Below are the results of the boot info script. As a reminder:
sda is my windows drive (master)
sdb is my ubuntu drive (slave) --- for some reason, if I don't have this drive as slave, my storage drive automounts as read-only.
sdc is my storage drive
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda
=> Grub 1.97 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
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: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4998 cylinders, total 80293248 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xebf4ebf4
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 80,276,804 80,276,742 7 HPFS/NTFS
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 10.2 GB, 10239860736 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1244 cylinders, total 19999728 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x024e024d
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 63 19,037,024 19,036,962 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 19,037,025 19,984,859 947,835 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 19,037,088 19,984,859 947,772 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Drive: sdc ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdc: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x010b657c
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdc1 63 976,768,064 976,768,002 42 SFS
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
sda1: UUID="2EE039A4E03972E7" LABEL="Main" TYPE="ntfs"
sdb1: UUID="292a6e40-1d4f-4d28-aeaf-028c86c6d616" TYPE="ext4"
sdb5: UUID="3a6b2a41-95cc-41ca-93b2-f9f7cf8b62a7" TYPE="swap"
sdc1: UUID="AE1C9F021C9EC52D" LABEL="500GB Network Drive" TYPE="ntfs"
=============================== "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)
================================ 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
=========================== 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
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 2.6.31-17-generic" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
set quiet=1
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=/dev/sdb1 ro splash quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-17-generic (recovery mode)" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=/dev/sdb1 ro single splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-16-generic" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
set quiet=1
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic root=/dev/sdb1 ro splash quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-16-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-16-generic (recovery mode)" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic root=/dev/sdb1 ro single splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-16-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
set quiet=1
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=/dev/sdb1 ro splash 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
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=/dev/sdb1 ro single splash
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 2ee039a4e03972e7
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 ###
=============================== 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/sda1 during installation
UUID=292a6e40-1d4f-4d28-aeaf-028c86c6d616 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=3a6b2a41-95cc-41ca-93b2-f9f7cf8b62a7 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
/dev/sdc1 /media/sdc1 ntfs nls=iso8859-1,users 0 0
=================== sdb1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
.0GB: boot/grub/core.img
.0GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-16-generic
.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic
.0GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
.0GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic
.0GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic
.0GB: initrd.img
.0GB: initrd.img.old
.0GB: vmlinuz
.0GB: vmlinuz.old
Once you get GRUB coming up you will need to do 2 things: reinstall GRUB2 and then boot into Ubuntu and change permissions for sdc so you can have read/write access.
Reinstall GRUB2:
Boot from Ubuntu Live CD & choose try ubuntu without any changes. When the desktop loads open a terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) and run
sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
this will mount ubuntu partition. Then run
sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/sdb
This will put GRUB2 on MBR of sdb. Reboot and set the 10 GB (sdb) as first hard disk to boot.
You want the sdb (10 GB) disk to boot first in the hard disk boot order. Change that in BIOS or if you can't do it in BIOS then do it with whatever method you are using for those two IDE disks: either with jumpers or Cable select or IDE ports on mobo.
After that is done boot into Ubuntu and open a file browser (Places > Computer). Highlight your sdc in the left pane. When highlighted you will see its directories which means it is mounted. Now open a terminal and run
gksu nautilus
You are now running nautilus as root- be careful now! Navigate to Filesystem > media > (name of sdc disk). Right click in sdc disk and choose properties. Choose permissions tab and change permissions on Owner to you and choose create & delete files for folder access. This will change permissions to read/write for sdc. I also change group to my group and set folder access to access files. Close both file browsers and you may need to reboot for permissions to take effect.
Also run in terminal from Ubuntu
sudo update-grub to refresh the grub.cfg
P.S. next time you install Ubuntu do not unplug any disks- that is not necessary. Also that may confuse GRUB as the disk designations may change depending on how you put them back ( i.e. sda may become sdb, etc)
Windows is another story- you need to make the disk you are installing to first in BIOS boot order because windows will try to write to the MBR of the first disk to boot.