I've been working with Ubuntu for a few months, everything is easy to do but you have to read some webpages to get it done.
Now I install windows XP in sda2 and I had Ubuntu in sda1. I followed http://www.ubuntu-inside.me/2009/06/howto-recover-grub2-after-windows.html and I got Ubuntu working but no Grub Menu, just blank screen with a blinking cursor and then I get my Ubuntu login.
computer Specs: Lucid 10.04, Kernel Linux 2.6.32-24-generic
Dell dimension 9150 Intel Pentium D 2.8
Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in
partition #1 for /boot/grub.
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb and looks on the same drive in
partition #5 for /boot/grub.
=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdc
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sda4: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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: vfat
Boot sector type: BSD4.4: Fat32
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sdc1 starts
at sector 0. But according to the info from fdisk,
sdc1 starts at sector 40.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sdc2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: hfsplus
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sdc3: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2,048 408,275,909 408,273,862 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 408,275,910 602,839,124 194,563,215 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 602,839,125 613,072,529 10,233,405 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 613,072,894 625,141,759 12,068,866 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 613,072,896 625,141,759 12,068,864 82 Linux swap / Solaris
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
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdb1 63 488,392,064 488,392,002 83 Linux
Drive: sdc ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdc: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 1,953,525,167 1,953,525,167 ee GPT
GUID Partition Table detected.
Partition Start End Size System
/dev/sdc1 40 409,639 409,600 System/Boot Partition
/dev/sdc2 1,661,245,208 1,953,262,983 292,017,776 HFS+
/dev/sdc3 409,640 1,661,245,207 1,660,835,568 Linux or Data
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/sda1 74deb115-cde7-4747-88a4-13814e10a443 ext4
/dev/sda2 506CFFDD6CFFBBB2 ntfs
/dev/sda3 905CA45B5CA43E3A ntfs Swap
/dev/sda4: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 2c0be9c1-bb75-4a95-8c3b-26aae20c25de swap
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1 a2abf679-a95e-466c-a025-419e8fa31c40 ext3 Musica
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdc1 70D6-1701 vfat EFI
/dev/sdc2 cba04167-e73b-3562-a163-e3e212dd7478 hfsplus AppleBack
/dev/sdc3 806b43f6-4a88-4dc8-9917-113c70f8f1c5 ext3 Puscifer
/dev/sdc: PTTYPE="gpt"
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sda1 / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sdb1 /media/Musica ext3 (rw)
/dev/sdc3 /media/Puscifer ext3 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)
/dev/sdc2 /media/AppleBack hfsplus (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)
=========================== sda1/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 ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 74deb115-cde7-4747-88a4-13814e10a443
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 74deb115-cde7-4747-88a4-13814e10a443
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=
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, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 74deb115-cde7-4747-88a4-13814e10a443
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=74deb115-cde7-4747-88a4-13814e10a443 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 74deb115-cde7-4747-88a4-13814e10a443
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-24-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=74deb115-cde7-4747-88a4-13814e10a443 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-23-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 74deb115-cde7-4747-88a4-13814e10a443
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic root=UUID=74deb115-cde7-4747-88a4-13814e10a443 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-23-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-23-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 74deb115-cde7-4747-88a4-13814e10a443
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-23-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic root=UUID=74deb115-cde7-4747-88a4-13814e10a443 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-23-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-22-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 74deb115-cde7-4747-88a4-13814e10a443
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=74deb115-cde7-4747-88a4-13814e10a443 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-22-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 74deb115-cde7-4747-88a4-13814e10a443
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-22-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=74deb115-cde7-4747-88a4-13814e10a443 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 74deb115-cde7-4747-88a4-13814e10a443
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=74deb115-cde7-4747-88a4-13814e10a443 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 74deb115-cde7-4747-88a4-13814e10a443
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=74deb115-cde7-4747-88a4-13814e10a443 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
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='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 74deb115-cde7-4747-88a4-13814e10a443
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 74deb115-cde7-4747-88a4-13814e10a443
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
if [ ${timeout} != -1 ]; then
if keystatus; then
if keystatus --shift; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=0
fi
else
if sleep --interruptible 3 ; then
set timeout=0
fi
fi
fi
### 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 ###
=============================== sda1/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 nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
/dev/sda1 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/sda5 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/sdb /media/Musica ext3 default 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /media/Musica ext3 defaults 0 0
=================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
197.7GB: boot/grub/core.img
41.7GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
197.7GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
199.7GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic
199.3GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-23-generic
197.9GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
.1GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic
197.7GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic
198.6GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic
197.8GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic
197.9GB: initrd.img
199.3GB: initrd.img.old
197.8GB: vmlinuz
198.6GB: vmlinuz.old
================================ sda2/boot.ini: ================================
[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================
Unknown BootLoader on sda4
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00000010 37 c8 97 39 ff fa 3e 15 03 20 ff e4 5d d0 b7 42 |7..9..>.. ..]..B|
00000020 62 19 13 f6 ba e0 72 f8 e6 56 fa 1d 75 8c 0a 06 |b.....r..V..u...|
00000030 e8 9d d8 52 44 ad 0e fa 2b 75 35 4c 8a 5c 90 5b |...RD...+u5L.\.[|
00000040 e5 ea 30 c9 42 0d 20 78 6c ad e2 d4 0a e1 85 26 |..0.B. xl......&|
00000050 a0 46 61 73 2d 93 4b a0 b0 65 aa 6d 53 d3 da ba |.Fas-.K..e.mS...|
00000060 ca 5d d0 41 eb b4 34 b2 b5 42 5c 59 5a 5f 44 57 |.].A..4..B\YZ_DW|
00000070 ec 4b 80 f0 20 9b 51 8a 99 0d 21 9c d8 2f d7 61 |.K.. .Q...!../.a|
00000080 ac af e4 a7 81 64 6a 66 5b 1f 56 38 85 3f 2e 79 |.....djf[.V8.?.y|
00000090 10 d5 b7 70 e3 03 00 ea 39 f8 39 b2 62 00 54 c8 |...p....9.9.b.T.|
000000a0 0a 6c 8b 7b 4c 66 d1 30 03 2d dc 5e fd e1 27 18 |.l.{Lf.0.-.^..'.|
000000b0 28 e0 90 9c a7 21 02 fd 95 15 43 d3 f5 47 ed 76 |(....!....C..G.v|
000000c0 43 ce 81 44 3c 5b 0b 24 fd 1c 6c db 72 6a bf af |C..D<[.$..l.rj..|
000000d0 32 a4 d7 a8 05 98 11 cd 46 a5 99 53 18 8c d6 67 |2.......F..S...g|
000000e0 f4 39 1a 3c 1f b5 c0 3f a6 6a 99 b0 d7 5c 12 08 |.9.<...?.j...\..|
000000f0 10 e0 69 b5 7c 89 f9 31 83 f1 4a 75 a5 e6 f8 83 |..i.|..1..Ju....|
00000100 ab 59 21 59 01 7a 27 36 11 50 7b 2f e5 c6 b6 33 |.Y!Y.z'6.P{/...3|
00000110 80 35 f9 44 f8 e4 1c d6 b3 e1 6d c4 c2 f2 ab 28 |.5.D......m....(|
00000120 e4 ab ab 9e 92 e1 4b 5b 79 7a 53 ae b3 17 60 52 |......K[yzS...`R|
00000130 23 5e cd 52 0c 9d 1f 70 8c 3b 22 61 c6 7a e6 76 |#^.R...p.;"a.z.v|
00000140 54 15 ed 98 33 c0 19 3b 81 34 de ea 3c 82 e5 0d |T...3..;.4..<...|
00000150 e5 0e d7 c8 2c 0a 2e 52 dc 9b ee 3b d3 8c 72 c9 |....,..R...;..r.|
00000160 c9 ef 98 b0 0c c5 68 a6 a9 5d b6 4c ce 84 88 f0 |......h..].L....|
00000170 b5 4f c7 f9 f3 c5 a7 4b b6 65 97 44 8c e3 0a 12 |.O.....K.e.D....|
00000180 d3 4b bf 53 5a 29 d2 2c a8 e2 be 0f f5 3e cd 34 |.K.SZ).,.....>.4|
00000190 d2 53 9a 18 29 05 82 64 21 45 e5 66 68 69 98 f1 |.S..)..d!E.fhi..|
000001a0 f9 25 69 22 81 f3 6b e6 1f 97 b4 fd 2d 1b dd 15 |.%i"..k.....-...|
000001b0 3c 25 a6 1f 0c 6f 76 28 71 13 ec f0 60 ae 00 fe |<%...ov(q...`...|
000001c0 ff ff 82 fe ff ff 02 00 00 00 00 28 b8 00 00 00 |...........(....|
000001d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
*
000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|
00000200
This is the result for my boot test, everything looks fine and now Im really lost and with no direction to follow.