Sorry it took so long to finally get this here.... It looks like I have two bootloaders and wish to remove the one that pops up if my hard drive isn't inserted. It gives me a grub rescue error. if my hard drive is inserted, it goes to the working grub bootloader , as I have set the bios up to boot from my hard drive first if available. Can you help me delete the one on my main hard drive?
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 #6 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.
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
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sdb2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb6: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5169 cylinders, total 78165360 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 78,155,279 78,155,217 7 HPFS/NTFS
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107860992 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773166 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 * 63 536,137,244 536,137,182 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 536,137,726 976,768,064 440,630,339 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 964,687,248 976,768,064 12,080,817 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb6 536,137,728 964,685,823 428,548,096 83 Linux
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/sda1 AE740FD3740F9CE9 ntfs
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1 2E1006301005FF97 ntfs External Drive
/dev/sdb2: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb5 d663890d-00e3-4fca-af88-75076b2b9f03 swap
/dev/sdb6 a06fdd77-7039-49cc-8b1e-deb262a55ba2 ext4
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sdb6 / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sdb1 /media/External Drive fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_ permissions)
/dev/sda1 /media/AE740FD3740F9CE9 fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_ permissions)
================================ 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
=========================== sdb6/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 ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a06fdd77-7039-49cc-8b1e-deb262a55ba2
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a06fdd77-7039-49cc-8b1e-deb262a55ba2
set locale_dir=($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 2.6.32-21-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a06fdd77-7039-49cc-8b1e-deb262a55ba2
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=a06fdd77-7039-49cc-8b1e-deb262a55ba2 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='(hd1,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a06fdd77-7039-49cc-8b1e-deb262a55ba2
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=a06fdd77-7039-49cc-8b1e-deb262a55ba2 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='(hd1,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a06fdd77-7039-49cc-8b1e-deb262a55ba2
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a06fdd77-7039-49cc-8b1e-deb262a55ba2
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/sda1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ae740fd3740f9ce9
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 ###
=============================== sdb6/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/sdb6 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/sdb5 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sdb6: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
356.2GB: boot/grub/core.img
392.7GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
276.9GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
356.2GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic
276.9GB: initrd.img
356.2GB: vmlinuz
=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================
hexdump: /media/External Drive/TribalLeader4.png: Input/output error
hexdump: /media/External Drive/TribalLeader4.png: Input/output error
hexdump: /media/External Drive/TribalLeader4.png: Input/output error
Oh, and just an unfortunate note, I cannot connect to the internet through my ubuntu, because I cannot get my wireless driver to work... that means, either I figure out how to fix it, or all updates and such have to be through my windows XP and transfered.