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Please take a look at by Boot Info:
Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks for
(UUID=bc6a3adc-9ab3-420d-8760-2fa8bbf12f3d)/boot/grub.
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb and looks on the same drive in
partition #1 for /boot/grub.
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdc
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
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: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda6 starts
at sector 63.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sda7: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 9.10
Boot files/dirs: /etc/fstab
sda8: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda9: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda9 starts
at sector 63.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sda10: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda10 starts
at sector 63.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sda11: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
sda12: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
sdb2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdc1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xaf805c66
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 209,728,574 209,728,512 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 209,728,575 1,953,520,064 1,743,791,490 f W95 Ext d (LBA)
/dev/sda5 209,728,638 629,169,659 419,441,022 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 629,169,723 894,370,679 265,200,957 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7 894,370,743 1,042,232,939 147,862,197 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 1,042,233,003 1,048,610,744 6,377,742 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda9 1,048,610,808 1,468,051,829 419,441,022 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda10 1,468,051,893 1,821,176,594 353,124,702 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda11 1,821,176,658 1,948,025,834 126,849,177 83 Linux
/dev/sda12 1,948,025,898 1,953,520,064 5,494,167 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: 0x0d2c0d2c
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 63 964,703,249 964,703,187 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 964,703,250 976,768,064 12,064,815 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 964,703,313 976,768,064 12,064,752 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Drive: sdc ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdc: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders, total 234441648 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x191f842b
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdc1 63 234,436,544 234,436,482 7 HPFS/NTFS
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda10 07C0252BE502AD10 ntfs ENTERTAINMENT 1
/dev/sda1 160D66D64BC42A69 ntfs WINDOWS 1
/dev/sda11 a377ac54-1402-4042-84d3-90c1062b9843 ext4
/dev/sda12 46cb2eab-f979-4712-bfe8-d621040b85f0 swap
/dev/sda5 160D68ABE539C529 ntfs GAMES 1
/dev/sda6 5835A2AF94E714A4 ntfs SOFTWARE 1
/dev/sda7 2a4e430b-b4ce-47d7-abcd-2aa6d66b3192 ext4
/dev/sda8 3c480dab-1875-40f5-a35f-3fe23fa70989 swap
/dev/sda9 C678AE159FECB7C1 ntfs MOVIES 1
/dev/sdb1 2f4321b6-d0e9-42ac-9f2d-8f8709929c36 ext4
/dev/sdb5 616ee61f-44eb-492e-84a9-367fd815aa29 swap
/dev/sdc1 152750EF7D44E6E9 ntfs
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
aufs / aufs (rw)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (rw)
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (rw)
/dev/sda6 /media/SOFTWARE 1 fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,b lksize=4096)
================================ 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
=============================== sda7/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/sda9 during installation
UUID=2a4e430b-b4ce-47d7-abcd-2aa6d66b3192 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda10 during installation
UUID=3c480dab-1875-40f5-a35f-3fe23fa70989 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
========================== sda11/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=(hd0,11)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a377ac54-1402-4042-84d3-90c1062b9843
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=(hd0,11)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a377ac54-1402-4042-84d3-90c1062b9843
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=a377ac54-1402-4042-84d3-90c1062b9843 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=(hd0,11)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a377ac54-1402-4042-84d3-90c1062b9843
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=a377ac54-1402-4042-84d3-90c1062b9843 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/sdb1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root=(hd1,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 308ccb188ccad78c
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (on /dev/sdb4)" {
insmod ext2
set root=(hd1,4)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 6e595092-7708-42a6-b0e4-d6d33bca0a92
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=6e595092-7708-42a6-b0e4-d6d33bca0a92 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sdb4)" {
insmod ext2
set root=(hd1,4)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 6e595092-7708-42a6-b0e4-d6d33bca0a92
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=6e595092-7708-42a6-b0e4-d6d33bca0a92 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
### 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 ###
=============================== sda11/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/sda11 during installation
UUID=a377ac54-1402-4042-84d3-90c1062b9843 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda12 during installation
UUID=46cb2eab-f979-4712-bfe8-d621040b85f0 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
=================== sda11: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
943.1GB: boot/grub/core.img
943.1GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
933.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
932.9GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
933.0GB: initrd.img
932.9GB: vmlinuz
=========================== sdb1/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=(hd1,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2f4321b6-d0e9-42ac-9f2d-8f8709929c36
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=(hd1,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2f4321b6-d0e9-42ac-9f2d-8f8709929c36
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=2f4321b6-d0e9-42ac-9f2d-8f8709929c36 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=(hd1,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2f4321b6-d0e9-42ac-9f2d-8f8709929c36
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=2f4321b6-d0e9-42ac-9f2d-8f8709929c36 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 160d66d64bc42a69
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (on /dev/sda11)" {
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,11)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a377ac54-1402-4042-84d3-90c1062b9843
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=a377ac54-1402-4042-84d3-90c1062b9843 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda11)" {
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,11)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a377ac54-1402-4042-84d3-90c1062b9843
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=a377ac54-1402-4042-84d3-90c1062b9843 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
### 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 ###
=============================== sdb1/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/sdb1 during installation
UUID=2f4321b6-d0e9-42ac-9f2d-8f8709929c36 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sdb5 during installation
UUID=616ee61f-44eb-492e-84a9-367fd815aa29 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: ===================
17.6GB: boot/grub/core.img
17.6GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
.5GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
.5GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
.5GB: initrd.img
.5GB: vmlinuz