No boot choice

[devildogmech]

Hello all,
I installed the netbook remix 10.04 on my Gateway LT2104u. The installation went fine. I used the installer program from within ubuntu after starting from my thumb drive. I completed the install, chose to install besides win7 and after the program completed, I shut down the PC, pulled the USB drive and restarted. WIN7 started! I never got an option to choose ubuntu. I went back into the installer program and it shows the unbuntu partition.
I went to the BIOS to see if there was a setting I missed, but cant find anything.
Any ideas?
TIA
Billy

[oldfred]

Welcome to the forum.

It sounds like grub did not install to the MBR. Was there any error message? IF you do not specify with the advanced button (standard install, I assume the same for netbook) grub installs to sda. Sometimes a USB flash drive will become sda so maybe grub installed to that?

To see where everything is at, from you liveCD flash drive:

Boot Info Script courtesy of forum member meierfra
Page with instructions and download:
http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/
Paste results.txt, then highlight entire file and click on # in edit panel(code tags) to make it easier to read.
Or You can generate the tags first by pressing the # icon in the post's menu and then paste the contents between the generated [ code][ /code] tags.

[devildogmech]

As requested. Thanks!


Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010

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

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

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:
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

sda4: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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 LTS
Boot files/dirs: /etc/fstab

sda6: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:

sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Fat32
Boot sector info: 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 25,173,854 25,173,792 27 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 * 25,173,855 25,382,699 208,845 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 25,382,700 284,749,001 259,366,302 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 284,749,822 488,396,799 203,646,978 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 284,749,824 482,447,359 197,697,536 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 482,449,408 488,396,799 5,947,392 82 Linux swap / Solaris


Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sdb: 4012 MB, 4012900352 bytes
120 heads, 55 sectors/track, 1187 cylinders, total 7837696 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 * 32 7,837,695 7,837,664 b W95 FAT32


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 3C8481098480C6BC ntfs PQSERVICE
/dev/sda2 58A0812DA0811324 ntfs SYSTEM RESERVED
/dev/sda3 AA54827F54824DCF ntfs Gateway
/dev/sda4: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 30fa8127-3597-4afc-b730-4f868a3eed74 ext4
/dev/sda6 f107fe15-9aca-4abf-bb5d-79217c3454b4 swap
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1 B836-DEC5 vfat
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"

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

Device Mount_Point Type Options

aufs / aufs (rw)
/dev/sdb1 /cdrom vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=cp437, iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)
/dev/sda5 /media/30fa8127-3597-4afc-b730-4f868a3eed74 ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)
/dev/sda2 /media/SYSTEM RESERVED fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=512,default_p ermissions)
/dev/sda3 /media/Gateway fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_ permissions)


=============================== 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=30fa8127-3597-4afc-b730-4f868a3eed74 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=f107fe15-9aca-4abf-bb5d-79217c3454b4 none swap sw 0 0
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================

Unknown BootLoader on sda4

00000000 5e 00 3c 00 4d 00 69 00 63 00 72 00 6f 00 73 00 |^.<.M.i.c.r.o.s.|
00000010 6f 00 66 00 74 00 2d 00 57 00 69 00 6e 00 64 00 |o.f.t.-.W.i.n.d.|
00000020 6f 00 77 00 73 00 2d 00 4b 00 65 00 72 00 6e 00 |o.w.s.-.K.e.r.n.|
00000030 65 00 6c 00 2d 00 57 00 48 00 45 00 41 00 25 00 |e.l.-.W.H.E.A.%.|
00000040 34 00 4f 00 70 00 65 00 72 00 61 00 74 00 69 00 |4.O.p.e.r.a.t.i.|
00000050 6f 00 6e 00 61 00 6c 00 2e 00 65 00 76 00 74 00 |o.n.a.l...e.v.t.|
00000060 78 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a8 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 |x...............|
00000070 56 5e 00 00 00 00 01 00 ed 19 00 00 00 00 01 00 |V^..............|
00000080 68 34 40 0c 00 00 00 00 6a e1 e0 d4 ae 23 cb 01 |h4@.....j....#..|
00000090 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 |............ ...|
000000a0 66 00 3c 00 4d 00 69 00 63 00 72 00 6f 00 73 00 |f.<.M.i.c.r.o.s.|
000000b0 6f 00 66 00 74 00 2d 00 57 00 69 00 6e 00 64 00 |o.f.t.-.W.i.n.d.|
000000c0 6f 00 77 00 73 00 2d 00 57 00 4c 00 41 00 4e 00 |o.w.s.-.W.L.A.N.|
000000d0 2d 00 41 00 75 00 74 00 6f 00 43 00 6f 00 6e 00 |-.A.u.t.o.C.o.n.|
000000e0 66 00 69 00 67 00 25 00 34 00 4f 00 70 00 65 00 |f.i.g.%.4.O.p.e.|
000000f0 72 00 61 00 74 00 69 00 6f 00 6e 00 61 00 6c 00 |r.a.t.i.o.n.a.l.|
00000100 2e 00 65 00 76 00 74 00 78 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |..e.v.t.x.......|
00000110 d0 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 51 5e 00 00 00 00 01 00 |........Q^......|
00000120 ed 19 00 00 00 00 01 00 10 35 40 0c 00 00 00 00 |.........5@.....|
00000130 cc 4d f6 d4 ae 23 cb 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.M...#..........|
00000140 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 90 00 3c 00 4d 00 69 00 |.... .....<.M.i.|
00000150 63 00 72 00 6f 00 73 00 6f 00 66 00 74 00 2d 00 |c.r.o.s.o.f.t.-.|
00000160 57 00 69 00 6e 00 64 00 6f 00 77 00 73 00 2d 00 |W.i.n.d.o.w.s.-.|
00000170 57 00 69 00 6e 00 64 00 6f 00 77 00 73 00 20 00 |W.i.n.d.o.w.s. .|
00000180 46 00 69 00 72 00 65 00 77 00 61 00 6c 00 6c 00 |F.i.r.e.w.a.l.l.|
00000190 20 00 57 00 69 00 74 00 68 00 20 00 41 00 64 00 | .W.i.t.h. .A.d.|
000001a0 76 00 61 00 6e 00 63 00 65 00 64 00 20 00 53 00 |v.a.n.c.e.d. .S.|
000001b0 65 00 63 00 75 00 72 00 69 00 74 00 79 00 00 fe |e.c.u.r.i.t.y...|
000001c0 ff ff 83 fe ff ff 02 00 00 00 00 a0 c8 0b 00 fe |................|
000001d0 ff ff 05 fe ff ff 91 a2 c8 0b 71 c5 5a 00 00 00 |..........q.Z...|
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

[wilee-nilee]

sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Boot files/dirs: /etc/fstab

This is your partition, here is what the last line should read.
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img

Not sure if the script is not reading correctly or there are just missing files, which I highlighted.

There is also no grub bootloader in the mbr. So since you can get into Windows right now, we could assume it is a bad install for what ever reason, or wait for others to have a look at the script. Personally it looks like a bad install the script is missing a bunch of stuff.

[devildogmech]

How do I re-install? I tried to through the installer and it wanted to create a third partition.

Billy

[devildogmech]

SOLVED! ( I think). I ended up having to run ubuntu from a usb drive, because Windows wouldn't see the partition. I re-formatted the screwed up ubuntu partition, and did a fresh install. Seems to be working, since I got the option to choose Ubuntu or Win7.... Here's to hoping its stable!

Thanks for the help!

Billy

[wilee-nilee]

SOLVED! ( I think). I ended up having to run ubuntu from a usb drive, because Windows wouldn't see the partition. I re-formatted the screwed up ubuntu partition, and did a fresh install. Seems to be working, since I got the option to choose Ubuntu or Win7.... Here's to hoping its stable!

Thanks for the help!

Billy

Good to hear your all set.