I ran " boot info script 0.34" and it produced these results:
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Grub1.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive
in partition #6 for /boot/grub.
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows XP
Boot files/dirs: /boot.ini /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM /grub/core.img
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda5 starts
at sector 63.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sda6: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 9.10
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
sda7: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda8: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1bef1bef
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 81,915,434 81,915,372 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 81,915,435 488,392,064 406,476,630 f W95 Ext d (LBA)
/dev/sda5 81,915,498 210,162,329 128,246,832 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 334,409,103 484,745,309 150,336,207 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 484,745,373 488,392,064 3,646,692 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda8 210,162,393 334,409,039 124,246,647 83 Linux
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/sda1: UUID="6050934450931FB8" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda5: UUID="0A3C6EEA3C6ECFED" LABEL="New Volume" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda6: UUID="f973b8d8-42fa-482d-8964-6b6a341341c8" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda7: UUID="1339d03a-e1cc-409f-942a-66df74c25c5f" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sda8: UUID="2704544b-f8e1-4c33-86b9-e0d55ad2c533" TYPE="ext4"
=============================== "mount" output: ===============================
aufs on / type aufs (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
/dev/sr0 on /cdrom type iso9660 (rw)
/dev/loop0 on /rofs type squashfs (rw)
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)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
tmpfs on /tmp 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/ubuntu/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=ubuntu)
/dev/sda1 on /media/6050934450931FB8 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,b lksize=4096)
/dev/sda5 on /media/New Volume type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,b lksize=4096)
/dev/sda6 on /media/f973b8d8-42fa-482d-8964-6b6a341341c8 type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=devkit)
/dev/sda8 on /media/2704544b-f8e1-4c33-86b9-e0d55ad2c533 type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=devkit)
================================ sda1/boot.ini: ================================
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
=========================== sda6/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="0"
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=(hd0,6)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f973b8d8-42fa-482d-8964-6b6a341341c8
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
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=(hd0,6)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f973b8d8-42fa-482d-8964-6b6a341341c8
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=f973b8d8-42fa-482d-8964-6b6a341341c8 ro 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=(hd0,6)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f973b8d8-42fa-482d-8964-6b6a341341c8
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=f973b8d8-42fa-482d-8964-6b6a341341c8 ro single
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 "Microsoft Windows XP Professional (on /dev/sda1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 6050934450931fb8
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 ###
=============================== sda6/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/sda6 during installation
UUID=f973b8d8-42fa-482d-8964-6b6a341341c8 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /opt was on /dev/sda8 during installation
UUID=2704544b-f8e1-4c33-86b9-e0d55ad2c533 /opt ext4 defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sda7 during installation
UUID=1339d03a-e1cc-409f-942a-66df74c25c5f none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sda6: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
171.2GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
171.2GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
171.2GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
171.2GB: initrd.img
171.2GB: vmlinuz