Hello, thank you Rubi1200 for your quick answer.
Here are the results of "boot_info_script055.sh" launched using the Ubuntu 10.10 liveCD.
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 #2 for (,msdos2)/boot/grub.
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdh
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs: /COMMAND.COM
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 9.10
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sdb2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.10
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
sdh1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Fat16
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
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
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 2,048 1,050,623 1,048,576 6 FAT16
/dev/sda2 * 1,050,624 148,510,719 147,460,096 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 148,520,925 312,576,704 164,055,780 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 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/sdb1 2,048 522,618,879 522,616,832 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 522,618,880 625,141,759 102,522,880 83 Linux
Drive: sdh ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdh: 255 MB, 255459328 bytes
8 heads, 32 sectors/track, 1949 cylinders, total 498944 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdh1 101 498,943 498,843 6 FAT16
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 904B-2B03 vfat
/dev/sda2 e2d7945f-8f9c-48b3-ada7-cfbb717c4925 ext4
/dev/sda3 79e6c001-e3fe-457e-b93c-b1671cee1ada swap
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1 365b5753-cdb5-4ac5-8086-253ea7e93640 ext4
/dev/sdb2 388238f5-27a9-4f5f-a1e6-2d35f4ad603e ext4
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdh1 585A-364C vfat
/dev/sdh: PTTYPE="dos"
error: /dev/sdc: No medium found
error: /dev/sdd: No medium found
error: /dev/sde: No medium found
error: /dev/sdf: No medium found
error: /dev/sdg: No medium found
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
aufs / aufs (rw)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime)
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)
/dev/sdh1 /media/585A-364C vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=999,gid=999,sh ortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,showexec,flush)
=========================== sda2/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 /boot/grub/grubenv ]; then
have_grubenv=true
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
save_env saved_entry
prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,2)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e2d7945f-8f9c-48b3-ada7-cfbb717c4925
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
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/white
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-22-generic" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
set quiet=1
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,2)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e2d7945f-8f9c-48b3-ada7-cfbb717c4925
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic root=UUID=e2d7945f-8f9c-48b3-ada7-cfbb717c4925 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-22-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-22-generic (recovery mode)" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,2)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e2d7945f-8f9c-48b3-ada7-cfbb717c4925
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic root=UUID=e2d7945f-8f9c-48b3-ada7-cfbb717c4925 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-22-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
set quiet=1
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,2)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e2d7945f-8f9c-48b3-ada7-cfbb717c4925
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=e2d7945f-8f9c-48b3-ada7-cfbb717c4925 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode)" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,2)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e2d7945f-8f9c-48b3-ada7-cfbb717c4925
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=e2d7945f-8f9c-48b3-ada7-cfbb717c4925 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "FreeDOS (on /dev/sda1)" {
insmod fat
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 904b-2b03
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 ###
=============================== sda2/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/sda2 during installation
UUID=e2d7945f-8f9c-48b3-ada7-cfbb717c4925 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sdb1 during installation
UUID=365b5753-cdb5-4ac5-8086-253ea7e93640 /home ext4 defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sda3 during installation
UUID=79e6c001-e3fe-457e-b93c-b1671cee1ada none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
# montage du partage samba sur leadserv pour sauvegarde et synchronisation
//leadserv.u-bourgogne.fr/olivier /media/leadserv smbfs credentials=/home/olivier/.leadservCred,uid=olivier,gid=olivier,users 0 0
=================== sda2: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
7.3GB: boot/grub/core.img
6.2GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
.7GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
2.3GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-22-generic
.7GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
2.2GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic
2.3GB: initrd.img
.7GB: initrd.img.old
2.2GB: vmlinuz
.7GB: vmlinuz.old
=========================== sdb2/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 "${boot_once}" ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
function load_video {
insmod vbe
insmod vga
}
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 388238f5-27a9-4f5f-a1e6-2d35f4ad603e
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
load_video
insmod gfxterm
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 388238f5-27a9-4f5f-a1e6-2d35f4ad603e
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=fr
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 2.6.35-22-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 388238f5-27a9-4f5f-a1e6-2d35f4ad603e
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=388238f5-27a9-4f5f-a1e6-2d35f4ad603e ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-22-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 388238f5-27a9-4f5f-a1e6-2d35f4ad603e
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.35-22-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=388238f5-27a9-4f5f-a1e6-2d35f4ad603e ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-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='(hd1,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 388238f5-27a9-4f5f-a1e6-2d35f4ad603e
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 388238f5-27a9-4f5f-a1e6-2d35f4ad603e
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "FreeDOS (on /dev/sda1)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod fat
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 904b-2b03
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-22-generic (on /dev/sda2)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e2d7945f-8f9c-48b3-ada7-cfbb717c4925
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic root=UUID=e2d7945f-8f9c-48b3-ada7-cfbb717c4925 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-22-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-22-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda2)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e2d7945f-8f9c-48b3-ada7-cfbb717c4925
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic root=UUID=e2d7945f-8f9c-48b3-ada7-cfbb717c4925 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-22-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (on /dev/sda2)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e2d7945f-8f9c-48b3-ada7-cfbb717c4925
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=e2d7945f-8f9c-48b3-ada7-cfbb717c4925 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda2)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e2d7945f-8f9c-48b3-ada7-cfbb717c4925
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=e2d7945f-8f9c-48b3-ada7-cfbb717c4925 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
### 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 $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
=============================== sdb2/etc/fstab: ===============================
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
# / was on /dev/sdb2 during installation
UUID=388238f5-27a9-4f5f-a1e6-2d35f4ad603e / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sdb1 during installation
UUID=365b5753-cdb5-4ac5-8086-253ea7e93640 /home ext4 defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sda3 during installation
UUID=79e6c001-e3fe-457e-b93c-b1671cee1ada none swap sw 0 0
=================== sdb2: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
312.8GB: boot/grub/core.img
295.6GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
302.7GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
312.8GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic
302.7GB: initrd.img
312.8GB: vmlinuz
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================
Unknown BootLoader on sda1
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00000010 02 00 02 00 00 f8 00 01 3f 00 ff 00 00 08 00 00 |........?.......|
00000020 00 00 10 00 80 00 29 03 2b 4b 90 4e 4f 20 4e 41 |......).+K.NO NA|
00000030 4d 45 20 20 20 20 46 41 54 31 36 20 20 20 fa fc |ME FAT16 ..|
00000040 31 c0 8e d8 bd 00 7c b8 e0 1f 8e c0 89 ee 89 ef |1.....|.........|
00000050 b9 00 01 f3 a5 ea 5e 7c e0 1f 00 00 60 00 8e d8 |......^|....`...|
00000060 8e d0 8d 66 a0 fb 88 56 24 c7 46 c0 10 00 c7 46 |...f...V$.F....F|
00000070 c2 01 00 8c 5e c6 c7 46 c4 a0 63 8b 76 1c 8b 7e |....^..F..c.v..~|
00000080 1e 03 76 0e 83 d7 00 89 76 d2 89 7e d4 8a 46 10 |..v.....v..~..F.|
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000000b0 d7 00 89 76 da 89 7e dc 8b 46 d6 8b 56 d8 5f c4 |...v..~..F..V._.|
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000000e0 e7 72 65 50 c4 5e 5a 8b 7e 16 8b 46 d2 8b 56 d4 |.reP.^Z.~..F..V.|
000000f0 e8 67 00 58 1e 07 8e 5e 5c bf 00 20 ab 89 c6 8b |.g.X...^\.. ....|
00000100 56 5c 01 f6 73 03 80 c6 10 8e da ad 3d f8 ff 72 |V\..s.......=..r|
00000110 eb 31 c0 ab 0e 1f c4 5e 5a be 00 20 ad 09 c0 75 |.1.....^Z.. ...u|
00000120 05 88 d3 ff 6e 5a 48 48 8b 7e 0d 81 e7 ff 00 f7 |....nZHH.~......|
00000130 e7 03 46 da 13 56 dc e8 20 00 eb e0 5e ac 56 b4 |..F..V.. ...^.V.|
00000140 0e cd 10 3c 2e 75 f5 c3 e8 f1 ff 45 72 72 6f 72 |...<.u.....Error|
00000150 21 2e 30 e4 cd 13 cd 16 cd 19 56 89 46 c8 89 56 |!.0.......V.F..V|
00000160 ca 8c 86 9e e7 89 9e 9c e7 e8 d0 ff 2e b4 41 bb |..............A.|
00000170 aa 55 8a 56 24 84 d2 74 19 cd 13 72 15 d1 e9 81 |.U.V$..t...r....|
00000180 db 54 aa 75 0d 8d 76 c0 89 5e cc 89 5e ce b4 42 |.T.u..v..^..^..B|
00000190 eb 26 8b 4e c8 8b 56 ca 8a 46 18 f6 66 1a 91 f7 |.&.N..V..F..f...|
000001a0 f1 92 f6 76 18 89 d1 88 c6 86 e9 d0 c9 d0 c9 08 |...v............|
000001b0 e1 41 c4 5e c4 b8 01 02 8a 56 24 cd 13 72 89 8b |.A.^.....V$..r..|
000001c0 46 0b 57 be a0 63 c4 be 9c e7 89 c1 f3 a4 5f b1 |F.W..c........_.|
000001d0 04 d3 e8 01 86 9e e7 83 46 c8 01 83 56 ca 00 4f |........F...V..O|
000001e0 75 8b c4 9e 9c e7 5e c3 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |u.....^.........|
000001f0 00 4b 45 52 4e 45 4c 20 20 53 59 53 00 00 55 aa |.KERNEL SYS..U.|
00000200
=======Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive==============
sdc sdd sde sdf sdg
I hope that someone will be kind enough to help me interpreting all those results...
Olivier.