Werchie
August 26th, 2010, 02:26 PM
I'm completely new to Linux, and have just installed Lucid Lynx 10.04 Netbook Remix on my EeePC 1000H. From the factory, it has 2 partitions - C: and D: so I moved everything I had on D: to C: and then deleted the D: partition in windows so I had approx 37GB of unallocated space. I then used a USB drive to install Lucid.
Grub was loading fine, and Lucid would open up without a hitch. Then I tried to boot into Windows XP from the Grub menu, and was greeted by Disk Read Error press Ctrl Alt Delete to reboot.
After much searching online, I tried running sudo update-grub. I then rebooted, but it didn't help, XP still wouldn't load.
After more searching, I decided to try booting with an XP installation cd via an external dvd drive. I got into the Recovery Console, and first of all tried just the fixboot command. I rebooted, and still the same error. I booted from the XP cd once again, then ran fixboot and then fixmbr. after rebooting, it still had no effect. I then booted with the cd once more, and ran chkdisk /R. Once that completed, I rebooted, and still no joy.
So now I have a netbook that won't boot into windows, and also now won't boot into linux due to overwriting the MBR.
I'm uncertain of the best way to restore Grub to working order. And I would really like to try and get Windows XP working again too.
These details are what I managed to generate BEFORE I over-wrote the MBR to try and get windows working again - so I don't know if anything will be different now or not.
Output of Boot Info Script:
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.
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
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system:
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Mounting failed:
mount: unknown filesystem type ''
sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
sda6: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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 91,195,871 91,195,809 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 156,231,936 156,296,447 64,512 ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
/dev/sda3 91,197,438 156,231,679 65,034,242 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 91,197,440 153,460,735 62,263,296 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 153,462,784 156,231,679 2,768,896 82 Linux swap / Solaris
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/sda1 30001C24001BEF98 ntfs
/dev/sda3: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76 ext4
/dev/sda6 0c3318db-20f6-4eea-8919-251557def3cd swap
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sda5 / 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 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="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 ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76
set locale_dir=($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 2.6.32-24-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-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 8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-24-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76 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='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76 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='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (on /dev/sda1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 30001c24001bef98
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 ###
=============================== 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 nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=0c3318db-20f6-4eea-8919-251557def3cd none swap sw 0 0
=================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
74.7GB: boot/grub/core.img
75.0GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
74.7GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
74.9GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
74.7GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic
74.7GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic
74.9GB: initrd.img
74.7GB: initrd.img.old
74.7GB: vmlinuz
74.7GB: vmlinuz.old
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================
Unknown BootLoader on sda3
00000000 bd 5e ed da 6d d3 f0 7a d5 3c 93 e9 69 54 64 cd |.^..m..z.<..iTd.|
00000010 9a d9 53 28 00 09 77 e0 40 05 80 9c f3 e8 43 d3 |..S(..w.@.....C.|
00000020 01 0d 53 81 92 53 3e cb 93 45 07 93 3b c6 83 1d |..S..S>..E..;...|
00000030 a4 43 39 d3 72 86 38 ca 82 d4 c2 04 7c c6 81 ff |.C9.r.8.....|...|
00000040 fb e2 04 81 0c c6 b8 50 4b 1b bb 4b 72 d7 4a a9 |.......PK..Kr.J.|
00000050 73 77 49 7e 1b 85 53 2c 6f 6d 8d 4b 66 aa a5 4d |swI~..S,om.Kf..M|
00000060 dc b2 68 14 c3 e2 80 c7 30 80 02 0e 98 6c 48 1e |..h.....0....lH.|
00000070 41 c7 e1 99 85 5e 6e 1e 9d c4 46 d4 99 90 ac 60 |A....^n...F....`|
00000080 31 9c 11 80 81 66 49 21 98 20 60 4e 9a 42 88 4f |1....fI!. `N.B.O|
00000090 40 31 80 0a 90 a8 ce bf 82 c2 92 bd 1b 14 05 72 |@1.............r|
000000a0 28 6b 56 5d ec 9a 5e d4 95 85 d3 70 23 2d 85 c3 |(kV]..^....p#-..|
000000b0 f6 93 22 93 4d d5 98 af 76 d4 66 d3 c7 17 88 da |..".M...v.f.....|
000000c0 7e fa cf 23 71 0a 18 b5 a7 06 98 3a 28 1e 6d 08 |~..#q......:(.m.|
000000d0 8d e0 29 f4 42 45 93 c1 4a 04 c9 80 e1 49 18 a1 |..).BE..J....I..|
000000e0 a1 78 2c 18 d8 a3 53 ae 48 85 23 66 09 8c 88 ce |.x,...S.H.#f....|
000000f0 51 d2 13 cd b6 a4 52 8e e3 0a b4 c4 a0 e9 a8 94 |Q.....R.........|
00000100 75 59 30 dc 53 a7 a4 bb 79 9e 49 2b 6c 57 b5 80 |uY0.S...y.I+lW..|
00000110 00 cd f0 04 00 19 88 80 58 18 27 27 11 81 28 f2 |........X.''..(.|
00000120 99 e2 88 d9 80 29 53 98 72 83 a1 8c c8 bc 98 5b |.....)S.r......[|
00000130 07 a9 83 68 e5 19 48 90 39 87 30 56 98 2f 08 99 |...h..H.9.0V./..|
00000140 82 78 29 98 31 06 61 b3 26 1c 21 11 e4 2a 9d 88 |.x).1.a.&.!..*..|
00000150 f9 c2 09 1b bb 61 9b 04 85 10 88 b4 8c 6c 44 0c |.....a.......lD.|
00000160 0a 65 e3 e6 70 1e 63 c2 60 d3 e3 16 17 07 06 18 |.e..p.c.`.......|
00000170 50 c1 91 04 83 81 0c 44 00 2a 00 95 01 80 25 ee |P......D.*....%.|
00000180 50 d0 50 ab 10 92 32 90 6b 58 81 8e 00 d2 28 32 |P.P...2.kX....(2|
00000190 33 4c 36 5d 21 01 60 e1 13 76 8d 17 9c b9 fc 20 |3L6]!.`..v..... |
000001a0 d3 de 22 b1 6e 8e a7 ce 57 cb c7 47 47 8a 78 fd |..".n...W..GG.x.|
000001b0 0e c8 f0 be ad 51 fa 85 07 a7 61 f9 d2 42 00 fe |.....Q....a..B..|
000001c0 ff ff 83 fe ff ff 02 00 00 00 00 10 b6 03 00 fe |................|
000001d0 ff ff 05 fe ff ff 02 10 b6 03 00 48 2a 00 00 00 |...........H*...|
000001e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|
00000200
Output of sudo fdisk -l
alex@LucEee:~/Downloads$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x13662e6d
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 5677 45597904+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 9725 9730 32256 ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3 5677 9725 32517121 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 5677 9553 31131648 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 9553 9725 1384448 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Any and all information, suggestions and assistance greatly appreciated.
Please help me to get Linux back up and running, and then hopefully Windows XP too.
Thanks in advance
Grub was loading fine, and Lucid would open up without a hitch. Then I tried to boot into Windows XP from the Grub menu, and was greeted by Disk Read Error press Ctrl Alt Delete to reboot.
After much searching online, I tried running sudo update-grub. I then rebooted, but it didn't help, XP still wouldn't load.
After more searching, I decided to try booting with an XP installation cd via an external dvd drive. I got into the Recovery Console, and first of all tried just the fixboot command. I rebooted, and still the same error. I booted from the XP cd once again, then ran fixboot and then fixmbr. after rebooting, it still had no effect. I then booted with the cd once more, and ran chkdisk /R. Once that completed, I rebooted, and still no joy.
So now I have a netbook that won't boot into windows, and also now won't boot into linux due to overwriting the MBR.
I'm uncertain of the best way to restore Grub to working order. And I would really like to try and get Windows XP working again too.
These details are what I managed to generate BEFORE I over-wrote the MBR to try and get windows working again - so I don't know if anything will be different now or not.
Output of Boot Info Script:
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.
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
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system:
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Mounting failed:
mount: unknown filesystem type ''
sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
sda6: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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 91,195,871 91,195,809 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 156,231,936 156,296,447 64,512 ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
/dev/sda3 91,197,438 156,231,679 65,034,242 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 91,197,440 153,460,735 62,263,296 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 153,462,784 156,231,679 2,768,896 82 Linux swap / Solaris
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/sda1 30001C24001BEF98 ntfs
/dev/sda3: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76 ext4
/dev/sda6 0c3318db-20f6-4eea-8919-251557def3cd swap
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sda5 / 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 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="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 ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76
set locale_dir=($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 2.6.32-24-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-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 8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-24-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76 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='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76 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='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (on /dev/sda1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 30001c24001bef98
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 ###
=============================== 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 nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=8c49a6a6-1c2a-430f-b3fc-fdf4e6021a76 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=0c3318db-20f6-4eea-8919-251557def3cd none swap sw 0 0
=================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
74.7GB: boot/grub/core.img
75.0GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
74.7GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
74.9GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
74.7GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic
74.7GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic
74.9GB: initrd.img
74.7GB: initrd.img.old
74.7GB: vmlinuz
74.7GB: vmlinuz.old
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================
Unknown BootLoader on sda3
00000000 bd 5e ed da 6d d3 f0 7a d5 3c 93 e9 69 54 64 cd |.^..m..z.<..iTd.|
00000010 9a d9 53 28 00 09 77 e0 40 05 80 9c f3 e8 43 d3 |..S(..w.@.....C.|
00000020 01 0d 53 81 92 53 3e cb 93 45 07 93 3b c6 83 1d |..S..S>..E..;...|
00000030 a4 43 39 d3 72 86 38 ca 82 d4 c2 04 7c c6 81 ff |.C9.r.8.....|...|
00000040 fb e2 04 81 0c c6 b8 50 4b 1b bb 4b 72 d7 4a a9 |.......PK..Kr.J.|
00000050 73 77 49 7e 1b 85 53 2c 6f 6d 8d 4b 66 aa a5 4d |swI~..S,om.Kf..M|
00000060 dc b2 68 14 c3 e2 80 c7 30 80 02 0e 98 6c 48 1e |..h.....0....lH.|
00000070 41 c7 e1 99 85 5e 6e 1e 9d c4 46 d4 99 90 ac 60 |A....^n...F....`|
00000080 31 9c 11 80 81 66 49 21 98 20 60 4e 9a 42 88 4f |1....fI!. `N.B.O|
00000090 40 31 80 0a 90 a8 ce bf 82 c2 92 bd 1b 14 05 72 |@1.............r|
000000a0 28 6b 56 5d ec 9a 5e d4 95 85 d3 70 23 2d 85 c3 |(kV]..^....p#-..|
000000b0 f6 93 22 93 4d d5 98 af 76 d4 66 d3 c7 17 88 da |..".M...v.f.....|
000000c0 7e fa cf 23 71 0a 18 b5 a7 06 98 3a 28 1e 6d 08 |~..#q......:(.m.|
000000d0 8d e0 29 f4 42 45 93 c1 4a 04 c9 80 e1 49 18 a1 |..).BE..J....I..|
000000e0 a1 78 2c 18 d8 a3 53 ae 48 85 23 66 09 8c 88 ce |.x,...S.H.#f....|
000000f0 51 d2 13 cd b6 a4 52 8e e3 0a b4 c4 a0 e9 a8 94 |Q.....R.........|
00000100 75 59 30 dc 53 a7 a4 bb 79 9e 49 2b 6c 57 b5 80 |uY0.S...y.I+lW..|
00000110 00 cd f0 04 00 19 88 80 58 18 27 27 11 81 28 f2 |........X.''..(.|
00000120 99 e2 88 d9 80 29 53 98 72 83 a1 8c c8 bc 98 5b |.....)S.r......[|
00000130 07 a9 83 68 e5 19 48 90 39 87 30 56 98 2f 08 99 |...h..H.9.0V./..|
00000140 82 78 29 98 31 06 61 b3 26 1c 21 11 e4 2a 9d 88 |.x).1.a.&.!..*..|
00000150 f9 c2 09 1b bb 61 9b 04 85 10 88 b4 8c 6c 44 0c |.....a.......lD.|
00000160 0a 65 e3 e6 70 1e 63 c2 60 d3 e3 16 17 07 06 18 |.e..p.c.`.......|
00000170 50 c1 91 04 83 81 0c 44 00 2a 00 95 01 80 25 ee |P......D.*....%.|
00000180 50 d0 50 ab 10 92 32 90 6b 58 81 8e 00 d2 28 32 |P.P...2.kX....(2|
00000190 33 4c 36 5d 21 01 60 e1 13 76 8d 17 9c b9 fc 20 |3L6]!.`..v..... |
000001a0 d3 de 22 b1 6e 8e a7 ce 57 cb c7 47 47 8a 78 fd |..".n...W..GG.x.|
000001b0 0e c8 f0 be ad 51 fa 85 07 a7 61 f9 d2 42 00 fe |.....Q....a..B..|
000001c0 ff ff 83 fe ff ff 02 00 00 00 00 10 b6 03 00 fe |................|
000001d0 ff ff 05 fe ff ff 02 10 b6 03 00 48 2a 00 00 00 |...........H*...|
000001e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|
00000200
Output of sudo fdisk -l
alex@LucEee:~/Downloads$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x13662e6d
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 5677 45597904+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 9725 9730 32256 ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3 5677 9725 32517121 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 5677 9553 31131648 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 9553 9725 1384448 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Any and all information, suggestions and assistance greatly appreciated.
Please help me to get Linux back up and running, and then hopefully Windows XP too.
Thanks in advance