oldfred: how do i find the HP software that might be causing the problem?
kansasnoob:
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in
partition #3 for /boot/grub.
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows Vista
Boot files/dirs: /bootmgr /boot/bcd /Windows/System32/winload.exe
/grub/core.img
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system:
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info:
Mounting failed:
mount: unknown filesystem type ''
sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
sda4: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
=========================== 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: 0x2d900954
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 134,383,724 134,383,662 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 465,579,765 488,392,064 22,812,300 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 136,536,435 462,671,999 326,135,565 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 134,383,725 136,536,434 2,152,710 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 134,383,788 136,536,434 2,152,647 82 Linux swap / Solaris
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/sda1 3CF4EF3CF4EEF6D4 ntfs
/dev/sda3 58a8117f-abd4-419e-ad7f-e04d9c1a7c3e ext4
/dev/sda5 9cc85652-54dd-4a4c-a9d5-e10e2ec2b400 swap
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sda3 / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sda1 /windows fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,b lksize=4096)
=================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
.0GB: grub/core.img
=========================== sda3/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=(hd0,3)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 58a8117f-abd4-419e-ad7f-e04d9c1a7c3e
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=(hd0,3)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 58a8117f-abd4-419e-ad7f-e04d9c1a7c3e
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=UUID=58a8117f-abd4-419e-ad7f-e04d9c1a7c3e 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=(hd0,3)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 58a8117f-abd4-419e-ad7f-e04d9c1a7c3e
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=UUID=58a8117f-abd4-419e-ad7f-e04d9c1a7c3e 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=(hd0,3)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 58a8117f-abd4-419e-ad7f-e04d9c1a7c3e
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=58a8117f-abd4-419e-ad7f-e04d9c1a7c3e 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=(hd0,3)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 58a8117f-abd4-419e-ad7f-e04d9c1a7c3e
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=58a8117f-abd4-419e-ad7f-e04d9c1a7c3e 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 3cf4ef3cf4eef6d4
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 ###
=============================== sda3/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/sda3 during installation
UUID=58a8117f-abd4-419e-ad7f-e04d9c1a7c3e / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /windows was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=3CF4EF3CF4EEF6D4 /windows ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 0
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=9cc85652-54dd-4a4c-a9d5-e10e2ec2b400 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================
Unknown BootLoader on sda2
00000000 19 17 0a 00 19 17 0a 00 19 17 0a 00 19 17 0a 00 |................|
00000010 19 17 0a 00 18 16 08 00 18 16 08 00 19 17 0a 00 |................|
00000020 18 16 08 00 18 16 08 00 19 17 0a 00 19 17 0a 00 |................|
00000030 18 16 08 00 18 16 08 00 18 15 0a 00 18 15 0a 00 |................|
00000040 16 15 0a 00 16 15 0a 00 12 0e 06 00 12 0e 06 00 |................|
00000050 11 10 07 00 13 11 08 00 13 11 08 00 14 12 09 00 |................|
00000060 16 14 0d 00 1a 17 11 00 17 18 11 00 19 19 12 00 |................|
00000070 1b 1a 16 00 1d 1c 18 00 1b 1d 18 00 1b 1d 18 00 |................|
00000080 1b 1d 18 00 1c 1e 19 00 1c 1e 19 00 1c 1e 19 00 |................|
00000090 1c 1e 19 00 1c 1e 19 00 1c 1e 19 00 1c 1e 19 00 |................|
000000a0 1c 1e 19 00 1c 1e 19 00 1b 1e 16 00 1b 1e 16 00 |................|
000000b0 19 1b 14 00 19 1b 14 00 15 19 0f 00 13 16 0d 00 |................|
000000c0 10 13 09 00 0f 12 08 00 0f 10 07 00 0e 0f 06 00 |................|
000000d0 11 10 07 00 11 10 07 00 11 10 07 00 11 10 07 00 |................|
000000e0 13 11 08 00 11 10 07 00 10 0f 06 00 11 10 07 00 |................|
000000f0 13 11 08 00 14 12 09 00 15 13 0a 00 17 16 0d 00 |................|
00000100 17 16 0d 00 1a 18 0f 00 17 19 12 00 17 19 12 00 |................|
00000110 17 19 12 00 18 1a 13 00 18 1a 13 00 19 1b 14 00 |................|
00000120 19 1b 14 00 19 1b 14 00 18 1a 13 00 18 1a 13 00 |................|
00000130 18 1a 13 00 18 1a 13 00 18 1a 13 00 18 1a 13 00 |................|
*
00000150 18 1a 13 00 19 1b 14 00 19 1b 14 00 1a 1d 15 00 |................|
00000160 1a 1d 15 00 1a 1d 15 00 1b 1e 16 00 1b 1e 16 00 |................|
00000170 1b 1e 16 00 1a 1d 15 00 1a 1d 15 00 19 1b 14 00 |................|
00000180 19 1b 14 00 19 1b 14 00 18 1a 13 00 18 1a 13 00 |................|
00000190 18 1a 13 00 18 1a 13 00 18 1a 13 00 18 1a 13 00 |................|
*
000001c0 18 1a 13 00 18 1a 13 00 17 19 12 00 18 1a 13 00 |................|
000001d0 18 1a 13 00 18 1a 13 00 18 1a 13 00 18 1a 13 00 |................|
000001e0 18 1a 13 00 18 1a 13 00 19 1c 14 00 18 1a 13 00 |................|
000001f0 19 1c 14 00 18 1a 13 00 16 18 11 00 18 1a 13 00 |................|
00000200
=======Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive==============
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