Upgraded Ubuntu, Windows won't boot (incl. boot script)

[austinm08]

Let me know if you need to know more.

Thank you so much for any help! I'm a n00b with Ubuntu.




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.
=> 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 397247097 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 7
Boot files/dirs: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD /Windows/System32/winload.exe
/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: Grub 2
Boot sector info: Grub 2 is installed in the boot sector of sdb1 and
looks at sector 397257033 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:
Boot files/dirs:

=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 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 * 63 385,975,999 385,975,937 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 385,977,690 488,392,064 102,414,375 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 385,977,753 484,118,774 98,141,022 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 484,118,838 488,392,064 4,273,227 82 Linux swap / Solaris


Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sdb: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 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 63 488,392,064 488,392,002 7 HPFS/NTFS


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/sda1 F4CCF476CCF43488 ntfs
/dev/sda2: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 fc67143d-60df-4aec-a903-51c877cec3e7 ext4
/dev/sda6 d471cd03-7d9a-4aec-a454-dbd40b772ddf swap
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1 86880D84880D73C9 ntfs Xenon
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"

============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================

Device Mount_Point Type Options

/dev/sda5 / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)


=========================== 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="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 ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set fc67143d-60df-4aec-a903-51c877cec3e7
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set fc67143d-60df-4aec-a903-51c877cec3e7
set locale_dir=($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 fc67143d-60df-4aec-a903-51c877cec3e7
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=fc67143d-60df-4aec-a903-51c877cec3e7 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 fc67143d-60df-4aec-a903-51c877cec3e7
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-22-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=fc67143d-60df-4aec-a903-51c877cec3e7 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 fc67143d-60df-4aec-a903-51c877cec3e7
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=UUID=fc67143d-60df-4aec-a903-51c877cec3e7 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 fc67143d-60df-4aec-a903-51c877cec3e7
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.31-17-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=UUID=fc67143d-60df-4aec-a903-51c877cec3e7 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 fc67143d-60df-4aec-a903-51c877cec3e7
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set fc67143d-60df-4aec-a903-51c877cec3e7
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 f4ccf476ccf43488
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 ###

=============================== 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=fc67143d-60df-4aec-a903-51c877cec3e7 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=d471cd03-7d9a-4aec-a454-dbd40b772ddf none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0

=================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


203.3GB: boot/grub/core.img
204.2GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
198.6GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic
199.1GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic
198.2GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic
198.2GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic
199.1GB: initrd.img
198.6GB: initrd.img.old
198.2GB: vmlinuz
198.2GB: vmlinuz.old

[limestone]

try to update grub.. sudo update-grub

[austinm08]

try to update grub.. sudo update-grub

I did that, and here is the result:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4703444/images/grub_update.png

[limestone]

I did that, and here is the result:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4703444/images/grub_update.png

Can you start windows now then?
I used to dual boot before but have forgot how to fix all these stuff..

[austinm08]

Can you start windows now then?
I used to dual boot before but have forgot how to fix all these stuff..
Well, the thing is, I was still able to access Grub, select Windows and click on it to boot it.

After that, it would take me to a black screen with a white blinking cursor in the top left, and never actually boot.

I think it has something to do with the Ubuntu update or some part of it conflicting with the partition Windows is on. Can you confirm this by looking at the boot script?

I'll try booting into Windows right now, though.

[limestone]

Well, the thing is, I was still able to access Grub, select Windows and click on it to boot it.

After that, it would take me to a black screen with a white blinking cursor in the top left, and never actually boot.

I think it has something to do with the Ubuntu update or some part of it conflicting with the partition Windows is on. Can you confirm this by looking at the boot script?

I'll try booting into Windows right now, though.

The boot script will make no sense to me i think^^ But it semes like you missing the windows boot script/ini or something. I found something in my papers from that time i dual booted.. boot from Ubuntu Livecd


sudo grub
find /boot/grub/stage1
root (hd0.1) if you got that awnser above
setup (hd0)
quit
sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

and add this at the bottom:
title Windows xp
root (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloader +1

Don't know if it will work but that is what i used to do when re-installed ubuntu.

[austinm08]

Okay, thanks for that.

Firstly, though, I think maybe I should follow the instructions here:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/bootinfoscript/index.php?title=Boot_Problems:Boot_Sector

I just wanted to post my problem to see if anyone would confirm this before I try it.

[limestone]

Okay, thanks for that.

Firstly, though, I think maybe I should follow the instructions here:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/bootinfoscript/index.php?title=Boot_Problems:Boot_Sector

I just wanted to post my problem to see if anyone would confirm this before I try it.

It's worth a shot. In my experience after re-installing or upgrading ubuntu windows want boot due to the place of grub..

[austinm08]

I followed the instructions to repair the boot sector in the link I posted, and all is good! I'm now in Windows.

Thanks for your time, pont.

[limestone]

I followed the instructions to repair the boot sector in the link I posted, and all is good! I'm now in Windows.

Thanks for your time, pont.

Grate! Don't forget to mark post as solved. =)
happy windows-ing^^