El Duke
January 14th, 2010, 08:20 AM
Hi,
I have this weird problem. The other day I asked a question about restore the backup file after dual boot installation. I have done the dual boot ( XP installed first) then restored the backup file.
Now the problem is that I forgot if I excluded system files from backup or not, so when I restored and rebooted, my installations got messed up, many programs do not find their path to run, etc..
But the real problem is when I rebooted again, I got error 15: file not found
tried to follow some other posts here to solve this and noticed that running fdisk -l gives me:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 8924 71681998+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 8925 19457 84606322+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 8925 10199 10241406 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 10200 12065 14988613+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7 12066 19150 56910231 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 19151 19457 2465946 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdb: 2006 MB, 2006974464 bytes
16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 7656 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xd2cee7c9
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 16 7656 1955904 b W95 FAT32
Plus, when I tried to browse partitions, I have noticed that I have two partitions with system files in. one in which I installed last ubuntu, and the other is the restored one, so now I am confused which is my real boot device, how to re-install grub in this case ?
P.S. I am also confused which is the real menu.ls file, I have 2, the first one from which I see the boot menu now and it contains this:
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-17-generic
uuid 2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-17-generic root=UUID=2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-17-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-17-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-17-generic root=UUID=2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-17-generic
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-16-generic
uuid 2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-16-generic root=UUID=2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b 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 2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-16-generic root=UUID=2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-16-generic
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-15-generic
uuid 2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic root=UUID=2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-15-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic root=UUID=2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic
uuid 2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b 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 2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
title Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
uuid 2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet
The other is the old messed one ( this one is not contained in a folder called grub, it is just in the boot folder:
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic
uuid 8ed03294-2ef3-45b8-aaa5-1687dfd1b340
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=8ed03294-2ef3-45b8-aaa5-1687dfd1b340 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 8ed03294-2ef3-45b8-aaa5-1687dfd1b340
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=8ed03294-2ef3-45b8-aaa5-1687dfd1b340 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
title Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
uuid 8ed03294-2ef3-45b8-aaa5-1687dfd1b340
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/sda1
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
savedefault
chainloader +1
Please help ASAP as I am planning to go on a photography trip and I need my laptop with me :(
Thanks
I have this weird problem. The other day I asked a question about restore the backup file after dual boot installation. I have done the dual boot ( XP installed first) then restored the backup file.
Now the problem is that I forgot if I excluded system files from backup or not, so when I restored and rebooted, my installations got messed up, many programs do not find their path to run, etc..
But the real problem is when I rebooted again, I got error 15: file not found
tried to follow some other posts here to solve this and noticed that running fdisk -l gives me:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 8924 71681998+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 8925 19457 84606322+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 8925 10199 10241406 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 10200 12065 14988613+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7 12066 19150 56910231 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 19151 19457 2465946 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdb: 2006 MB, 2006974464 bytes
16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 7656 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xd2cee7c9
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 16 7656 1955904 b W95 FAT32
Plus, when I tried to browse partitions, I have noticed that I have two partitions with system files in. one in which I installed last ubuntu, and the other is the restored one, so now I am confused which is my real boot device, how to re-install grub in this case ?
P.S. I am also confused which is the real menu.ls file, I have 2, the first one from which I see the boot menu now and it contains this:
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-17-generic
uuid 2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-17-generic root=UUID=2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-17-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-17-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-17-generic root=UUID=2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-17-generic
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-16-generic
uuid 2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-16-generic root=UUID=2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b 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 2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-16-generic root=UUID=2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-16-generic
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-15-generic
uuid 2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic root=UUID=2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-15-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic root=UUID=2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic
uuid 2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b 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 2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
title Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
uuid 2815c1b9-1764-4ab5-ab29-1689fb2d975b
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet
The other is the old messed one ( this one is not contained in a folder called grub, it is just in the boot folder:
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic
uuid 8ed03294-2ef3-45b8-aaa5-1687dfd1b340
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=8ed03294-2ef3-45b8-aaa5-1687dfd1b340 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 8ed03294-2ef3-45b8-aaa5-1687dfd1b340
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=8ed03294-2ef3-45b8-aaa5-1687dfd1b340 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
title Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
uuid 8ed03294-2ef3-45b8-aaa5-1687dfd1b340
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/sda1
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
savedefault
chainloader +1
Please help ASAP as I am planning to go on a photography trip and I need my laptop with me :(
Thanks