS/NTFS
Drive: sdd ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdd: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xce342d02
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdd1 * 63 976,768,064 976,768,002 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/sda1: UUID="7AD2F220D2F1E075" LABEL="HP" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda2: UUID="2C88743C8874071C" LABEL="FACTORY_IMAGE" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="745761e9-2b86-454e-bdfc-26d10cfb6a02" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sdb5: UUID="df4c58c7-6b45-4702-88c8-b8a5df1149f1" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdc5: UUID="84002C3C002C3796" LABEL="HP Personal Media Drive" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdd1: UUID="000A-605F" TYPE="vfat"
=============================== "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)
/dev/sdb1 on /media/disk type ext3 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal)
/dev/sdd1 on /media/disk-1 type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=mixed,uid=9 99,utf8,umask=077,flush)
/dev/sdc5 on /media/HP Personal Media Drive type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096)
=========================== 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=745761e9-2b86-454e-bdfc-26d10cfb6a02 ro
## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=745761e9-2b86-454e-bdfc-26d10cfb6a02
## 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 745761e9-2b86-454e-bdfc-26d10cfb6a02
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=745761e9-2b86-454e-bdfc-26d10cfb6a02 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 745761e9-2b86-454e-bdfc-26d10cfb6a02
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=745761e9-2b86-454e-bdfc-26d10cfb6a02 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
### 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 Vista (loader)
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
savedefault
chainloader +1
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda2
title Windows Vista (loader)
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
savedefault
chainloader +1
=============================== 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/sdc1 during installation
UUID=745761e9-2b86-454e-bdfc-26d10cfb6a02 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sdc5 during installation
UUID=df4c58c7-6b45-4702-88c8-b8a5df1149f1 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: ===================
5.5GB: boot/grub/menu.lst
5.6GB: boot/grub/stage2
5.5GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
5.5GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic
5.5GB: initrd.img
5.5GB: vmlinuz
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================
Unknown MBR on /dev/sdd
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00000010 00 e5 40 38 3a 00 00 00 00 1a b2 9f f7 00 00 4c |..@8:..........L|
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00000030 7c 48 d1 e8 40 40 e8 4a 00 e8 68 00 72 10 e8 ba ||H..@@.J..h.r...|
00000040 00 3b 06 1b 7c 75 07 e8 09 00 ff 2e 0d 7c e8 13 |.;..|u.......|..|
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=======Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive==============
sde sdf sdg sdh I think i need to do the re-routing that was suggested a few posts back, but i was curious if my case was any different before i did something i wasn't sure of. Thanks for any help.
Thomas
edit: Everything is fine when i don't have my usb plugged in (windows boots fine) and i haven't tried booting into windows thru the usb because i didn't feel the need, but i might try now to see what happens.
edit2: I forgot to mention that I had tried to re-route either windows or linux, but from my ubuntu live cd when i bring up the terminal and type
gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst gedit opens up an empty file.