I found the Boot Info Script but I need a little help interpreting the results:
Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda
=> 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: Grub 2
Boot sector info: Grub 2 is installed in the boot sector of sda1 and
looks at sector 1288499914 of the same hard drive for
core.img, but core.img can not be found at this
location. 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: Unknown
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda5 starts
at sector 63.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
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: 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
sdb6: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders, total 156301488 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 40,965,749 40,965,687 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 40,965,750 156,280,319 115,314,570 f W95 Ext d (LBA)
/dev/sda5 40,965,813 156,280,319 115,314,507 7 HPFS/NTFS
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 * 63 1,250,275,823 1,250,275,761 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 1,250,290,755 1,953,520,064 703,229,310 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 1,250,290,818 1,938,402,899 688,112,082 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 1,938,402,963 1,953,520,064 15,117,102 82 Linux swap / Solaris
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/sda1 621072CB1072A5A7 ntfs Program
/dev/sda2: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 2498B8C398B89530 ntfs Storage
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1 840C44430C44328A ntfs SATA640
/dev/sdb2: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb5 44a17491-30bf-4aa3-9669-ff334416aed5 ext4
/dev/sdb6 968242b7-dce5-4972-91b7-de9ee20a472a swap
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sdb5 / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
================================ 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
=========================== sdb5/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 ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 44a17491-30bf-4aa3-9669-ff334416aed5
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 44a17491-30bf-4aa3-9669-ff334416aed5
set locale_dir=($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 44a17491-30bf-4aa3-9669-ff334416aed5
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=44a17491-30bf-4aa3-9669-ff334416aed5 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='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 44a17491-30bf-4aa3-9669-ff334416aed5
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-22-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=44a17491-30bf-4aa3-9669-ff334416aed5 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.31-17-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 44a17491-30bf-4aa3-9669-ff334416aed5
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=UUID=44a17491-30bf-4aa3-9669-ff334416aed5 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.31-17-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 44a17491-30bf-4aa3-9669-ff334416aed5
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.31-17-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=UUID=44a17491-30bf-4aa3-9669-ff334416aed5 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-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 44a17491-30bf-4aa3-9669-ff334416aed5
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 44a17491-30bf-4aa3-9669-ff334416aed5
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/sdb1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd1,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 621072cb1072a5a7
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 ###
=============================== sdb5/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=44a17491-30bf-4aa3-9669-ff334416aed5 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=968242b7-dce5-4972-91b7-de9ee20a472a 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
=================== sdb5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
640.4GB: boot/grub/core.img
656.1GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
641.8GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic
641.8GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic
640.7GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic
641.2GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic
641.8GB: initrd.img
641.8GB: initrd.img.old
641.2GB: vmlinuz
640.7GB: vmlinuz.old
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================
Unknown BootLoader on sda2
00000000 05 81 d2 2b a8 05 b1 c0 34 a8 11 00 76 40 00 de |...+....4...v@..|
00000010 a3 a6 f5 68 1e 39 43 77 c7 39 84 47 7c 22 bb 0b |...h.9Cw.9.G|"..|
00000020 1e c4 fc ae cb 0e 0a a5 8a 01 1f 4b 13 b7 1c 04 |...........K....|
00000030 a8 4f 48 01 9d 11 59 90 7e 22 19 3f a5 8a a8 2e |.OH...Y.~".?....|
00000040 88 c0 7b 30 0a a0 37 be 25 f7 40 12 89 64 37 26 |..{0..7.%.@..d7&|
00000050 96 50 0e 16 c4 a0 85 a1 d4 76 c7 9e e7 f8 84 90 |.P.......v......|
00000060 32 52 1f 40 30 01 80 08 40 cf e5 13 77 e8 39 3b |2R.@0...@...w.9;|
00000070 37 27 24 8b e4 72 ae 89 89 41 e0 46 36 b6 74 8c |7'$..r...A.F6.t.|
00000080 0c 0c 4e 12 cc 01 1f fb 45 8c 1f d0 8e 3b 8d 23 |..N.....E....;.#|
00000090 a1 09 40 04 35 44 94 54 14 be 5f dd 48 e7 0e dc |..@.5D.T.._.H...|
000000a0 73 8b e7 05 48 48 41 fc 2c 78 7c 90 03 e0 d2 80 |s...HHA.,x|.....|
000000b0 52 4d c0 8e 06 04 b8 79 1c 2a 7e a6 fb 7c 03 dc |RM.....y.*~..|..|
000000c0 ff 31 cc 93 f6 15 bb 0a 98 59 1a 88 c7 63 10 85 |.1.......Y...c..|
000000d0 f5 33 98 7f 34 c8 a5 17 b8 d7 61 e8 3e 92 92 5a |.3..4.....a.>..Z|
000000e0 32 05 be 4e 2c 35 09 10 e8 2d 0f 84 bf 17 21 20 |2..N,5...-....! |
000000f0 5f 32 5b a1 6a 48 49 8c 71 79 25 28 fd d0 8c 90 |_2[.jHI.qy%(....|
00000100 1e de 4a d6 47 20 c3 8e c4 f2 0d 11 c1 60 e6 00 |..J.G .......`..|
00000110 85 21 25 64 e0 9d d9 6c 06 e0 1d a1 ce 3a 01 89 |.!%d...l.....:..|
00000120 30 86 f8 94 9e 18 19 97 c6 fc a1 58 60 14 0c e7 |0..........X`...|
00000130 1d 82 1f ba c7 e8 06 21 89 42 fa 40 aa 32 77 ec |.......!.B.@.2w.|
00000140 8c 18 1a c5 e0 15 bf 4e 0f 28 3a 00 7c 05 43 0b |.......N.(:.|.C.|
00000150 6e c8 1c 47 d0 0c 4a 2f 31 84 f8 00 00 01 07 52 |n..G..J/1......R|
00000160 ef 30 a1 75 09 ae 06 00 1a 14 50 59 a0 72 61 33 |.0.u......PY.ra3|
00000170 d1 55 42 7e 86 83 00 56 00 3f 91 10 89 a9 c5 23 |.UB~...V.?.....#|
00000180 97 d8 66 27 b6 48 71 82 a8 88 08 03 18 05 43 49 |..f'.Hq.......CI|
00000190 a9 03 04 20 ce 5f 08 40 b1 27 f1 49 c7 01 a8 98 |... ._.@.'.I....|
000001a0 94 6c 87 71 83 ff f0 0c 00 34 26 93 40 42 18 51 |.l.q.....4&.@B.Q|
000001b0 7f 20 6a 5c 0b 20 7f fd 80 e2 f8 98 07 60 00 01 |. j\. .......`..|
000001c0 c1 ff 07 fe ff ff 3f 00 00 00 4b 8f df 06 00 00 |......?...K.....|
000001d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
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000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|
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It looks like GRUB is installed on sda1, where Windows is installed. If this is the problem, how do I correct it?
Hey man. I'm sorry I can't be the one to help you but don't worry. It is late there may be mroe ppl to help tomorrow. Was there anything at all weird that hapenned when installing (ive messed my computer up a few times. Ubuntu isn't very unstable but mistakes can happen. Also I'm not saying YOU necessarily made a mistake just saying I have and if you did or something weird happens you can add that. I know how to fix some problems but not right away I could use mroe info if you've got any)