Thanks a lot for looking into that.
I was buying that (second) netbook with the intention to install ubuntu on it, because I run into the known update troubles with a wubi install on the first one. Once I know how to get it right, the ******* 7 will have to go.
Here is the output of the script:
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Grub 1.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive
in partition #5 for /boot/grub.
=> Syslinux is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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: /BOOTMGR /BOOT/BCD
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD
sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows 7
Boot files/dirs: /Windows/System32/winload.exe
sda4: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
sda6: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Fat32
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x386d89a0
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 63 25,173,854 25,173,792 27 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 * 25,173,855 25,382,699 208,845 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 25,382,700 267,482,249 242,099,550 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 267,482,250 488,392,064 220,909,815 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 267,482,313 482,431,949 214,949,637 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 482,432,013 488,392,064 5,960,052 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 16.0 GB, 16026435072 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 15283 cylinders, total 31301631 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 32 31,299,583 31,299,552 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
/dev/sda1: UUID="EAC8DF2BC8DEF533" LABEL="PQSERVICE" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda2: UUID="B010DF7A10DF464E" LABEL="SYSTEM RESERVED" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda3: UUID="6AF4E0E6F4E0B58B" LABEL="Acer" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda5: UUID="5f1433df-58e0-44d0-bbf9-f9e8f7ee307f" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda6: UUID="0226c19d-21d6-4bec-956d-ca5af34751ec" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="CRUZER" UUID="481F-9569" TYPE="vfat"
=============================== "mount" output: ===============================
/dev/sda5 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)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/terranoid/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=terranoid)
/dev/sr0 on /media/cdrom0 type iso9660 (ro,nosuid,nodev,utf8,user=terranoid)
/dev/sdb1 on /media/CRUZER type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=devkit,uid=1000,gid=1000, shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,flush)
=========================== sda5/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=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 5f1433df-58e0-44d0-bbf9-f9e8f7ee307f
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 2.6.31-16-generic" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
set quiet=1
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 5f1433df-58e0-44d0-bbf9-f9e8f7ee307f
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic root=UUID=5f1433df-58e0-44d0-bbf9-f9e8f7ee307f ro 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
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 5f1433df-58e0-44d0-bbf9-f9e8f7ee307f
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic root=UUID=5f1433df-58e0-44d0-bbf9-f9e8f7ee307f ro single
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
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 5f1433df-58e0-44d0-bbf9-f9e8f7ee307f
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=5f1433df-58e0-44d0-bbf9-f9e8f7ee307f 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=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 5f1433df-58e0-44d0-bbf9-f9e8f7ee307f
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=5f1433df-58e0-44d0-bbf9-f9e8f7ee307f 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 "Windows Vista (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set eac8df2bc8def533
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda2)" {
insmod ntfs
set root=(hd0,2)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b010df7a10df464e
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 ###
=============================== sda5/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/sda5 during installation
UUID=5f1433df-58e0-44d0-bbf9-f9e8f7ee307f / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=0226c19d-21d6-4bec-956d-ca5af34751ec none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
136.9GB: boot/grub/core.img
136.9GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
136.9GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
136.9GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-16-generic
136.9GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
136.9GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic
136.9GB: initrd.img
136.9GB: initrd.img.old
136.9GB: vmlinuz
136.9GB: vmlinuz.old