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luckydog1942
November 9th, 2009, 12:27 AM
I downloaded Umbuntu to a dvd and installed 2.6.28-11 to my windows vista PC with dual boot.

Dual boot worked fine until I "updated" to 2.6.28-16

Now when I bring up the start screen I see both versions of Umbuntu and only Windows/vista/loader under other operating systems. When I intialize it I get "mbr missing'

I cannot initialize boot up from my windows rescue disk

Help restoring the dual boot appreciated.:KS
presence1960
November 9th, 2009, 12:34 AM
Let's get a better look at your setup & boot process. Boot into Ubuntu. 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.
luckydog1942
November 9th, 2009, 05:00 PM
Howdy and thanks so much for your help!


Thanks you so much for the help!!!!!


I successfully ran the partition analysis program and the results are in a txt file on my desktop.

Here are the results:


============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================

=> Grub0.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive
in partition #5 for /boot/grub/stage2 and /boot/grub/menu.lst.

sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Dell Utility: Fat16
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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: /Windows/System32/winload.exe

sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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: /Boot/BCD /Windows/System32/winload.exe

sda4: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext2
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 9.04
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/menu.lst /etc/fstab

sda6: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

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

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xa8000000

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sda1 63 208,844 208,782 de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 208,896 31,666,175 31,457,280 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 * 31,666,176 454,889,463 423,223,288 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 454,896,540 625,137,344 170,240,805 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 454,896,603 618,116,939 163,220,337 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 618,117,003 625,137,344 7,020,342 82 Linux swap / Solaris


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

/dev/sda1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" LABEL="DellUtility" UUID="07D9-0419" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sda2: UUID="E2F4A417F4A3EBCB" LABEL="RECOVERY" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda3: UUID="A29EA69F9EA66C0B" LABEL="OS" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda5: UUID="aca51046-56d8-4057-890f-9e522e72a4f2" TYPE="ext2"
/dev/sda6: UUID="2edc1866-733f-4441-9e79-2af552b002ec" TYPE="swap"

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

/dev/sda5 on / type ext2 (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/2.6.28-16-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/shep/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=shep)


=========================== sda5/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=aca51046-56d8-4057-890f-9e522e72a4f2 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=aca51046-56d8-4057-890f-9e522e72a4f2

## 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 2.6.28-16-generic
uuid aca51046-56d8-4057-890f-9e522e72a4f2
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-16-generic root=UUID=aca51046-56d8-4057-890f-9e522e72a4f2 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-16-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-16-generic (recovery mode)
uuid aca51046-56d8-4057-890f-9e522e72a4f2
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-16-generic root=UUID=aca51046-56d8-4057-890f-9e522e72a4f2 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-16-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic
uuid aca51046-56d8-4057-890f-9e522e72a4f2
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=aca51046-56d8-4057-890f-9e522e72a4f2 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 aca51046-56d8-4057-890f-9e522e72a4f2
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=aca51046-56d8-4057-890f-9e522e72a4f2 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
uuid aca51046-56d8-4057-890f-9e522e72a4f2
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/sda3
title Windows Vista (loader)
rootnoverify (hd0,2)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1


=============================== sda5/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/sda5 during installation
UUID=aca51046-56d8-4057-890f-9e522e72a4f2 / ext2 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=2edc1866-733f-4441-9e79-2af552b002ec none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0

=================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


308.5GB: boot/grub/menu.lst
308.4GB: boot/grub/stage2
308.5GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
308.5GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-16-generic
308.4GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic
308.5GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-16-generic
308.5GB: initrd.img
308.5GB: initrd.img.old
308.5GB: vmlinuz
308.4GB: vmlinuz.old
presence1960
November 9th, 2009, 07:51 PM
Go here (http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/) and download the Vista recovery console iso and burn it as an image to CD. Now this what you need to do: you are going to restore Vista to MBR and fix Vista's boot process and then restore GRUB to MBR so you can boot both OSs.

1. Boot off the Vista recovery console CD you made. Follow the directions for Vista here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1014708). When done reboot and you should boot right to Vista.

2. next boot off the Ubuntu Live CD/USB, Follow 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 "(hd0,4)".
Use whatever your computer spits out for the following lines.
5. Type "root (hd0,4)", or whatever your hard disk + boot partition
numbers are for Ubuntu.
6. Type "setup (hd0)", to install GRUB to MBR
7. Quit grub by typing "quit".
8. Reboot and remove the bootable CD.

Reboot & check both Ubuntu & Vista is able to boot.
NOTmick
November 10th, 2009, 11:34 PM
Hi there,

I've also been struggling with this issue since repartitioning VISTA to make room for Ubuntu 9.10.
When I boot, GRUB starts and the menu shows up fine. when I choose Ubuntu, all is well. When I choose VISTA, the screen blanks for a few seconds, then back to GRUB menu as if there for the first time.

I ran the boot info script and am pasting the results.txt file here.

============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================

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

sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows Vista
Boot files/dirs: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD /Windows/System32/winload.exe
/ntldr /NTDETECT.COM

sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: HP Recovery
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs: /ntldr /NTLDR /NTDETECT.COM /ntdetect.com

sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sda4: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 9.10
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img

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

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders, total 390721968 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1d6e91c5

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sda1 * 9,285,570 282,727,934 273,442,365 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 63 9,285,569 9,285,507 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda3 282,727,935 285,250,139 2,522,205 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda4 285,250,140 390,716,864 105,466,725 83 Linux


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

/dev/sda1: UUID="7E90B26F90B22E11" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda2: LABEL="RECOVERY" UUID="6591-4D17" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sda3: UUID="662a9b67-1a77-4020-8add-02a8aee08b8e" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sda4: UUID="b3a0aac9-0053-476b-a08f-3378b6e33d95" TYPE="ext3"

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

/dev/sda4 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
none on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/dad/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=dad)


=========================== sda4/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================

#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s /boot/grub/grubenv ]; then
have_grubenv=true
load_env
fi
set default="4"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
save_env saved_entry
prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,4)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b3a0aac9-0053-476b-a08f-3378b6e33d95
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=1024x768
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/white
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
set quiet=1
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,4)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b3a0aac9-0053-476b-a08f-3378b6e33d95
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=b3a0aac9-0053-476b-a08f-3378b6e33d95 ro vga=773 quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode)" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,4)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b3a0aac9-0053-476b-a08f-3378b6e33d95
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=b3a0aac9-0053-476b-a08f-3378b6e33d95 ro single vga=773
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows Vista (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7e90b26f90b22e11
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Windows NT/2000/XP (on /dev/sda2)" {
insmod fat
set root=(hd0,2)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 6591-4d17
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

=============================== sda4/etc/fstab: ===============================

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s 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/sda4 during installation
UUID=b3a0aac9-0053-476b-a08f-3378b6e33d95 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda3 during installation
UUID=662a9b67-1a77-4020-8add-02a8aee08b8e none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0

=================== sda4: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


146.0GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
146.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
146.0GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
146.0GB: initrd.img
146.0GB: vmlinuz
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================

Unknown MBR on /dev/sda

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00000190 6f 6d 00 48 61 72 64 20 44 69 73 6b 00 52 65 61 |om.Hard Disk.Rea|
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000001e0 ff ff 82 fe ff ff ff 15 da 10 5d 7c 26 00 00 fe |..........]|&...|
000001f0 ff ff 83 fe ff ff 5c 92 00 11 65 4b 49 06 55 aa |......\...eKI.U.|
00000200

Unknown BootLoader on sda1

00000000 eb 63 90 4e 54 46 53 20 20 20 20 00 02 08 00 00 |.c.NTFS .....|
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00 3f 00 ff 00 c2 af 8d 00 |........?.......|
00000020 00 00 00 00 80 00 80 00 30 66 4c 10 00 00 00 00 |........0fL.....|
00000030 00 00 0c 00 00 00 00 00 df c2 6b 01 00 00 00 00 |..........k.....|
00000040 f6 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 11 2e b2 90 6f b2 90 7e |............o..~|
00000050 00 00 00 00 fa 33 c0 8e d0 bc 00 80 3c 58 6a 11 |.....3......<Xj.|
00000060 00 00 00 00 ff fa eb 07 f6 c2 80 75 02 b2 80 ea |...........u....|
00000070 74 7c 00 00 31 c0 8e d8 8e d0 bc 00 20 fb a0 64 |t|..1....... ..d|
00000080 7c 3c ff 74 02 88 c2 52 be 88 7d e8 24 01 be 05 ||<.t...R..}.$...|
00000090 7c f6 c2 80 74 48 b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 5a 52 72 ||...tH.A..U..ZRr|
000000a0 3d 81 fb 55 aa 75 37 83 e1 01 74 32 31 c0 89 44 |=..U.u7...t21..D|
000000b0 04 40 88 44 ff 89 44 02 c7 04 10 00 66 8b 1e 5c |.@.D..D.....f..\|
000000c0 7c 66 89 5c 08 66 8b 1e 60 7c 66 89 5c 0c c7 44 ||f.\.f..`|f.\..D|
000000d0 06 00 70 b4 42 cd 13 72 05 bb 00 70 eb 73 b4 08 |..p.B..r...p.s..|
000000e0 cd 13 73 0a f6 c2 80 0f 84 d8 00 e9 82 00 66 0f |..s...........f.|
000000f0 b6 c6 88 64 ff 40 66 89 44 04 0f b6 d1 c1 e2 02 |...d.@f.D.......|
00000100 88 e8 88 f4 40 89 44 08 0f b6 c2 c0 e8 02 66 89 |....@.D.......f.|
00000110 04 66 a1 60 7c 66 09 c0 75 4e 66 a1 5c 7c 66 31 |.f.`|f..uNf.\|f1|
00000120 d2 66 f7 34 88 d1 31 d2 66 f7 74 04 3b 44 08 7d |.f.4..1.f.t.;D.}|
00000130 37 fe c1 88 c5 30 c0 c1 e8 02 08 c1 88 d0 5a 88 |7....0........Z.|
00000140 c6 bb 00 70 8e c3 31 db b8 01 02 cd 13 72 29 8c |...p..1......r).|
00000150 c3 60 1e b9 00 01 8e db 31 f6 bf 00 80 8e c6 fc |.`......1.......|
00000160 f3 a5 1f 61 ff 26 5a 7c be 8e 7d e8 44 00 eb 0e |...a.&Z|..}.D...|
00000170 be 93 7d e8 3c 00 eb 06 be 9d 7d e8 34 00 be a2 |..}.<.....}.4...|
00000180 7d e8 2e 00 cd 18 eb fe 47 52 55 42 20 00 47 65 |}.......GRUB .Ge|
00000190 6f 6d 00 48 61 72 64 20 44 69 73 6b 00 52 65 61 |om.Hard Disk.Rea|
000001a0 64 00 20 45 72 72 6f 72 0d 0a 00 bb 01 00 b4 0e |d. Error........|
000001b0 cd 10 ac 3c 00 75 f4 c3 4d 47 52 20 69 73 20 63 |...<.u..MGR is c|
000001c0 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 00 0d 0a 50 72 65 73 |ompressed...Pres|
000001d0 73 20 43 74 72 6c 2b 41 6c 74 2b 44 65 6c 20 74 |s Ctrl+Alt+Del t|
000001e0 6f 20 72 65 73 74 61 72 74 0d 0a 00 00 00 00 00 |o restart.......|
000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 9d b2 ca 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|
00000200


=======Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive==============

sdb sdc sdd sde

Any help to get back to being able to boot VISTA would be appreciated. Rest of family needs it.
presence1960
November 11th, 2009, 12:11 AM
Hi there,

I've also been struggling with this issue since repartitioning VISTA to make room for Ubuntu 9.10.
When I boot, GRUB starts and the menu shows up fine. when I choose Ubuntu, all is well. When I choose VISTA, the screen blanks for a few seconds, then back to GRUB menu as if there for the first time.

I ran the boot info script and am pasting the results.txt file here.

============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================

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

sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows Vista
Boot files/dirs: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD /Windows/System32/winload.exe
/ntldr /NTDETECT.COM

sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: HP Recovery
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs: /ntldr /NTLDR /NTDETECT.COM /ntdetect.com

sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sda4: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 9.10
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img

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

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders, total 390721968 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1d6e91c5

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sda1 * 9,285,570 282,727,934 273,442,365 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 63 9,285,569 9,285,507 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda3 282,727,935 285,250,139 2,522,205 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda4 285,250,140 390,716,864 105,466,725 83 Linux


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

/dev/sda1: UUID="7E90B26F90B22E11" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda2: LABEL="RECOVERY" UUID="6591-4D17" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sda3: UUID="662a9b67-1a77-4020-8add-02a8aee08b8e" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sda4: UUID="b3a0aac9-0053-476b-a08f-3378b6e33d95" TYPE="ext3"

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

/dev/sda4 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
none on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/dad/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=dad)


=========================== sda4/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================

#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s /boot/grub/grubenv ]; then
have_grubenv=true
load_env
fi
set default="4"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
save_env saved_entry
prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,4)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b3a0aac9-0053-476b-a08f-3378b6e33d95
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=1024x768
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/white
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
set quiet=1
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,4)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b3a0aac9-0053-476b-a08f-3378b6e33d95
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=b3a0aac9-0053-476b-a08f-3378b6e33d95 ro vga=773 quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode)" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,4)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b3a0aac9-0053-476b-a08f-3378b6e33d95
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=b3a0aac9-0053-476b-a08f-3378b6e33d95 ro single vga=773
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows Vista (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7e90b26f90b22e11
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Windows NT/2000/XP (on /dev/sda2)" {
insmod fat
set root=(hd0,2)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 6591-4d17
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

=============================== sda4/etc/fstab: ===============================

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s 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/sda4 during installation
UUID=b3a0aac9-0053-476b-a08f-3378b6e33d95 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda3 during installation
UUID=662a9b67-1a77-4020-8add-02a8aee08b8e none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0

=================== sda4: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


146.0GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
146.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
146.0GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
146.0GB: initrd.img
146.0GB: vmlinuz
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================

Unknown MBR on /dev/sda

00000000 eb 63 90 d0 bc 00 7c 8e c0 8e d8 be 00 7c bf 00 |.c....|......|..|
00000010 06 b9 00 02 fc f3 a4 50 68 1c 06 cb fb b9 04 00 |.......Ph.......|
00000020 bd be 07 80 7e 00 00 7c 0b 0f 85 10 01 83 c5 10 |....~..|........|
00000030 e2 f1 cd 18 88 56 00 55 c6 46 11 05 c6 46 03 02 |.....V.U.F...F..|
00000040 ff 00 00 20 01 00 00 00 00 02 fa 90 90 f6 c2 80 |... ............|
00000050 75 02 b2 80 ea 59 7c 00 00 31 00 80 01 00 00 00 |u....Y|..1......|
00000060 00 00 00 00 ff fa eb 07 f6 c2 80 75 02 b2 80 ea |...........u....|
00000070 74 7c 00 00 31 c0 8e d8 8e d0 bc 00 20 fb a0 64 |t|..1....... ..d|
00000080 7c 3c ff 74 02 88 c2 52 be 88 7d e8 24 01 be 05 ||<.t...R..}.$...|
00000090 7c f6 c2 80 74 48 b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 5a 52 72 ||...tH.A..U..ZRr|
000000a0 3d 81 fb 55 aa 75 37 83 e1 01 74 32 31 c0 89 44 |=..U.u7...t21..D|
000000b0 04 40 88 44 ff 89 44 02 c7 04 10 00 66 8b 1e 5c |.@.D..D.....f..\|
000000c0 7c 66 89 5c 08 66 8b 1e 60 7c 66 89 5c 0c c7 44 ||f.\.f..`|f.\..D|
000000d0 06 00 70 b4 42 cd 13 72 05 bb 00 70 eb 73 b4 08 |..p.B..r...p.s..|
000000e0 cd 13 73 0a f6 c2 80 0f 84 d8 00 e9 82 00 66 0f |..s...........f.|
000000f0 b6 c6 88 64 ff 40 66 89 44 04 0f b6 d1 c1 e2 02 |...d.@f.D.......|
00000100 88 e8 88 f4 40 89 44 08 0f b6 c2 c0 e8 02 66 89 |....@.D.......f.|
00000110 04 66 a1 60 7c 66 09 c0 75 4e 66 a1 5c 7c 66 31 |.f.`|f..uNf.\|f1|
00000120 d2 66 f7 34 88 d1 31 d2 66 f7 74 04 3b 44 08 7d |.f.4..1.f.t.;D.}|
00000130 37 fe c1 88 c5 30 c0 c1 e8 02 08 c1 88 d0 5a 88 |7....0........Z.|
00000140 c6 bb 00 70 8e c3 31 db b8 01 02 cd 13 72 29 8c |...p..1......r).|
00000150 c3 60 1e b9 00 01 8e db 31 f6 bf 00 80 8e c6 fc |.`......1.......|
00000160 f3 a5 1f 61 ff 26 5a 7c be 8e 7d e8 44 00 eb 0e |...a.&Z|..}.D...|
00000170 be 93 7d e8 3c 00 eb 06 be 9d 7d e8 34 00 be a2 |..}.<.....}.4...|
00000180 7d e8 2e 00 cd 18 eb fe 47 52 55 42 20 00 47 65 |}.......GRUB .Ge|
00000190 6f 6d 00 48 61 72 64 20 44 69 73 6b 00 52 65 61 |om.Hard Disk.Rea|
000001a0 64 00 20 45 72 72 6f 72 0d 0a 00 bb 01 00 b4 0e |d. Error........|
000001b0 cd 10 ac 3c 00 75 f4 c3 c5 91 6e 1d 00 00 80 00 |...<.u....n.....|
000001c0 81 42 07 fe ff ff c2 af 8d 00 3d 66 4c 10 00 01 |.B........=fL...|
000001d0 01 00 0b fe bf 41 3f 00 00 00 83 af 8d 00 00 fe |.....A?.........|
000001e0 ff ff 82 fe ff ff ff 15 da 10 5d 7c 26 00 00 fe |..........]|&...|
000001f0 ff ff 83 fe ff ff 5c 92 00 11 65 4b 49 06 55 aa |......\...eKI.U.|
00000200

Unknown BootLoader on sda1

00000000 eb 63 90 4e 54 46 53 20 20 20 20 00 02 08 00 00 |.c.NTFS .....|
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00 3f 00 ff 00 c2 af 8d 00 |........?.......|
00000020 00 00 00 00 80 00 80 00 30 66 4c 10 00 00 00 00 |........0fL.....|
00000030 00 00 0c 00 00 00 00 00 df c2 6b 01 00 00 00 00 |..........k.....|
00000040 f6 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 11 2e b2 90 6f b2 90 7e |............o..~|
00000050 00 00 00 00 fa 33 c0 8e d0 bc 00 80 3c 58 6a 11 |.....3......<Xj.|
00000060 00 00 00 00 ff fa eb 07 f6 c2 80 75 02 b2 80 ea |...........u....|
00000070 74 7c 00 00 31 c0 8e d8 8e d0 bc 00 20 fb a0 64 |t|..1....... ..d|
00000080 7c 3c ff 74 02 88 c2 52 be 88 7d e8 24 01 be 05 ||<.t...R..}.$...|
00000090 7c f6 c2 80 74 48 b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 5a 52 72 ||...tH.A..U..ZRr|
000000a0 3d 81 fb 55 aa 75 37 83 e1 01 74 32 31 c0 89 44 |=..U.u7...t21..D|
000000b0 04 40 88 44 ff 89 44 02 c7 04 10 00 66 8b 1e 5c |.@.D..D.....f..\|
000000c0 7c 66 89 5c 08 66 8b 1e 60 7c 66 89 5c 0c c7 44 ||f.\.f..`|f.\..D|
000000d0 06 00 70 b4 42 cd 13 72 05 bb 00 70 eb 73 b4 08 |..p.B..r...p.s..|
000000e0 cd 13 73 0a f6 c2 80 0f 84 d8 00 e9 82 00 66 0f |..s...........f.|
000000f0 b6 c6 88 64 ff 40 66 89 44 04 0f b6 d1 c1 e2 02 |...d.@f.D.......|
00000100 88 e8 88 f4 40 89 44 08 0f b6 c2 c0 e8 02 66 89 |....@.D.......f.|
00000110 04 66 a1 60 7c 66 09 c0 75 4e 66 a1 5c 7c 66 31 |.f.`|f..uNf.\|f1|
00000120 d2 66 f7 34 88 d1 31 d2 66 f7 74 04 3b 44 08 7d |.f.4..1.f.t.;D.}|
00000130 37 fe c1 88 c5 30 c0 c1 e8 02 08 c1 88 d0 5a 88 |7....0........Z.|
00000140 c6 bb 00 70 8e c3 31 db b8 01 02 cd 13 72 29 8c |...p..1......r).|
00000150 c3 60 1e b9 00 01 8e db 31 f6 bf 00 80 8e c6 fc |.`......1.......|
00000160 f3 a5 1f 61 ff 26 5a 7c be 8e 7d e8 44 00 eb 0e |...a.&Z|..}.D...|
00000170 be 93 7d e8 3c 00 eb 06 be 9d 7d e8 34 00 be a2 |..}.<.....}.4...|
00000180 7d e8 2e 00 cd 18 eb fe 47 52 55 42 20 00 47 65 |}.......GRUB .Ge|
00000190 6f 6d 00 48 61 72 64 20 44 69 73 6b 00 52 65 61 |om.Hard Disk.Rea|
000001a0 64 00 20 45 72 72 6f 72 0d 0a 00 bb 01 00 b4 0e |d. Error........|
000001b0 cd 10 ac 3c 00 75 f4 c3 4d 47 52 20 69 73 20 63 |...<.u..MGR is c|
000001c0 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 00 0d 0a 50 72 65 73 |ompressed...Pres|
000001d0 73 20 43 74 72 6c 2b 41 6c 74 2b 44 65 6c 20 74 |s Ctrl+Alt+Del t|
000001e0 6f 20 72 65 73 74 61 72 74 0d 0a 00 00 00 00 00 |o restart.......|
000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 9d b2 ca 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|
00000200


=======Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive==============

sdb sdc sdd sde

Any help to get back to being able to boot VISTA would be appreciated. Rest of family needs it.



If you look at the very bottom of ther script you have an "unknown bootloader on sda and sda1. GRUB 2 shows up as an unknown bootloader because the boot info script is yet unmodified to detect the presence of GRUB 2.

So there is your problem. You have GRUB 2 on Vista's partition (sda1). You need to run recovery console and restore Vista's bootloader. Then you need to restore GRUB. If you don't have a Vista installation DVD (not a recovery disk) you can download an iso from here (http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/), burn it as an image to disk which will allow you access to Vista recovery console to repair Vista.

Boot your Vista installation DVD or the CD you burned and follow the instructions here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1014708) for Vista. When done reboot without disk and you should boot right to Vista.

Now you need to restore GRUB. Follow the directions here (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2) for restoring GRUB 2. Scroll way down near the bottom to the heading "reinstalling from Live CD"
luckydog1942
November 11th, 2009, 08:11 PM
Hi..I'm back

I created the windows recovery disk but now have a basic problem. I cannot boot from CD
I have tried start up menu , F12 on start up. (There is a + next to the hard disk choice). I select cd/dvd and it goes to the hard drive Ubuntu startup.

I have tried to reset the bios (F2) and that will not work either. It is still booting from the hard disk.
presence1960
November 11th, 2009, 08:19 PM
Hi..I'm back

I created the windows recovery disk but now have a basic problem. I cannot boot from CD
I have tried start up menu , F12 on start up. (There is a + next to the hard disk choice). I select cd/dvd and it goes to the hard drive Ubuntu startup.

I have tried to reset the bios (F2) and that will not work either. It is still booting from the hard disk.

To fix this and for many other reasons you have to figure out how to boot from CD. Consult your computer documentation or go to the manufacturer's web site for the info you need.

Check your connections to the optical drive and the mobo and optical drive to power supply.
NOTmick
November 11th, 2009, 09:58 PM
If you look at the very bottom of ther script you have an "unknown bootloader on sda and sda1. GRUB 2 shows up as an unknown bootloader because the boot info script is yet unmodified to detect the presence of GRUB 2.

So there is your problem. You have GRUB 2 on Vista's partition (sda1). You need to run recovery console and restore Vista's bootloader. Then you need to restore GRUB. If you don't have a Vista installation DVD (not a recovery disk) you can download an iso from here (http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/), burn it as an image to disk which will allow you access to Vista recovery console to repair Vista.

Boot your Vista installation DVD or the CD you burned and follow the instructions here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1014708) for Vista. When done reboot without disk and you should boot right to Vista.

Now you need to restore GRUB. Follow the directions here (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2) for restoring GRUB 2. Scroll way down near the bottom to the heading "reinstalling from Live CD"[/quote]

Excellent. I'm back up and running fine. Thanks!! :p
presence1960
November 12th, 2009, 01:02 AM
If you look at the very bottom of ther script you have an "unknown bootloader on sda and sda1. GRUB 2 shows up as an unknown bootloader because the boot info script is yet unmodified to detect the presence of GRUB 2.

So there is your problem. You have GRUB 2 on Vista's partition (sda1). You need to run recovery console and restore Vista's bootloader. Then you need to restore GRUB. If you don't have a Vista installation DVD (not a recovery disk) you can download an iso from here (http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/), burn it as an image to disk which will allow you access to Vista recovery console to repair Vista.

Boot your Vista installation DVD or the CD you burned and follow the instructions here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1014708) for Vista. When done reboot without disk and you should boot right to Vista.

Now you need to restore GRUB. Follow the directions here (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2) for restoring GRUB 2. Scroll way down near the bottom to the heading "reinstalling from Live CD"

Excellent. I'm back up and running fine. Thanks!! :p[/QUOTE]

Glad you got it working. Enjoy Ubuntu!