in short - that didnt work
back to the drawing board
used the boot script on another post to give this output if it helps anyone - looks like its still seeing my mepis grub legacy config - what to do now?
anyways heres the text:
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Grub 1.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks for
(UUID=662539a2-dd8b-4b68-bcf0-9173d35f3f4e)/boot/grub.
=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
=> No boot loader 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: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: MEPIS Linux 8.0
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/menu.lst /etc/fstab
sdb2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb3: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sdb4: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs: /menu.lst
sdb6: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 9.10
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
sdb7: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sdc1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80032038912 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9730 cylinders, total 156312576 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf872f872
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 81,915,434 81,915,372 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 81,915,435 122,881,184 40,965,750 7 HPFS/NTFS
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000eb65f
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdb1 63 60,822,089 60,822,027 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 60,822,090 62,926,604 2,104,515 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb3 62,926,605 146,818,034 83,891,430 83 Linux
/dev/sdb4 146,818,035 398,074,634 251,256,600 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 146,818,098 251,674,289 104,856,192 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb6 251,674,353 311,677,064 60,002,712 83 Linux
/dev/sdb7 311,677,128 398,074,634 86,397,507 83 Linux
Drive: sdc ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdc: 1021 MB, 1021837312 bytes
31 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1038 cylinders, total 1995776 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00025369
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdc1 * 247 1,995,775 1,995,529 6 FAT16
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
/dev/sda1: UUID="AEA41A68A41A32F7" LABEL="SYSTEM DRIVE" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda2: UUID="840C35AF0C359D5C" LABEL="stuff" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="ca1ec592-78f3-4ecb-92d4-f91d3c82e397" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sdb2: UUID="f6cc8c25-3295-4c49-b27c-c54a12389e2b" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdb3: UUID="7b8653db-5310-4cdc-b208-dd8a98425215" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sdb5: UUID="2739F9893850C091" LABEL="Multimedia" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdb6: UUID="662539a2-dd8b-4b68-bcf0-9173d35f3f4e" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sdb7: UUID="c1908d7b-d8c6-4800-8dc8-eba665318f5d" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sdc1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" LABEL="" UUID="E0FD-1813" TYPE="vfat"
=============================== "mount" output: ===============================
/dev/sdb6 on / type ext3 (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)
/dev/sdb7 on /home type ext3 (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/smokin/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=smokin)
/dev/sdc1 on /media/E0FD-1813 type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=devkit,uid=1000,gid=1000, shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,flush)
/dev/sr0 on /media/cdrom0 type udf (ro,nosuid,nodev,utf8,user=smokin)
================================ sda1/boot.ini: ================================
[boot loader]
timeout=1
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" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
=========================== sdb1/boot/grub/menu.lst: ===========================
timeout 10
color cyan/blue white/blue
foreground ffffff
background 0639a1
gfxmenu /boot/grub/message
title MEPIS at sdb1, newest kernel
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb1 nomce quiet splash vga=795
initrd /boot/initrd.img
boot
title MEPIS at sdb1, kernel 2.6.27-1-mepis-smp
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-1-mepis-smp root=/dev/sdb1 nomce quiet splash vga=795
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-1-mepis-smp
boot
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional at sda1
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
title Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-17-generic
root (hd1,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=UUID=662539a2-dd8b-4b68-bcf0-9173d35f3f4e ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic
title MEMTEST
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
=============================== sdb1/etc/fstab: ===============================
# Pluggable devices are handled by uDev, they are not in fstab
/dev/sdb1 / ext3 defaults,noatime 1 1
/dev/sdb2 swap swap sw,pri=1 0 0
/dev/sdb3 /home auto defaults,noatime 1 2
/dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 ntfs-3g rw,users,auto,umask=000 0 0
/dev/sda2 /mnt/sda2 ntfs-3g rw,users,auto,umask=000 0 0
/dev/sda3 /mnt/sda3 ext3 noauto,users,exec,relatime 0 0
/dev/sdb5 /mnt/sdb5 ntfs-3g rw,users,auto,umask=000 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
# Dynamic entries below
/dev/sdb6 /mnt/sdb6 ext3 noauto,users,exec,relatime 0 0
/dev/sdb7 /mnt/sdb7 ext3 noauto,users,exec,relatime 0 0
/dev/sdc1 /mnt/sdc1 vfat noauto,users,gid=users,dmask=002,fmask=113,relatim e 0 0
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,users,exec,ro 0 0
/dev/sr0 /media/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,users,exec,ro 0 0
=================== sdb1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
.0GB: boot/grub/menu.lst
.0GB: boot/grub/stage2
.0GB: boot/initrd.img
.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-1-mepis-smp
.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-1-mepis-smp.bak
.0GB: boot/vmlinuz
.0GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-1-mepis-smp
================================ sdb5/menu.lst: ================================
timeout 15
color cyan/blue white/blue
foreground ffffff
background 0639a1
gfxmenu /boot/grub/message
title 1-MEPIS at sdb1, newest kernel
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb1 nomce quiet splash vga=791 resume=/dev/sdb2
title 2-ANTIX at sdb6, newest kernel
root (hd1,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb6 nomce quiet splash vga=791
boot
title 3-WINDOWS XP PRO at sda1
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
title 4-ANTIX at sdb6, previous kernel (if any)
root (hd1,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz.old root=/dev/sdb6 nomce quiet splash vga=791
boot
title 5-ANTIX at sdb6, kernel 2.6.27-1-mepis-smp
root (hd1,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-1-mepis-smp root=/dev/sdb6 nomce quiet splash vga=791
boot
title 6-SIDUX GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.27-7.slh.4-sidux-686
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7.slh.4-sidux-686 root=UUID=80613286-3590-46c5-ab1e-a89cdaddeaf0 ro quiet vga=791
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7.slh.4-sidux-686
title 7-MEMTEST
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
=================== sdb5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
75.1GB: menu.lst
=========================== sdb6/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=(hd1,6)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 662539a2-dd8b-4b68-bcf0-9173d35f3f4e
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 2.6.31-18-generic" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
set quiet=1
insmod ext2
set root=(hd1,6)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 662539a2-dd8b-4b68-bcf0-9173d35f3f4e
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-18-generic root=UUID=662539a2-dd8b-4b68-bcf0-9173d35f3f4e ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-18-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-18-generic (recovery mode)" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd1,6)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 662539a2-dd8b-4b68-bcf0-9173d35f3f4e
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-18-generic root=UUID=662539a2-dd8b-4b68-bcf0-9173d35f3f4e ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-18-generic
}
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=(hd1,6)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 662539a2-dd8b-4b68-bcf0-9173d35f3f4e
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=UUID=662539a2-dd8b-4b68-bcf0-9173d35f3f4e 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=(hd1,6)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 662539a2-dd8b-4b68-bcf0-9173d35f3f4e
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=UUID=662539a2-dd8b-4b68-bcf0-9173d35f3f4e 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=(hd1,6)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 662539a2-dd8b-4b68-bcf0-9173d35f3f4e
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=662539a2-dd8b-4b68-bcf0-9173d35f3f4e 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=(hd1,6)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 662539a2-dd8b-4b68-bcf0-9173d35f3f4e
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=662539a2-dd8b-4b68-bcf0-9173d35f3f4e 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 aea41a68a41a32f7
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "MEPIS at sdb1, newest kernel (on /dev/sdb1)" {
insmod ext2
set root=(hd1,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ca1ec592-78f3-4ecb-92d4-f91d3c82e397
linux /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb1 nomce quiet splash vga=795
initrd /boot/initrd.img
}
menuentry "MEPIS at sdb1, kernel 2.6.27-1-mepis-smp (on /dev/sdb1)" {
insmod ext2
set root=(hd1,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ca1ec592-78f3-4ecb-92d4-f91d3c82e397
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-1-mepis-smp root=/dev/sdb1 nomce quiet splash vga=795
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-1-mepis-smp
}
menuentry "MEMTEST (on /dev/sdb1)" {
insmod ext2
set root=(hd1,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ca1ec592-78f3-4ecb-92d4-f91d3c82e397
linux /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
### 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 ###
=============================== sdb6/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/sdb6 during installation
UUID=662539a2-dd8b-4b68-bcf0-9173d35f3f4e / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sdb7 during installation
UUID=c1908d7b-d8c6-4800-8dc8-eba665318f5d /home ext3 defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sdb2 during installation
UUID=f6cc8c25-3295-4c49-b27c-c54a12389e2b 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
=================== sdb6: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
128.8GB: boot/grub/core.img
128.8GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
128.8GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
128.8GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic
128.8GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-18-generic
128.8GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
128.8GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic
128.8GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-18-generic
128.8GB: initrd.img
128.8GB: initrd.img.old
128.8GB: vmlinuz
128.8GB: vmlinuz.old
=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================
mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically
hope this helps !!!
cheers
chris