Darcy Rayner
May 9th, 2010, 05:04 AM
I recently upgraded to Lucid, and received an error about Grub2 not properly updating. I had previously been on Karmic, with a Windows 7 installation on a second hard drive and an XP installation on the first partition of my first hard drive. I would boot into Grub, and from there boot into the Windows 7 boot manager. Anyway, after the upgrade Grub was broken, ( entering the recovering console), so I fired up my Karmic LiveCd and reinstalled Grub2 using the guide somewhere on these forums. Grub2 seemed to reinstall okay, and booting into Ubuntu was now possible. But when I attempt to load the Windows7 Boot Loader entry in Grub, the screen simply displays 'f1' and it is impossible to do anything from there. Here is my boot_info_script results:
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 #5 for /boot/grub.
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
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 /bootmgr /Boot/BCD /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
sda6: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 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 * 63 807,989,174 807,989,112 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 807,989,175 976,768,064 168,778,890 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 807,989,238 969,811,919 161,822,682 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 969,811,983 976,768,064 6,956,082 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 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/sdb1 2,048 1,953,521,663 1,953,519,616 7 HPFS/NTFS
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/sda1 7034E87734E841A8 ntfs
/dev/sda2: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90 ext4
/dev/sda6 a9d96f11-57c9-4249-af39-0d3021477e70 swap
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1 6C6E7FEF6E7FB086 ntfs
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sda5 / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
================================ sda1/boot.ini: ================================
;
;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems.
;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.
;
[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 Home Edition" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT
=========================== 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 $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
set default="8"
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 ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90
set locale_dir=($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='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90 ro splash vga=786 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='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-22-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90 ro single splash vga=786
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-19-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-19-generic root=UUID=2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90 ro splash vga=786 quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-19-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-19-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-19-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-19-generic root=UUID=2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90 ro single splash vga=786
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-19-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7034e87734e841a8
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.
menuentry "Windows XP" {
insmod chain
insmod ntfs
search --fs-uuid --set 7034e87734e841a8
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Windows 7" {
insmod chain
insmod ntfs
search --fs-uuid --set 6c6e7fef6e7fb086
chainloader +1
}
### 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=2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=a9d96f11-57c9-4249-af39-0d3021477e70 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
414.1GB: boot/grub/core.img
434.4GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
432.4GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-19-generic
435.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic
449.2GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-19-generic
415.6GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic
435.0GB: initrd.img
432.4GB: initrd.img.old
415.6GB: vmlinuz
449.2GB: vmlinuz.old
The first thing I did was run an update-grub, and then tried to add manual entries into the boot loader, with no success. Anyway, I can mount both the XP and Windows 7 partitions and access all the files. I'm not sure it is an issue with the Windows 7 boot loader, as when I used the Windows repair CD it said there was no issues with the installation. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? Any help would be much 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 #5 for /boot/grub.
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
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 /bootmgr /Boot/BCD /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
sda6: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 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 * 63 807,989,174 807,989,112 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 807,989,175 976,768,064 168,778,890 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 807,989,238 969,811,919 161,822,682 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 969,811,983 976,768,064 6,956,082 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 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/sdb1 2,048 1,953,521,663 1,953,519,616 7 HPFS/NTFS
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/sda1 7034E87734E841A8 ntfs
/dev/sda2: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90 ext4
/dev/sda6 a9d96f11-57c9-4249-af39-0d3021477e70 swap
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1 6C6E7FEF6E7FB086 ntfs
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sda5 / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
================================ sda1/boot.ini: ================================
;
;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems.
;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.
;
[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 Home Edition" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT
=========================== 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 $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
set default="8"
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 ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90
set locale_dir=($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='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90 ro splash vga=786 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='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-22-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90 ro single splash vga=786
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-19-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-19-generic root=UUID=2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90 ro splash vga=786 quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-19-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-19-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-19-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-19-generic root=UUID=2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90 ro single splash vga=786
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-19-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7034e87734e841a8
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.
menuentry "Windows XP" {
insmod chain
insmod ntfs
search --fs-uuid --set 7034e87734e841a8
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Windows 7" {
insmod chain
insmod ntfs
search --fs-uuid --set 6c6e7fef6e7fb086
chainloader +1
}
### 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=2a12746b-1442-4f9f-b051-9d51a7268b90 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=a9d96f11-57c9-4249-af39-0d3021477e70 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
414.1GB: boot/grub/core.img
434.4GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
432.4GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-19-generic
435.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic
449.2GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-19-generic
415.6GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic
435.0GB: initrd.img
432.4GB: initrd.img.old
415.6GB: vmlinuz
449.2GB: vmlinuz.old
The first thing I did was run an update-grub, and then tried to add manual entries into the boot loader, with no success. Anyway, I can mount both the XP and Windows 7 partitions and access all the files. I'm not sure it is an issue with the Windows 7 boot loader, as when I used the Windows repair CD it said there was no issues with the installation. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? Any help would be much appreciated.