that's a nasty one, you'd be better off with a fresh install and disconnecting the reset button like I did =)
Yes, I was gutted, especially as she just wanted to listen to some music using Windows! As she said "But I only switched users, and then it wouldn't work so I shutdown and restarted with Windows!"
Here are the results of my bootinfo script. Thought I'd hold off in case a wizard looked in.
I was running dual boot with (I think) - this is what I think the partitions were, looking through the results.txt file ...
Windows XP on /sda2
Karmic / was on /sda5 (now it shows lucid - what I was upgrading to)
Karmic /home was on /sda6
Karmic swap was on /sda7
/sdb1 is my eSATA attached backup drive
Would love to get away with a few command line spells but obviously if I have to I'll install fresh.
Trevor
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 #5 for /boot/grub.
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Grub 2
Boot sector info: Grub 2 is installed in the boot sector of sda1 and
looks at sector 397263670 of the same hard drive for
core.img, but core.img can not be found at this
location. No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows 98
Boot files/dirs: /boot.ini /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM /IO.SYS /MSDOS.SYS
/COMMAND.COM
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows XP
Boot files/dirs: /BOOT.INI /NTLDR /NTDETECT.COM
sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
sda6: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sda7: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
=========================== 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 63 16,370,234 16,370,172 1b Hidden W95 FAT32
/dev/sda2 * 16,370,235 387,471,734 371,101,500 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 387,471,735 625,137,344 237,665,610 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 387,471,798 428,485,679 41,013,882 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 428,485,743 619,273,619 190,787,877 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 619,273,683 625,137,344 5,863,662 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 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 63 1,953,520,064 1,953,520,002 7 HPFS/NTFS
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 44D7-70B8 vfat BACKUP
/dev/sda2 4A38F4AD38F498E1 ntfs HDD
/dev/sda3: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 ee0e6cff-7dc9-4379-88ce-7965f273fda2 ext4
/dev/sda6 7387ae1c-ee8b-42e7-ba4a-5d06050037f7 ext4
/dev/sda7 e9ac70ad-427d-4eeb-b25b-dd0af2f8eec7 swap
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1 6EDEDBBFDEDB7E31 ntfs Elrond
/dev/sdb: 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
============================ "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/sda5 /media/ee0e6cff-7dc9-4379-88ce-7965f273fda2 ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)
/dev/sda6 /media/7387ae1c-ee8b-42e7-ba4a-5d06050037f7 ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)
================================ sda1/boot.ini: ================================
[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT
[operating systems]
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Windows PE Recovery Process W/O Data losing" /cmdcons
C:\BOOTSECT.DOS="MS-Dos OEMSETUP Recovery Process..."
================================ sda2/BOOT.INI: ================================
[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Media Center Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
=========================== sda5/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="9"
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=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ee0e6cff-7dc9-4379-88ce-7965f273fda2
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 2.6.32-26-generic" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
set quiet=1
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ee0e6cff-7dc9-4379-88ce-7965f273fda2
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-26-generic root=/dev/sda5 ro quiet splash
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.32-26-generic (recovery mode)" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ee0e6cff-7dc9-4379-88ce-7965f273fda2
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-26-generic root=/dev/sda5 ro single
}
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=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ee0e6cff-7dc9-4379-88ce-7965f273fda2
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic root=UUID=ee0e6cff-7dc9-4379-88ce-7965f273fda2 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=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ee0e6cff-7dc9-4379-88ce-7965f273fda2
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic root=UUID=ee0e6cff-7dc9-4379-88ce-7965f273fda2 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-22-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-21-generic" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
set quiet=1
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ee0e6cff-7dc9-4379-88ce-7965f273fda2
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-21-generic root=UUID=ee0e6cff-7dc9-4379-88ce-7965f273fda2 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-21-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-21-generic (recovery mode)" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ee0e6cff-7dc9-4379-88ce-7965f273fda2
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-21-generic root=UUID=ee0e6cff-7dc9-4379-88ce-7965f273fda2 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-21-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=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ee0e6cff-7dc9-4379-88ce-7965f273fda2
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=ee0e6cff-7dc9-4379-88ce-7965f273fda2 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=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ee0e6cff-7dc9-4379-88ce-7965f273fda2
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=ee0e6cff-7dc9-4379-88ce-7965f273fda2 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 "Windows NT/2000/XP (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" {
insmod fat
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 44d7-70b8
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Windows XP Media Center Edition (on /dev/sda2)" {
insmod ntfs
set root=(hd0,2)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4a38f4ad38f498e1
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 ###
=============================== 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 defaults 0 0
#
# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=ee0e6cff-7dc9-4379-88ce-7965f273fda2 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
#
# /home was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=7387ae1c-ee8b-42e7-ba4a-5d06050037f7 /home ext4 defaults 0 2
#
# swap was on /dev/sda7 during installation
UUID=e9ac70ad-427d-4eeb-b25b-dd0af2f8eec7 none swap sw 0 0
#
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
#
# Elrond is the drive connected by eSATA
/dev/sdb1 /media/Elrond ntfs errors=remount-ro 0 1
=================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
201.8GB: boot/grub/core.img
199.3GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
200.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
200.6GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-21-generic
203.1GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-22-generic
199.9GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
200.4GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-21-generic
207.6GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic
203.1GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-26-generic
203.1GB: initrd.img
200.6GB: initrd.img.old
207.6GB: vmlinuz
200.4GB: vmlinuz.old
=======Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive==============
sdc sdd sde sdf
Trevor