rebelsoul
September 28th, 2010, 12:53 PM
Hello,
I am newbie to Ubuntu, i was trying to install ubuntu on my EEE PC 1005HA. I used Ubuntu netbook and followed every procedure and in the end managed to run a dual boot system (Wind xp and Ubuntu). While working on ubuntu i allowed updates, after updates and reboot when i tried to logged in to the system, it gave me Unknown device Grub Rescue message. I tried to run EEE PC recovery mode, but it was not working. So after spending many hours and trying to solve the problem. i did another installation on one of the other partitioned through live cd. While doing that i selected option Where Ubuntu and other OS could work together. That installation was successful and i was able to log on two Ubuntus and one win xp. However, tempted by my curiosity i tried to revert the whole system back by EE PC recovery tool, which was working at that time. The end result of all this step was that my whole system crashed again, as grub is corrupted and this time error message is Unknown file system. I tried to follow the solution provided on this forum but no avail and now my system after getting boot from live cd become busy after few minutes. I could see a huge number of my partitions which is impossible as i have only 160 GB and there are almost 60 partition of 34 GB each :mad:
Here is a result after fdisk.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -lu
Warning: omitting partitions after #60.
They will be deleted if you save this partition table.
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0261f0b7
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 81160201 40580069+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 81162238 302230844 110534303+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda3 302230845 312480314 5124735 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda4 312480315 312576704 48195 ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
/dev/sda5 151123518 188512263 18694373 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 224845741 291837868 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda8 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda10 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda11 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda12 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda13 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda14 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda15 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda16 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda17 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda18 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda19 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda20 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda21 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda22 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda23 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda24 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda25 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda26 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda27 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda28 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda29 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda30 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda31 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda32 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda33 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda34 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda35 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda36 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda37 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda38 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda39 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda40 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda41 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda42 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda43 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda44 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda45 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda46 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda47 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda48 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda49 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda50 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda51 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda52 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda53 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda54 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda55 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda56 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda57 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda58 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda59 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda60 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Disk /dev/sdb: 1031 MB, 1031798784 bytes
16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 3936 cylinders, total 2015232 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf49f8b33
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 32 2015231 1007600 b W95 FAT32
Kindly help me to restore my system to it previous state and restore Grub.
I am newbie to Ubuntu, i was trying to install ubuntu on my EEE PC 1005HA. I used Ubuntu netbook and followed every procedure and in the end managed to run a dual boot system (Wind xp and Ubuntu). While working on ubuntu i allowed updates, after updates and reboot when i tried to logged in to the system, it gave me Unknown device Grub Rescue message. I tried to run EEE PC recovery mode, but it was not working. So after spending many hours and trying to solve the problem. i did another installation on one of the other partitioned through live cd. While doing that i selected option Where Ubuntu and other OS could work together. That installation was successful and i was able to log on two Ubuntus and one win xp. However, tempted by my curiosity i tried to revert the whole system back by EE PC recovery tool, which was working at that time. The end result of all this step was that my whole system crashed again, as grub is corrupted and this time error message is Unknown file system. I tried to follow the solution provided on this forum but no avail and now my system after getting boot from live cd become busy after few minutes. I could see a huge number of my partitions which is impossible as i have only 160 GB and there are almost 60 partition of 34 GB each :mad:
Here is a result after fdisk.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -lu
Warning: omitting partitions after #60.
They will be deleted if you save this partition table.
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0261f0b7
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 81160201 40580069+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 81162238 302230844 110534303+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda3 302230845 312480314 5124735 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda4 312480315 312576704 48195 ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
/dev/sda5 151123518 188512263 18694373 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 224845741 291837868 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda8 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda10 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda11 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda12 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda13 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda14 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda15 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda16 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda17 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda18 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda19 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda20 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda21 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda22 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda23 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda24 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda25 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda26 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda27 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda28 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda29 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda30 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda31 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda32 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda33 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda34 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda35 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda36 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda37 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda38 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda39 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda40 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda41 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda42 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda43 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda44 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda45 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda46 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda47 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda48 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda49 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda50 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda51 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda52 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda53 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda54 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda55 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda56 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda57 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda58 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
/dev/sda59 148154431 225539472 38692521 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda60 81162240 148154367 33496064 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Disk /dev/sdb: 1031 MB, 1031798784 bytes
16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 3936 cylinders, total 2015232 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf49f8b33
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 32 2015231 1007600 b W95 FAT32
Kindly help me to restore my system to it previous state and restore Grub.