welshchap
May 25th, 2010, 11:41 AM
Hi All,
another xp / lucid dual boot issue here
I'm aware of , and have fixed several different lucid dual boot issues on other machines by:
* booting from the install cd ,
* installing grub
* mounting the /dev/sda parition
* chrooting to the disk
* updating grub
* reboot
but this particular case has me stumped ! :(
I can "see" the problem - just don't know how to fix it.
scenario is as follows.
[pre-installl]
XP 32 bit on C: (/dev/sda1 now) NTFS
DVD-RW on D:
NTFS formatted data only disk as E: (retro-fitted post xp installl)
[during install]
shrunk the NTFS partition of C: to create a few gb of space on /dev/sda1
installed amd64 lucid desktop into space created as follows (all sizes approximate)
XP partition still /dev/sda1 (shrunk but otherwise unchanged )
10gb as "/" in /dev/sda2
8gb as "/home" in /dev/sda3
2gb as swap in /dev/sda4
no files written to /dev/sdb
watched grub install itself to /dev/sda
reboot
[post-install]
grub config reports linux and boots fine
Windows XP on /dev/sda1 but doesnt' boot.
ran the bootinfo script... here's the apparent issue
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in
partition #2 for /boot/grub.
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
somehow something has pointed my windows install to /dev/sdb ?? ...where it isnt !!
furthermore /dev/sdb has never had windows installed upon it !! it was formatted as an NTFS disk and fitted into the machine some 4-5 months AFTER the original XP install and almost a year before Lucid was installed .
logic suggests that I need to re-point <something> but what and where ??
any ideas please ?
(Full bootinfo log below)
regards
WelshChap
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 #2 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: /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sda4: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
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:
=========================== 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 * 63 115,346,699 115,346,637 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 115,346,700 135,829,574 20,482,875 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 135,829,575 152,199,809 16,370,235 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 152,199,810 156,296,384 4,096,575 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders, total 390721968 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 63 390,716,864 390,716,802 42 SFS
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/sda1 62F95E257116E30E ntfs SYSTEM
/dev/sda2 4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5 ext4
/dev/sda3 909042ca-3465-4f77-9e59-8cd4b932b390 ext4
/dev/sda4 7969720d-e88a-4eb9-a86c-bba52db8f660 swap
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1 6C40990D4098DEE0 ntfs DATA
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"
error: /dev/sdc: No medium found
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sda2 / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sda3 /home ext4 (rw)
/dev/sr0 /media/XP_PRO_SP2 iso9660 (ro,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=1000, iocharset=utf8,mode=0400,dmode=0500)
/dev/sda1 /media/SYSTEM fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_ permissions)
=========================== sda2/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 ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5
set locale_dir=($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='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5 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='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-22-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5 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='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5 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='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5 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='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5
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 62f95e257116e30e
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 ###
=============================== sda2/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
# / was on /dev/sda2 during installation
UUID=4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sda3 during installation
UUID=909042ca-3465-4f77-9e59-8cd4b932b390 /home ext4 defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sda4 during installation
UUID=7969720d-e88a-4eb9-a86c-bba52db8f660 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sda2: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
61.5GB: boot/grub/core.img
67.7GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
62.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
62.4GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic
62.3GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic
59.4GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic
62.4GB: initrd.img
62.0GB: initrd.img.old
59.4GB: vmlinuz
62.3GB: vmlinuz.old
=======Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive==============
sdc
another xp / lucid dual boot issue here
I'm aware of , and have fixed several different lucid dual boot issues on other machines by:
* booting from the install cd ,
* installing grub
* mounting the /dev/sda parition
* chrooting to the disk
* updating grub
* reboot
but this particular case has me stumped ! :(
I can "see" the problem - just don't know how to fix it.
scenario is as follows.
[pre-installl]
XP 32 bit on C: (/dev/sda1 now) NTFS
DVD-RW on D:
NTFS formatted data only disk as E: (retro-fitted post xp installl)
[during install]
shrunk the NTFS partition of C: to create a few gb of space on /dev/sda1
installed amd64 lucid desktop into space created as follows (all sizes approximate)
XP partition still /dev/sda1 (shrunk but otherwise unchanged )
10gb as "/" in /dev/sda2
8gb as "/home" in /dev/sda3
2gb as swap in /dev/sda4
no files written to /dev/sdb
watched grub install itself to /dev/sda
reboot
[post-install]
grub config reports linux and boots fine
Windows XP on /dev/sda1 but doesnt' boot.
ran the bootinfo script... here's the apparent issue
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in
partition #2 for /boot/grub.
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
somehow something has pointed my windows install to /dev/sdb ?? ...where it isnt !!
furthermore /dev/sdb has never had windows installed upon it !! it was formatted as an NTFS disk and fitted into the machine some 4-5 months AFTER the original XP install and almost a year before Lucid was installed .
logic suggests that I need to re-point <something> but what and where ??
any ideas please ?
(Full bootinfo log below)
regards
WelshChap
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 #2 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: /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sda4: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
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:
=========================== 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 * 63 115,346,699 115,346,637 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 115,346,700 135,829,574 20,482,875 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 135,829,575 152,199,809 16,370,235 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 152,199,810 156,296,384 4,096,575 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders, total 390721968 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 63 390,716,864 390,716,802 42 SFS
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/sda1 62F95E257116E30E ntfs SYSTEM
/dev/sda2 4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5 ext4
/dev/sda3 909042ca-3465-4f77-9e59-8cd4b932b390 ext4
/dev/sda4 7969720d-e88a-4eb9-a86c-bba52db8f660 swap
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1 6C40990D4098DEE0 ntfs DATA
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"
error: /dev/sdc: No medium found
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sda2 / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sda3 /home ext4 (rw)
/dev/sr0 /media/XP_PRO_SP2 iso9660 (ro,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=1000, iocharset=utf8,mode=0400,dmode=0500)
/dev/sda1 /media/SYSTEM fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_ permissions)
=========================== sda2/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 ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5
set locale_dir=($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='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5 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='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-22-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5 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='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5 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='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5 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='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5
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 62f95e257116e30e
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 ###
=============================== sda2/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
# / was on /dev/sda2 during installation
UUID=4c2234c9-71de-4fa0-a5b6-c7933ba39ea5 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sda3 during installation
UUID=909042ca-3465-4f77-9e59-8cd4b932b390 /home ext4 defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sda4 during installation
UUID=7969720d-e88a-4eb9-a86c-bba52db8f660 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sda2: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
61.5GB: boot/grub/core.img
67.7GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
62.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
62.4GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic
62.3GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic
59.4GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic
62.4GB: initrd.img
62.0GB: initrd.img.old
59.4GB: vmlinuz
62.3GB: vmlinuz.old
=======Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive==============
sdc