Atraitus
November 11th, 2010, 07:46 PM
Alright, so after having fiddled with this for the better part of 24 hours and having exhausted Google and this forum, I decided to post my own thread. Here's a bit of background on my issue:
For about a year now, I've been running Windows 7 on a lone SATA HDD. A couple of days ago, I threw in an IDE HDD that I had laying around, to put 10.10 on it. I formatted it and installed, everything happened normally (except that to see the drive I had to turn off dmraid from the Live CD, not sure what was going on there). It all worked fine, so I rebooted to the install. GRUB booted to Ubuntu just fine, so I restarted to see if I could still boot to 7. That didn't work so well; the GRUB menu disappeared and a flashing cursor appeared on my screen, with my HDD light constantly on. No Windows boot. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling GRUB, I tried to restore my Windows 7 bootloader, etc. Everything failed on some stage, and GRUB slowly degraded to the point of utter unusability. Now when I boot I just get a GRUB prompt (which I don't really know how to use; I'm a fairly casual Ubuntu user). I'm posting from the Live CD right now, and can't boot to either OS. I've tried GRUB legacy and GRUB 2 both, with no results. As I'm sure will be requested, here's the current results of the boot info script:
Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb and looks on the same drive in
partition #1 for (,msdos1)/boot/boot/grub.
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/mapper/nvidia_bdagjddb and looks on
the same drive in partition #1 for (,msdos1)/boot/boot/grub.
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Mounting failed:
fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy
fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy
sdb2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Mounting failed:
fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy
fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy
fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy
fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy
nvidia_bdagjddb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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:
nvidia_bdagjddb2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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: 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 2,048 300,292,095 300,290,048 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 300,294,142 312,580,095 12,285,954 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 300,294,144 312,580,095 12,285,952 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 * 2,048 206,847 204,800 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 206,848 625,139,711 624,932,864 7 HPFS/NTFS
Drive: nvidia_bdagjddb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/mapper/nvidia_bdagjddb: 320.1 GB, 320072908800 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142400 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/mapper/nvidia_bdagjddb1 * 2,048 206,847 204,800 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/mapper/nvidia_bdagjddb2 206,848 625,139,711 624,932,864 7 HPFS/NTFS
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/mapper/nvidia_bdagjddb1 8A68E76B68E7548B ntfs System Reserved
/dev/mapper/nvidia_bdagjddb2 DE144F13144EEDD9 ntfs
/dev/mapper/nvidia_bdagjddb: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda1 81d4055b-7399-4138-b9bc-ce87634d60d9 ext4
/dev/sda2: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 3571b564-81a2-485c-b2ea-b2807d3aea41 swap
/dev/sda promise_fasttrack_raid_member
/dev/sdb1 8A68E76B68E7548B ntfs System Reserved
/dev/sdb2 DE144F13144EEDD9 ntfs
/dev/sdb nvidia_raid_member
============================ "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/sda1 /mnt ext4 (rw)
=========================== sda1/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 "${boot_once}" ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
function load_video {
insmod vbe
insmod vga
}
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 81d4055b-7399-4138-b9bc-ce87634d60d9
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
load_video
insmod gfxterm
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 81d4055b-7399-4138-b9bc-ce87634d60d9
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ]; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-22-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 81d4055b-7399-4138-b9bc-ce87634d60d9
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=81d4055b-7399-4138-b9bc-ce87634d60d9 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-22-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 81d4055b-7399-4138-b9bc-ce87634d60d9
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.35-22-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=81d4055b-7399-4138-b9bc-ce87634d60d9 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 81d4055b-7399-4138-b9bc-ce87634d60d9
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 81d4055b-7399-4138-b9bc-ce87634d60d9
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
if [ "x${timeout}" != "x-1" ]; then
if keystatus; then
if keystatus --shift; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=0
fi
else
if sleep --interruptible 3 ; then
set timeout=0
fi
fi
fi
### 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 ###
=============================== sda1/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/sdb1 during installation
UUID=81d4055b-7399-4138-b9bc-ce87634d60d9 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sdb5 during installation
UUID=3571b564-81a2-485c-b2ea-b2807d3aea41 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
38.7GB: boot/grub/core.img
116.1GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
.8GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
38.7GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic
.8GB: initrd.img
38.7GB: vmlinuz
I'm about to give up and reinstall Windows 7, resulting in a loss of data. Hopefully you gurus can aid a relative newcomer.
For about a year now, I've been running Windows 7 on a lone SATA HDD. A couple of days ago, I threw in an IDE HDD that I had laying around, to put 10.10 on it. I formatted it and installed, everything happened normally (except that to see the drive I had to turn off dmraid from the Live CD, not sure what was going on there). It all worked fine, so I rebooted to the install. GRUB booted to Ubuntu just fine, so I restarted to see if I could still boot to 7. That didn't work so well; the GRUB menu disappeared and a flashing cursor appeared on my screen, with my HDD light constantly on. No Windows boot. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling GRUB, I tried to restore my Windows 7 bootloader, etc. Everything failed on some stage, and GRUB slowly degraded to the point of utter unusability. Now when I boot I just get a GRUB prompt (which I don't really know how to use; I'm a fairly casual Ubuntu user). I'm posting from the Live CD right now, and can't boot to either OS. I've tried GRUB legacy and GRUB 2 both, with no results. As I'm sure will be requested, here's the current results of the boot info script:
Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb and looks on the same drive in
partition #1 for (,msdos1)/boot/boot/grub.
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/mapper/nvidia_bdagjddb and looks on
the same drive in partition #1 for (,msdos1)/boot/boot/grub.
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Mounting failed:
fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy
fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy
sdb2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Mounting failed:
fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy
fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy
fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy
fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy
nvidia_bdagjddb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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:
nvidia_bdagjddb2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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: 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 2,048 300,292,095 300,290,048 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 300,294,142 312,580,095 12,285,954 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 300,294,144 312,580,095 12,285,952 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 * 2,048 206,847 204,800 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 206,848 625,139,711 624,932,864 7 HPFS/NTFS
Drive: nvidia_bdagjddb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/mapper/nvidia_bdagjddb: 320.1 GB, 320072908800 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142400 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/mapper/nvidia_bdagjddb1 * 2,048 206,847 204,800 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/mapper/nvidia_bdagjddb2 206,848 625,139,711 624,932,864 7 HPFS/NTFS
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/mapper/nvidia_bdagjddb1 8A68E76B68E7548B ntfs System Reserved
/dev/mapper/nvidia_bdagjddb2 DE144F13144EEDD9 ntfs
/dev/mapper/nvidia_bdagjddb: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda1 81d4055b-7399-4138-b9bc-ce87634d60d9 ext4
/dev/sda2: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 3571b564-81a2-485c-b2ea-b2807d3aea41 swap
/dev/sda promise_fasttrack_raid_member
/dev/sdb1 8A68E76B68E7548B ntfs System Reserved
/dev/sdb2 DE144F13144EEDD9 ntfs
/dev/sdb nvidia_raid_member
============================ "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/sda1 /mnt ext4 (rw)
=========================== sda1/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 "${boot_once}" ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
function load_video {
insmod vbe
insmod vga
}
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 81d4055b-7399-4138-b9bc-ce87634d60d9
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
load_video
insmod gfxterm
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 81d4055b-7399-4138-b9bc-ce87634d60d9
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ]; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-22-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 81d4055b-7399-4138-b9bc-ce87634d60d9
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=81d4055b-7399-4138-b9bc-ce87634d60d9 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-22-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 81d4055b-7399-4138-b9bc-ce87634d60d9
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.35-22-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=81d4055b-7399-4138-b9bc-ce87634d60d9 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 81d4055b-7399-4138-b9bc-ce87634d60d9
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 81d4055b-7399-4138-b9bc-ce87634d60d9
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
if [ "x${timeout}" != "x-1" ]; then
if keystatus; then
if keystatus --shift; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=0
fi
else
if sleep --interruptible 3 ; then
set timeout=0
fi
fi
fi
### 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 ###
=============================== sda1/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/sdb1 during installation
UUID=81d4055b-7399-4138-b9bc-ce87634d60d9 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sdb5 during installation
UUID=3571b564-81a2-485c-b2ea-b2807d3aea41 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
38.7GB: boot/grub/core.img
116.1GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
.8GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
38.7GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic
.8GB: initrd.img
38.7GB: vmlinuz
I'm about to give up and reinstall Windows 7, resulting in a loss of data. Hopefully you gurus can aid a relative newcomer.