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ladavis89
April 30th, 2010, 08:04 PM
Hello,

Yesterday, I upgraded from 9.10 to 10.04. I have been having problems in 9.10 when I boot up it gives the error 31f and says something about the video....can't remember off the top of my head. It would still boot but it said press enter to see other video modes or press space to continue or wait 30 seconds. I always just waited and it booted up fine.

But i knew this had to do with the start up manager. So, after my upgrade, I decided I would restore my original settings in the start up manager. This was dumb. It restored it such that when I boot up (dual boot by the way) it shows the options to boot into 9.04!

I have deduced it down to that the /boot/grup/menu.lst file was restored to when i was running 9.04. I do not know how to boot into my OS from the grub command either. I tried and failed miserably. I know that the boot partition is sda5 but I could not boot into it. I even tried booting with a live cd and changing the menu.lst file but that didn't work either.

Is there any way I can restore that menu.lst file to the ubuntu 10.04 one?

I appreciate any thoughts and advice!

Thanks

doktorOblivion
April 30th, 2010, 08:10 PM
Its no longer call menu.lst...lucky you.

As per onwards and upwards philosophy regarding such things, it has been renamed to /boot/grub/grub.cfg

My file looks like this.

cat /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 $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
set saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then
saved_entry=${chosen}
save_env saved_entry
fi
}

function recordfail {
set recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d88d274d-2fff-4a84-a26b-4418a29c5613
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d88d274d-2fff-4a84-a26b-4418a29c5613
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=de
insmod gettext
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/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Ubuntu, mit Linux 2.6.32-21-generic-pae' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d88d274d-2fff-4a84-a26b-4418a29c5613
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic-pae root=UUID=d88d274d-2fff-4a84-a26b-4418a29c5613 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, mit Linux 2.6.32-21-generic-pae (Wiederherstellungsmodus)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d88d274d-2fff-4a84-a26b-4418a29c5613
echo 'Linux 2.6.32-21-generic-pae wird geladen …'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic-pae root=UUID=d88d274d-2fff-4a84-a26b-4418a29c5613 ro single
echo 'Initiale Ramdisk wird geladen …'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, mit Linux 2.6.32-21-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d88d274d-2fff-4a84-a26b-4418a29c5613
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=d88d274d-2fff-4a84-a26b-4418a29c5613 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, mit Linux 2.6.32-21-generic (Wiederherstellungsmodus)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d88d274d-2fff-4a84-a26b-4418a29c5613
echo 'Linux 2.6.32-21-generic wird geladen …'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=d88d274d-2fff-4a84-a26b-4418a29c5613 ro single
echo 'Initiale Ramdisk wird geladen …'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d88d274d-2fff-4a84-a26b-4418a29c5613
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d88d274d-2fff-4a84-a26b-4418a29c5613
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (on /dev/mapper/nvidia_ibdadbgd1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd5,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 1814e10c14e0ee26
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
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 ###


Don't look at /boot/grub, it looks like a dumping ground now...

ajgreeny
April 30th, 2010, 08:25 PM
However, if you upgraded from 9.04 to 9.10 to 10.04, and chose to keep the original grub, you may still have a /boot/grub/menu.lst. You may have a grub.cfg as well, but it will depend on what happened at upgrade time, and which you chose to use for the upgraded OS.

Get a copy of the boot_info_script from http://sourceforge.net/projects/bootinfoscript/files/bootinfoscript/0.55/boot_info_script055.sh/download and run it in terminal and then attach the RESULTS.txt file that it produces back here for us to look at.

ladavis89
April 30th, 2010, 09:34 PM
Ok i will run that boot script when i get home from work this afternoon. Thanks for the help!

ladavis89
May 1st, 2010, 12:12 AM
Ok here are the results for the boot info script:



Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010

============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================

=> Grub 0.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive
in partition #5 for /boot/grub/stage2 and /boot/grub/menu.lst.
=> ThinkPad is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
=> Windows 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: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:

sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/menu.lst /etc/fstab

sda6: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:

sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

sdc1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

sdd: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: MSWIN4.1: Fat 32
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 400.0 GB, 400088457216 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 48641 cylinders, total 781422768 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xbe84be84

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sda1 * 63 655,484,129 655,484,067 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 655,484,130 781,417,664 125,933,535 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 655,484,193 776,180,474 120,696,282 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 776,180,538 781,417,664 5,237,127 82 Linux swap / Solaris


Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xed1f86f7

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sdb1 * 63 304,271,099 304,271,037 83 Linux


Drive: sdc ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sdc: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders, total 390721968 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00092d13

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sdc1 63 390,716,864 390,716,802 7 HPFS/NTFS


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 5CF8BDB6F8BD8EB0 ntfs
/dev/sda5 2b876118-2092-4418-8a06-098c201cb7b9 ext3
/dev/sda6 aaccc80d-c53c-412b-93aa-9467cf1229a8 swap
/dev/sdb1 e0a8f333-ca9d-4285-b9cf-e5af10cf3631 ext3
/dev/sdc1 70C83967C8392CAA ntfs Media
/dev/sdd 11EE-2307 vfat HP v115w

============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================

Device Mount_Point Type Options

rootfs / rootfs (rw)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime)
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)
/dev/sda5 /media/disk ext3 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal)
/dev/sdd /media/HP v115w vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=mixed,uid=9 99,utf8,umask=077,flush)


================================ sda1/boot.ini: ================================

[boot loader]
timeout=30
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

=========================== sda5/boot/grub/menu.lst: ===========================

# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default 0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 10

## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
#hiddenmenu

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
# password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=2b876118-2092-4418-8a06-098c201cb7b9 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=2b876118-2092-4418-8a06-098c201cb7b9

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all

## specify if running in Xen domU or have grub detect automatically
## update-grub will ignore non-xen kernels when running in domU and vice versa
## e.g. indomU=detect
## indomU=true
## indomU=false
# indomU=detect

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-16-generic
uuid 2b876118-2092-4418-8a06-098c201cb7b9
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-16-generic root=UUID=2b876118-2092-4418-8a06-098c201cb7b9 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 2b876118-2092-4418-8a06-098c201cb7b9
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-16-generic root=UUID=2b876118-2092-4418-8a06-098c201cb7b9 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-16-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-15-generic
uuid 2b876118-2092-4418-8a06-098c201cb7b9
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic root=UUID=2b876118-2092-4418-8a06-098c201cb7b9 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 2b876118-2092-4418-8a06-098c201cb7b9
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic root=UUID=2b876118-2092-4418-8a06-098c201cb7b9 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic
uuid 2b876118-2092-4418-8a06-098c201cb7b9
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=2b876118-2092-4418-8a06-098c201cb7b9 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 2b876118-2092-4418-8a06-098c201cb7b9
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=2b876118-2092-4418-8a06-098c201cb7b9 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
uuid 2b876118-2092-4418-8a06-098c201cb7b9
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
makeactive
chainloader +1


=============================== sda5/etc/fstab: ===============================

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'vol_id --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=2b876118-2092-4418-8a06-098c201cb7b9 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=aaccc80d-c53c-412b-93aa-9467cf1229a8 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/sdc1 /media/Preload ext3 defaults 0 0

=================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


387.4GB: boot/grub/menu.lst
336.7GB: boot/grub/stage2
340.6GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-18-generic
356.4GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-21-generic
387.6GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
358.6GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-18-generic
358.6GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-21-generic
358.6GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic
387.6GB: initrd.img
356.4GB: initrd.img.old
358.6GB: vmlinuz
358.6GB: vmlinuz.old

ladavis89
May 1st, 2010, 01:04 AM
Also, if 9.10 is supposed to be using grub2, then how come i still have a menu.lst file? Maybe my new grub files got replaced with the old ones when i restored the start up manager.

ladavis89
May 1st, 2010, 02:59 AM
update:

When I type the following command in the grub command line:

root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=/dev/sda5 ro
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
boot

It starts to load for a few seconds and then pauses at a point where is shows:

Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 5
sdb1 sdb2 < sdc1
sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
sdb5 sdb6 >
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk

This is when it pauses for like 30 seconds. Then it says:

Gave up waiting for a root device. Common problems:
-Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
-Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?)
-Check root= (did the system wait for the right device?)
-Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev)
ALERT! /dev/sda5 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!

Did I type in the wrong commands??

ladavis89
May 1st, 2010, 05:15 AM
I finally got it booting into one of the kernels but not the latest one. It boots up and I can only use 800x600 resolution...

Does anyone know what is going on with my machine??

Sef
May 1st, 2010, 05:18 AM
Also, if 9.10 is supposed to be using grub2, then how come i still have a menu.lst file?

If you updated from 9.04 to 9.10, GRUB Legacy was kept as the boot loader. If you clean installed, then GRUB 2.0 was installed.

ajgreeny
May 1st, 2010, 08:34 PM
I note that the newest kernel that you can apparently boot to from legacy grub is 2.6.28-16, so your menu.lst file has not got the kernels from lucid showing at all.

I think one way around this may be to uninstall legacy grub and install grub2, then run
sudo grub -mkconfig
sudo update-grub
For more info on this and other grub2 details see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2

ladavis89
May 2nd, 2010, 01:25 AM
Ok so last night i just gave up and reinstalled 10.04 on my partition. I can now boot into 10.04 but the only problem is that the screen resolution is really low. I tried installing the latest Nvidia drivers through the hardware drivers application but when i rebooted i get a blank screen...

Does anyone know how to fix this?? Please help me I have been at this for 14+ hours.

Thanks