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May 6th, 2010, 08:26 PM
Greetings,
I have a Win XP system that was working fine, with three volumes. I installed 10.04 on its own disk and have been happily using it for a few days. GRUB does show that I am able to select the XP volume as a boot option. I tired that today and got a blank screen with a flashing underline cursor.
Tried the Windows recovery console fixboot. No Go.
Tried testdisk and it shows all fine. Still no XP.
Ran the boot info script, here are the results. I am not able to interpret what to do next. Any help would be appreciated.
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.
=> Windows 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:
Boot files/dirs:
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Dell Utility: Fat16
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows 95
Boot files/dirs: /IO.SYS /MSDOS.SYS /COMMAND.COM
sdb2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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 /wubildr.mbr
/ubuntu/winboot/wubildr.mbr /wubildr
/ubuntu/winboot/wubildr
sdc1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
sdc2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdc5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14589 cylinders, total 234375000 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 * 63 234,372,284 234,372,222 7 HPFS/NTFS
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders, total 156250000 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 80,324 80,262 de Dell Utility
/dev/sdb2 * 80,325 156,232,124 156,151,800 7 HPFS/NTFS
Drive: sdc ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdc: 300.1 GB, 300069052416 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36481 cylinders, total 586072368 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 2,048 580,067,327 580,065,280 83 Linux
/dev/sdc2 580,069,374 586,072,063 6,002,690 5 Extended
/dev/sdc5 580,069,376 586,072,063 6,002,688 82 Linux swap / Solaris
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/sda1 02DCA537DCA5263F ntfs Other Drive
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1 07D4-0114 vfat DellUtility
/dev/sdb2 36C4E0DEC4E0A0FB ntfs
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdc1 c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f ext4
/dev/sdc2: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdc5 36805982-4315-4621-8244-5f4de4d5bd8c swap
/dev/sdc: PTTYPE="dos"
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sdc1 / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sr0 /media/XPSP1a_ENG_PRO iso9660 (ro,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=1000, iocharset=utf8,mode=0400,dmode=0500)
/dev/sda1 /media/Other Drive fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_ permissions)
/dev/sdb2 /media/36C4E0DEC4E0A0FB fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_ permissions)
================================ sdb2/boot.ini: ================================
[boot loader]
timeout=30
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" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\wubildr.mbr = "Ubuntu"
=========================== sdc1/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 ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
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 2.6.32-22-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f 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='(hd2,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-22-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f 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='(hd2,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f 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='(hd2,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f 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='(hd2,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f
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/sdb2)" {
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd1,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 36c4e0dec4e0a0fb
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 ###
=============================== sdc1/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/sdc1 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sdc5 during installation
UUID=36805982-4315-4621-8244-5f4de4d5bd8c none swap sw 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sdc1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
146.1GB: boot/grub/core.img
152.7GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
146.1GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
146.3GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic
146.1GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic
146.2GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic
146.3GB: initrd.img
146.1GB: initrd.img.old
146.2GB: vmlinuz
146.1GB: vmlinuz.old
I have a Win XP system that was working fine, with three volumes. I installed 10.04 on its own disk and have been happily using it for a few days. GRUB does show that I am able to select the XP volume as a boot option. I tired that today and got a blank screen with a flashing underline cursor.
Tried the Windows recovery console fixboot. No Go.
Tried testdisk and it shows all fine. Still no XP.
Ran the boot info script, here are the results. I am not able to interpret what to do next. Any help would be appreciated.
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.
=> Windows 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:
Boot files/dirs:
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Dell Utility: Fat16
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows 95
Boot files/dirs: /IO.SYS /MSDOS.SYS /COMMAND.COM
sdb2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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 /wubildr.mbr
/ubuntu/winboot/wubildr.mbr /wubildr
/ubuntu/winboot/wubildr
sdc1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
sdc2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdc5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14589 cylinders, total 234375000 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 * 63 234,372,284 234,372,222 7 HPFS/NTFS
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders, total 156250000 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 80,324 80,262 de Dell Utility
/dev/sdb2 * 80,325 156,232,124 156,151,800 7 HPFS/NTFS
Drive: sdc ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdc: 300.1 GB, 300069052416 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36481 cylinders, total 586072368 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 2,048 580,067,327 580,065,280 83 Linux
/dev/sdc2 580,069,374 586,072,063 6,002,690 5 Extended
/dev/sdc5 580,069,376 586,072,063 6,002,688 82 Linux swap / Solaris
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/sda1 02DCA537DCA5263F ntfs Other Drive
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1 07D4-0114 vfat DellUtility
/dev/sdb2 36C4E0DEC4E0A0FB ntfs
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdc1 c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f ext4
/dev/sdc2: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdc5 36805982-4315-4621-8244-5f4de4d5bd8c swap
/dev/sdc: PTTYPE="dos"
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sdc1 / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sr0 /media/XPSP1a_ENG_PRO iso9660 (ro,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=1000, iocharset=utf8,mode=0400,dmode=0500)
/dev/sda1 /media/Other Drive fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_ permissions)
/dev/sdb2 /media/36C4E0DEC4E0A0FB fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_ permissions)
================================ sdb2/boot.ini: ================================
[boot loader]
timeout=30
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" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\wubildr.mbr = "Ubuntu"
=========================== sdc1/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 ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
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 2.6.32-22-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f 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='(hd2,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-22-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f 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='(hd2,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f 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='(hd2,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f 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='(hd2,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c69324e3-11d6-4a2b-b08a-f564bb656b2f
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/sdb2)" {
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd1,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 36c4e0dec4e0a0fb
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 ###
=============================== sdc1/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/sdc1 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sdc5 during installation
UUID=36805982-4315-4621-8244-5f4de4d5bd8c none swap sw 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sdc1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
146.1GB: boot/grub/core.img
152.7GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
146.1GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
146.3GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic
146.1GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic
146.2GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic
146.3GB: initrd.img
146.1GB: initrd.img.old
146.2GB: vmlinuz
146.1GB: vmlinuz.old