Deleting recovery partition marked as boot?

[EricDallal]

Hello,
I have just bought a new computer and I want to partition it to be dual booting as I have done a few times in the past.

Currently (alternatively, see attached screenshot):
There are three partitions:
/dev/sda1: FAT16 DellUtility (takes very little space and is of no concern)
/dev/sda2: ntfs RECOVERY (takes up 17.58GB and is marked boot)
/dev/sda3: ntfs OS (the rest of the computer, on which windows is currently installed)

Basically, I want to get rid of sda2 and do it like this:

/dev/sda1: Same as before
/dev/sda2: ntfs (will contain windows)
/dev/sda3: FAT32 (shared partition)
/dev/sda4: extended partition
The extended partition would contain an ext logical partition (not sure which one) for Ubuntu and a linux swap partition.


I am wondering if it is safe to delete the current boot partition. I am also not quite clear on when the recovery partition would be used and whether it is really all that necessary (18GB doing nothing seems like a lot to me). Should I make a system recovery media for windows before repartitioning? Also, I am not sure which type of ext partition to use. Finally, I am not sure how big to make the swap space. I think I recall the normal rule being twice the RAM (6GB RAM in my case), but 12GB swap space seems like a lot. Although I do sometimes run memory intensive programs (simulations for research). I normally use other computers for such simulations since they have far more RAM than my computer can possibly have even with a large swap space.

I appreciate advice on any issue here.

[wilee-nilee]

Post the boot script in my signature in code tags as described.

This will let us see the boot files in sda2, and more info.

I don't know if Dell will allow you to get a regular iso/dvd of a install that can be oem activated without all the extra Dell stuff. This would be what I would want, just the OS. This would allow you to do what you want, much easier.

In the mean time it is advised to do the one time backup, which will restore your computer to purchased state like the recovery.

The thing is your in good shape to dual boot as it is. You would have to shrink the windows partition with its partition manager though. This though may make the recovery hard to activate, maybe not though hard to say.

[presence1960]

Dell does have the DVD of just an OEM Windows install. You have to call customer support and ask for it, at a charge of course. Just be sure to specify you do not want the DVD to restore the factory image, that you just want to install windows. Tell them your recovery partition is not operational.

[EricDallal]

Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010

============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================

=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda

sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Dell Utility: Fat16
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs: /COMMAND.COM

sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD

sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows 7
Boot files/dirs: /Windows/System32/winload.exe

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

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 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 80,324 80,262 de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 * 80,325 36,944,324 36,864,000 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 36,944,325 976,771,119 939,826,795 7 HPFS/NTFS


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 3030-3030 vfat DellUtility
/dev/sda2 B278DFC178DF8311 ntfs RECOVERY
/dev/sda3 BA94E1E794E1A65B ntfs OS
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"

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

Device Mount_Point Type Options

aufs / aufs (rw)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime)
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)

[wilee-nilee]

So as far as I know removing the sda2 right now would stop you from booting into Windows, the /bootmgr /Boot/BCD files which are needed to boot are in sda2.

Others may have other options they know about.

You could using the disk manager in Windows shrink sda3 and leave a open space and install Ubuntu with a auto install in free space, or make a extended partition and put a logical and swap partitions inside. It really depends on what you really want.

[EricDallal]

Is there any way to reclaim that 18GB? Would Gparted be able to move the boot for windows into the partition where the OS is actually installed?

[EricDallal]

To clarify: I was thinking that I could partition the computer as I was planning, then to use the fixboot command as described in http://gparted.sourceforge.net/faq.php (part 14). The problem is that I'm not exactly sure what this command does ad how to use beyond the vague description provided.

[wilee-nilee]

To clarify: I was thinking that I could partition the computer as I was planning, then to use the fixboot command as described in http://gparted.sourceforge.net/faq.php (part 14). The problem is that I'm not exactly sure what this command does ad how to use beyond the vague description provided.

If you go to the Windows 7 forums they might have some info on setting up sda3 to be the boot partition. This has to be done fixboot will not fix removing sda2; I think but I could be wrong. I recognize the commands in the link in the last paragraph.
http://www.sevenforums.com/

Yes gparted can be used in building a ntfs for W7 and resizing the partitions. When resizing though you have to untick the round to cylinders in the resize gui. This will hopefully at the most result in a auto chkdsk, otherwise you can set one up.

[Mark Phelps]

You could also try going to the NeoSmart Technology forums and asking your question there. They make a free product knows as EasyBCD and one of its options allows you to move the boot loader stuff to a different partition, in this case, your Win7 OS partition.

It's a little tricky, so you should go to their forums and seek their advice before you do this.

If you have a restore CD, that is too small to contain an OEM image and most probably, only boots you into WinPE, from which it launches the restore operation -- looking for the image in the Recovery partition.

You do realize, though, that once you remove the Recovery partition, you will be completely unable to restore your Win7 install -- right? That partition is so large because it most probably contains an OEM version of a Win7 "image" file. Once this is gone, you will NOT be able to restore Win7.

[garvinrick4]

Windows 7 sda1 boot -- sda2 OS -- sda3 Extended --sda4 recovery sda5 thru sda12 logical: HP machine:
fedora-OpenSuSe installed choosing not to install grub at installation. Why remove recovery sda4 when not over 4 Primarys?


============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================

=> Grub 1.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive
in partition #6 for (,msdos6)/boot/grub.
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD

sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows 7
Boot files/dirs: /bootmgr /boot/BCD /Windows/System32/winload.exe

sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:

sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu maverick (development
branch)
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img

sda6: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sda7: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

sda8: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Fat32
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda8 starts
at sector 0. But according to the info from fdisk,
sda8 starts at sector 366506973.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

sda9: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Fedora release 13 (Goddard)
Kernel on an ()
Boot files/dirs: /etc/fstab

sda10: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sda11: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Welcome to openSUSE 11.3 "Teal"
- Kernel ().
Boot files/dirs: /etc/fstab

sda12: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Welcome to openSUSE 11.3 "Teal"
- Kernel ().
Boot files/dirs: /etc/fstab

sda4: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs: /bootmgr /boot/bcd

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

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 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 * 2,048 409,599 407,552 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 409,600 256,794,621 256,385,022 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 256,796,670 578,435,054 321,638,385 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 342,955,620 366,506,909 23,551,290 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 256,799,088 279,322,154 22,523,067 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 279,322,218 342,955,619 63,633,402 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 366,506,973 407,954,609 41,447,637 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda9 407,954,673 429,047,954 21,093,282 83 Linux
/dev/sda10 429,048,018 472,070,024 43,022,007 83 Linux
/dev/sda11 472,072,192 492,910,591 20,838,400 83 Linux
/dev/sda12 492,922,458 513,951,479 21,029,022 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 578,436,390 625,137,344 46,700,955 7 HPFS/NTFS


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

sda1: LABEL="SYSTEM" UUID="C6EECCF3EECCDCB5" TYPE="ntfs"
sda2: LABEL="OS" UUID="66B0BDBFB0BD95D1" TYPE="ntfs"
sda5: LABEL="maverick" UUID="10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05" TYPE="ext4"
sda6: LABEL="lucid" UUID="d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c" TYPE="ext4"
sda7: LABEL="home" UUID="0f7c5de9-c3b4-4c50-b288-d34e9ef6e119" TYPE="ext4"
sda8: LABEL="DATA" UUID="267C-BED1" TYPE="vfat"
sda9: LABEL="redhat" UUID="928df639-e6cf-4c3b-9c17-965a91e60efc" TYPE="ext4"
sda10: LABEL="netbook" UUID="cbb12bc7-02fe-46b5-b7b0-edf1cc02833d" TYPE="ext4"
sda11: LABEL="suse" UUID="0f8b5dba-fa33-46e5-ae44-862e454430af" TYPE="ext4"
sda12: LABEL="kde" UUID="ee959c5d-ed91-4f6f-a8b6-8d9fb73ab89f" TYPE="ext4"
sda4: LABEL="RECOVERY" UUID="524C43ED4C43CB05" TYPE="ntfs"

=============================== "mount" output: ===============================

/dev/sda5 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro,commit=0)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
none on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
none on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/rick/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=rick)
/dev/sda7 on /media/home type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)


=========================== sda5/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================

#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
set have_grubenv=true
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ "${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
}

function load_video {
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
}

insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=800x600
load_video
insmod gfxterm
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05
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 2.6.35-19-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-19-generic root=UUID=10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-19-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-19-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.35-19-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-19-generic root=UUID=10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-19-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-17-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-17-generic root=UUID=10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-17-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-17-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.35-17-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-17-generic root=UUID=10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-17-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, experimental multiboot)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05
multiboot /boot/memtest86+_multiboot.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200, experimental multiboot)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05
multiboot /boot/memtest86+_multiboot.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 part_msdos
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c6eeccf3eeccdcb5
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic-pae (on /dev/sda10)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos10)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set cbb12bc7-02fe-46b5-b7b0-edf1cc02833d
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic-pae root=UUID=cbb12bc7-02fe-46b5-b7b0-edf1cc02833d ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic-pae
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic-pae (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda10)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos10)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set cbb12bc7-02fe-46b5-b7b0-edf1cc02833d
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic-pae root=UUID=cbb12bc7-02fe-46b5-b7b0-edf1cc02833d ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic-pae
}
menuentry "openSUSE 11.3 (i586) (on /dev/sda11)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos11)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0f8b5dba-fa33-46e5-ae44-862e454430af
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-default root=/dev/sda11
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-default
}
menuentry "openSUSE 11.3 (i586) (on /dev/sda11)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos11)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0f8b5dba-fa33-46e5-ae44-862e454430af
linux /boot/vmlinux-2.6.34-12-default.gz root=/dev/sda11
}
menuentry "openSUSE 11.3 (i586) (on /dev/sda12)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos12)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ee959c5d-ed91-4f6f-a8b6-8d9fb73ab89f
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-default root=/dev/sda12
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-default
}
menuentry "openSUSE 11.3 (i586) (on /dev/sda12)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos12)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ee959c5d-ed91-4f6f-a8b6-8d9fb73ab89f
linux /boot/vmlinux-2.6.34-12-default.gz root=/dev/sda12
}
menuentry "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda2)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 66b0bdbfb0bd95d1
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Windows Vista (loader) (on /dev/sda4)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,msdos4)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 524c43ed4c43cb05
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic (on /dev/sda6)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda6)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-23-generic (on /dev/sda6)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic root=UUID=d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-23-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-23-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda6)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic root=UUID=d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-23-generic
}
menuentry "Fedora release 13 (Goddard) (on /dev/sda9)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos9)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 928df639-e6cf-4c3b-9c17-965a91e60efc
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33.6-147.fc13.x86_64 root=/dev/sda9
initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.33.6-147.fc13.x86_64.img
}
menuentry "Fedora release 13 (Goddard) (on /dev/sda9)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos9)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 928df639-e6cf-4c3b-9c17-965a91e60efc
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33.8-149.fc13.x86_64 root=/dev/sda9
initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.33.8-149.fc13.x86_64.img
}
### 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 ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_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=10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1

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


175.5GB: boot/grub/core.img
175.5GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
175.5GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-17-generic
175.5GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-19-generic
175.5GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-17-generic
175.5GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-19-generic
175.5GB: initrd.img
175.5GB: initrd.img.old
175.5GB: vmlinuz
175.5GB: vmlinuz.old

=========================== sda6/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 ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=800x600
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c
set locale_dir=($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 2.6.32-25-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic root=UUID=d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-25-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-25-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic root=UUID=d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-23-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic root=UUID=d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-23-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-23-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-23-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic root=UUID=d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-23-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c
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 c6eeccf3eeccdcb5
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic-pae (on /dev/sda10)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,10)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set cbb12bc7-02fe-46b5-b7b0-edf1cc02833d
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic-pae root=UUID=cbb12bc7-02fe-46b5-b7b0-edf1cc02833d ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic-pae
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic-pae (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda10)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,10)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set cbb12bc7-02fe-46b5-b7b0-edf1cc02833d
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic-pae root=UUID=cbb12bc7-02fe-46b5-b7b0-edf1cc02833d ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic-pae
}
menuentry "openSUSE 11.3 (i586) (on /dev/sda11)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,11)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0f8b5dba-fa33-46e5-ae44-862e454430af
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-default root=/dev/sda11
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-default
}
menuentry "openSUSE 11.3 (i586) (on /dev/sda11)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,11)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0f8b5dba-fa33-46e5-ae44-862e454430af
linux /boot/vmlinux-2.6.34-12-default.gz root=/dev/sda11
}
menuentry "openSUSE 11.3 (i586) (on /dev/sda12)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,12)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ee959c5d-ed91-4f6f-a8b6-8d9fb73ab89f
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-default root=/dev/sda12
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-default
}
menuentry "openSUSE 11.3 (i586) (on /dev/sda12)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,12)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ee959c5d-ed91-4f6f-a8b6-8d9fb73ab89f
linux /boot/vmlinux-2.6.34-12-default.gz root=/dev/sda12
}
menuentry "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda2)" {
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 66b0bdbfb0bd95d1
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Windows Vista (loader) (on /dev/sda4)" {
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,4)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 524c43ed4c43cb05
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-19-generic (on /dev/sda5)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-19-generic root=UUID=10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-19-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-19-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda5)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-19-generic root=UUID=10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-19-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-17-generic (on /dev/sda5)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-17-generic root=UUID=10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-17-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-17-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda5)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-17-generic root=UUID=10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-17-generic
}
menuentry "Fedora release 13 (Goddard) (on /dev/sda9)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,9)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 928df639-e6cf-4c3b-9c17-965a91e60efc
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33.6-147.fc13.x86_64 root=/dev/sda9
}
menuentry "Fedora release 13 (Goddard) (on /dev/sda9)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,9)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 928df639-e6cf-4c3b-9c17-965a91e60efc
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33.8-149.fc13.x86_64 root=/dev/sda9
}
### 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 ###

=============================== sda6/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/sda6 during installation
UUID=d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1


=================== sda6: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


131.4GB: boot/grub/core.img
131.4GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
131.4GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-23-generic
131.4GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic
131.4GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic
131.4GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic
131.4GB: initrd.img
131.4GB: vmlinuz

=============================== sda9/etc/fstab: ===============================


#
# /etc/fstab
# Created by anaconda on Fri Jun 25 09:33:30 2010
#
# Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk'
# See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or blkid(8) for more info
#
UUID=928df639-e6cf-4c3b-9c17-965a91e60efc / ext4 defaults 1 1
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

=================== sda9: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


208.8GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33.6-147.fc13.x86_64
208.8GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33.8-149.fc13.x86_64

========================== sda10/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 ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,10)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set cbb12bc7-02fe-46b5-b7b0-edf1cc02833d
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=800x600
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,10)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set cbb12bc7-02fe-46b5-b7b0-edf1cc02833d
set locale_dir=($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-pae' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,10)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set cbb12bc7-02fe-46b5-b7b0-edf1cc02833d
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic-pae root=UUID=cbb12bc7-02fe-46b5-b7b0-edf1cc02833d ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic-pae (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,10)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set cbb12bc7-02fe-46b5-b7b0-edf1cc02833d
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-24-generic-pae ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic-pae root=UUID=cbb12bc7-02fe-46b5-b7b0-edf1cc02833d ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic-pae
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,10)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set cbb12bc7-02fe-46b5-b7b0-edf1cc02833d
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,10)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set cbb12bc7-02fe-46b5-b7b0-edf1cc02833d
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 c6eeccf3eeccdcb5
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "openSUSE 11.3 (i586) (on /dev/sda11)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,11)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0f8b5dba-fa33-46e5-ae44-862e454430af
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-default root=/dev/sda11
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-default
}
menuentry "openSUSE 11.3 (i586) (on /dev/sda11)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,11)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0f8b5dba-fa33-46e5-ae44-862e454430af
linux /boot/vmlinux-2.6.34-12-default.gz root=/dev/sda11
}
menuentry "openSUSE 11.3 (i586) (on /dev/sda12)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,12)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ee959c5d-ed91-4f6f-a8b6-8d9fb73ab89f
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-default root=/dev/sda12
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-default
}
menuentry "openSUSE 11.3 (i586) (on /dev/sda12)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,12)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ee959c5d-ed91-4f6f-a8b6-8d9fb73ab89f
linux /boot/vmlinux-2.6.34-12-default.gz root=/dev/sda12
}
menuentry "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda2)" {
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 66b0bdbfb0bd95d1
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Windows Vista (loader) (on /dev/sda4)" {
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,4)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 524c43ed4c43cb05
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-17-generic (on /dev/sda5)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-17-generic root=UUID=10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-17-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-17-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda5)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-17-generic root=UUID=10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-17-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-16-generic (on /dev/sda5)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-16-generic root=UUID=10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-16-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-16-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda5)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-16-generic root=UUID=10f25c5b-a306-4546-b02f-87a1664b5c05 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-16-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic (on /dev/sda6)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda6)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-23-generic (on /dev/sda6)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic root=UUID=d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-23-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-23-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda6)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic root=UUID=d03f894f-94ce-4c00-9c43-19c25f2af12c ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-23-generic
}
menuentry "Fedora release 13 (Goddard) (on /dev/sda9)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,9)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 928df639-e6cf-4c3b-9c17-965a91e60efc
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33.6-147.fc13.x86_64 root=/dev/sda9
}
menuentry "Fedora release 13 (Goddard) (on /dev/sda9)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,9)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 928df639-e6cf-4c3b-9c17-965a91e60efc
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33.8-149.fc13.x86_64 root=/dev/sda9
}
### 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 ###

=============================== sda10/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/sda10 during installation
UUID=cbb12bc7-02fe-46b5-b7b0-edf1cc02833d / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1

=================== sda10: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


219.6GB: boot/grub/core.img
219.6GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
219.6GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic-pae
219.6GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic-pae
219.6GB: initrd.img
219.6GB: vmlinuz

=============================== sda11/etc/fstab: ===============================

UUID=0f8b5dba-fa33-46e5-ae44-862e454430af / ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 1

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0


=================== sda11: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


241.7GB: boot/grub/stage2
241.7GB: boot/initrd
241.7GB: boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-default
241.7GB: boot/vmlinuz
241.7GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-default

=============================== sda12/etc/fstab: ===============================

/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST9320325AS_5VD1V0B4-part12 / ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 1

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0

=================== sda12: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


252.3GB: boot/grub/stage2
252.3GB: boot/initrd
252.3GB: boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-default
252.3GB: boot/vmlinuz
252.3GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-default

[efflandt]

Dell only provides a drivers and utilities disk and no longer provides system discs. So you should create the recovery DVD's, do a system backup, and back up any user (data) files you need before tampering with your hard drive.

My system had trouble writing the DVD's to back up the system, and after they replaced my DVD and hard drives, the RECOVERY partition on the replacement drive was empty. They did not even have recovery discs for my system, so they sent me a Win7 system disc. Although, apparently the recovery discs I wrote were good and I was able to totally restore the hard drive to factory original (just system backup DVD's continued to be corrupt and fail).

Since I never had trouble writing CD-R's (other than RW), I did not realize until then that DVD+/-R rarely writes successfully 100% of the time. So make sure that any DVD's you write actually work.