Nice script :)
Anyway in the end I reinstalled Karmic to reinstate the MBR.
What I'm trying to do now is get grub to recognize Suse and add an entry.
But here is the results.txt file. It would be great if you could maybe explain some of this??
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Grub 1.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive
in partition #1 for /boot/grub.
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Welcome to openSUSE 11.2
"Emerald" - Kernel ().
Boot files/dirs: /etc/fstab
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 203.9 GB, 203928109056 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24792 cylinders, total 398297088 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xe0ace0ac
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 389,238,884 389,238,822 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 389,238,885 398,283,479 9,044,595 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 389,238,948 398,283,479 9,044,532 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders, total 234441648 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x43044303
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdb1 63 234,436,544 234,436,482 83 Linux
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
sda1: UUID="491c9ea0-1117-408d-bd1d-b0536cc8260b" TYPE="ext4"
sda5: UUID="aca92743-10de-4143-b3a0-227001f7cb54" TYPE="swap"
sdb1: UUID="ae6ac825-b3bf-4836-aeb0-77ba46a06835" TYPE="ext4"
=============================== "mount" output: ===============================
/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (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)
none on /var/lib/ureadahead/debugfs type debugfs (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/gavin/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=gavin)
/dev/sdb1 on /media/ae6ac825-b3bf-4836-aeb0-77ba46a06835 type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=devkit)
=========================== sda1/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=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 491c9ea0-1117-408d-bd1d-b0536cc8260b
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 2.6.31-17-generic" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
set quiet=1
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 491c9ea0-1117-408d-bd1d-b0536cc8260b
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=UUID=491c9ea0-1117-408d-bd1d-b0536cc8260b ro 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
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 491c9ea0-1117-408d-bd1d-b0536cc8260b
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=UUID=491c9ea0-1117-408d-bd1d-b0536cc8260b ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic
}
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=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 491c9ea0-1117-408d-bd1d-b0536cc8260b
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=491c9ea0-1117-408d-bd1d-b0536cc8260b 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=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 491c9ea0-1117-408d-bd1d-b0536cc8260b
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=491c9ea0-1117-408d-bd1d-b0536cc8260b 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 "openSUSE 11.2 (i586) (on /dev/sdb1)" {
insmod ext2
set root=(hd1,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ae6ac825-b3bf-4836-aeb0-77ba46a06835
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.8-0.1-default root=/dev/sdb1
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.31.8-0.1-default
}
### 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 ###
=============================== sda1/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=491c9ea0-1117-408d-bd1d-b0536cc8260b / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=aca92743-10de-4143-b3a0-227001f7cb54 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
=================== sda1: 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-2.6.31-17-generic
.0GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
.0GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic
.0GB: initrd.img
.0GB: initrd.img.old
.0GB: vmlinuz
.0GB: vmlinuz.old
=============================== sdb1/etc/fstab: ===============================
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3120022A_5JS0L9G9-part1 / ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Maxtor_6Y200P0_Y6448ZEE-part5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3120022A_5JS0L9G9-part2 /home ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 2
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
=================== sdb1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
.0GB: boot/initrd
.0GB: boot/initrd-2.6.31.8-0.1-default
.0GB: boot/vmlinuz
.0GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.8-0.1-default
=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================
boot_info_script045.sh: line 1421: type: lvscan: not found
boot_info_script045.sh: line 1451: type: mdadm: not found