CottonCandy
December 7th, 2010, 11:48 AM
I have a Dell laptop that came with windows7. I installed Ubuntu 10.10 & everything was going ok. I restarted the laptop & booted into windows, then restarted the laptop again intending to boot back into Ubuntu. Instead of the screen with boot options I got a message saying:
no module name found
Aborted. Press any key to exit.After I press a key it says
Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 083)
Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation
CLIENT MAC ADDR: xxxinfohereavailableifnecessaryxxx
PXE-E53: No boot filename received
PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM
Operating System not foundI searched the forum & saw a lot of posts with variations of this problem, but haven't figured out what I need to do to solve it.
In the posts I saw, posters were being asked to run the boot info script & post the results, so I followed the instructions, ran the script & here are my results:
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 #4 for (,msdos4)/boot/grub. sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________ File system: vfat Boot sector type: Dell Utility: Fat16 Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block. Operating System: Boot files/dirs: /COMMAND.COM 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: 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 =========================== Drive/Partition Info: ============================= Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___ Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 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 2,048 206,847 204,800 de Dell Utility /dev/sda2 * 206,848 30,926,847 30,720,000 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda3 30,926,848 509,827,119 478,900,272 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda4 509,829,120 959,045,631 449,216,512 83 Linux blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________ Device UUID TYPE LABEL /dev/loop0 squashfs /dev/sda1 3030-3030 vfat DellUtility /dev/sda2 C032AFEA32AFE41E ntfs RECOVERY /dev/sda3 18B4B7BBB4B799A8 ntfs OS /dev/sda4 d6d72bdf-09c8-4ee1-aece-d1880ea38c55 ext4 /dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos" error: /dev/sdb: 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) =========================== sda4/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 "${boot_once}" ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi } function load_video { insmod vbe insmod vga } insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,msdos4)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d6d72bdf-09c8-4ee1-aece-d1880ea38c55 if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then set gfxmode=640x480 load_video insmod gfxterm fi terminal_output gfxterm insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,msdos4)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d6d72bdf-09c8-4ee1-aece-d1880ea38c55 set locale_dir=($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 2.6.35-23-generic-pae' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,msdos4)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d6d72bdf-09c8-4ee1-aece-d1880ea38c55 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-23-generic-pae root=UUID=d6d72bdf-09c8-4ee1-aece-d1880ea38c55 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-23-generic-pae } menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-23-generic-pae (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,msdos4)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d6d72bdf-09c8-4ee1-aece-d1880ea38c55 echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.35-23-generic-pae ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-23-generic-pae root=UUID=d6d72bdf-09c8-4ee1-aece-d1880ea38c55 ro single echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-23-generic-pae } ### 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='(hd0,msdos4)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d6d72bdf-09c8-4ee1-aece-d1880ea38c55 linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin } menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" { insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,msdos4)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d6d72bdf-09c8-4ee1-aece-d1880ea38c55 linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8 } ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### menuentry "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda2)" { insmod part_msdos insmod ntfs set root='(hd0,msdos2)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c032afea32afe41e 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 ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### if [ -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then source $prefix/custom.cfg; fi ### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### =============================== sda4/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). # # proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0 # / was on /dev/sda4 during installation UUID=d6d72bdf-09c8-4ee1-aece-d1880ea38c55 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1 =================== sda4: Location of files loaded by Grub: =================== 441.5GB: boot/grub/core.img 450.2GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg 261.7GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-23-generic-pae 441.5GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-23-generic-pae 261.7GB: initrd.img 441.5GB: vmlinuz =======Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive============== sdb What I've found so far seems to point to the problem being some issue with Grub (or Grub 2?) & windows. Is that the problem I'm having here? Can you tell that from the boot info script or would I have to provide some other information?
Or maybe the problem is something to do with the partitions? The windows install took 3 partitions - Utility, RECOVERY, & OS. The RECOVERY partition is flagged with boot. Is that how it's supposed to be or should the OS partition be flagged with boot? If I change the flags in GParted using the Live-CD environment, will that work & if it will work, will it fix this problem or mess things up worse?
Does this issue affect previous releases? I don't mind not having the latest thing if a previous release wouldn't have this problem.
Any help fixing this will be very appreciated!
no module name found
Aborted. Press any key to exit.After I press a key it says
Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 083)
Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation
CLIENT MAC ADDR: xxxinfohereavailableifnecessaryxxx
PXE-E53: No boot filename received
PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM
Operating System not foundI searched the forum & saw a lot of posts with variations of this problem, but haven't figured out what I need to do to solve it.
In the posts I saw, posters were being asked to run the boot info script & post the results, so I followed the instructions, ran the script & here are my results:
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 #4 for (,msdos4)/boot/grub. sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________ File system: vfat Boot sector type: Dell Utility: Fat16 Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block. Operating System: Boot files/dirs: /COMMAND.COM 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: 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 =========================== Drive/Partition Info: ============================= Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___ Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 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 2,048 206,847 204,800 de Dell Utility /dev/sda2 * 206,848 30,926,847 30,720,000 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda3 30,926,848 509,827,119 478,900,272 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda4 509,829,120 959,045,631 449,216,512 83 Linux blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________ Device UUID TYPE LABEL /dev/loop0 squashfs /dev/sda1 3030-3030 vfat DellUtility /dev/sda2 C032AFEA32AFE41E ntfs RECOVERY /dev/sda3 18B4B7BBB4B799A8 ntfs OS /dev/sda4 d6d72bdf-09c8-4ee1-aece-d1880ea38c55 ext4 /dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos" error: /dev/sdb: 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) =========================== sda4/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 "${boot_once}" ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi } function load_video { insmod vbe insmod vga } insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,msdos4)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d6d72bdf-09c8-4ee1-aece-d1880ea38c55 if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then set gfxmode=640x480 load_video insmod gfxterm fi terminal_output gfxterm insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,msdos4)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d6d72bdf-09c8-4ee1-aece-d1880ea38c55 set locale_dir=($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 2.6.35-23-generic-pae' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,msdos4)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d6d72bdf-09c8-4ee1-aece-d1880ea38c55 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-23-generic-pae root=UUID=d6d72bdf-09c8-4ee1-aece-d1880ea38c55 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-23-generic-pae } menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-23-generic-pae (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,msdos4)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d6d72bdf-09c8-4ee1-aece-d1880ea38c55 echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.35-23-generic-pae ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-23-generic-pae root=UUID=d6d72bdf-09c8-4ee1-aece-d1880ea38c55 ro single echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-23-generic-pae } ### 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='(hd0,msdos4)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d6d72bdf-09c8-4ee1-aece-d1880ea38c55 linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin } menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" { insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,msdos4)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d6d72bdf-09c8-4ee1-aece-d1880ea38c55 linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8 } ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### menuentry "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda2)" { insmod part_msdos insmod ntfs set root='(hd0,msdos2)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c032afea32afe41e 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 ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### if [ -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then source $prefix/custom.cfg; fi ### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### =============================== sda4/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). # # proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0 # / was on /dev/sda4 during installation UUID=d6d72bdf-09c8-4ee1-aece-d1880ea38c55 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1 =================== sda4: Location of files loaded by Grub: =================== 441.5GB: boot/grub/core.img 450.2GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg 261.7GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-23-generic-pae 441.5GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-23-generic-pae 261.7GB: initrd.img 441.5GB: vmlinuz =======Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive============== sdb What I've found so far seems to point to the problem being some issue with Grub (or Grub 2?) & windows. Is that the problem I'm having here? Can you tell that from the boot info script or would I have to provide some other information?
Or maybe the problem is something to do with the partitions? The windows install took 3 partitions - Utility, RECOVERY, & OS. The RECOVERY partition is flagged with boot. Is that how it's supposed to be or should the OS partition be flagged with boot? If I change the flags in GParted using the Live-CD environment, will that work & if it will work, will it fix this problem or mess things up worse?
Does this issue affect previous releases? I don't mind not having the latest thing if a previous release wouldn't have this problem.
Any help fixing this will be very appreciated!