w7 ubuntu 10.10 dual boot 2 drives

[djgies]

Hi, had w7 installed on my netbook, but I want to use ubuntu as my main OS. My netbook has two hard drives: one 32gb ssd drive where w7 is now, and one 8gb drive where 10.10 is installed. Grub2 only shows the linux OS and not the w7. I tried using the w7 recovery disk 3 times and each time it said that the problem could not be fixed automatically. Then I tried BootRec.exe/fixmbr from the windows console and I was unable to boot to either OS - I'm guessing it tried to erase grub2 and replace it with a dos/ibm mbr?

How do I get Grub2 to recognize the second hard drive and OS? How do I get a boot loader onto sdb without repeating the problem I encountered with BootRec

[Kirboosy]

So let me see if I got this straight. You have 2 SSDs. One 8 Gb drive and One 32 Gb drive?


You had Ubuntu on the small one and you want to move it to the large one. Are both of the drives installed at the same time?

Or do you mean partitions?

[djgies]

I don't want to move anything, just get both OS working. They are separate drives, not partitions, 8gb is set as master, 32gb as slave.

[djgies]

Also, both drives are installed at the same time, and the 32gb drive shows up in ubuntu as a file system

[wilee-nilee]

First look in my signature and code tag that script.

Then boot a live Ubuntu cd open the gparted partitioner right click on the W7 partition the flags then boot.

Boot the W7 cd and run the auto repair again 3 times you need an active partition=bootflag for this to work.

[djgies]

Hi, I flagged the drive with w7 on it (sdb1) as boot and did the startup repair using the windows cd three times. No luck.

In the system restore options screen of the windows cd no operating systems show up, so I've just been clicking next. Now when I tried to boot from sdb (from bios menu) I get "bootmgr is missing." Grub2 still only recognizes linux.




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 #1 for (,msdos1)/boot/grub.
=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdc

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: Unknown
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.
Operating System: Windows 7
Boot files/dirs: /Windows/System32/winload.exe

sdc1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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: 8069 MB, 8069677056 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 981 cylinders, total 15761088 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 14,983,167 14,981,120 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 14,985,214 15,759,359 774,146 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 14,985,216 15,759,359 774,144 82 Linux swap / Solaris


Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sdb: 32.3 GB, 32279224320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3924 cylinders, total 63045360 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 63,041,535 63,039,488 7 HPFS/NTFS


Drive: sdc ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sdc: 1994 MB, 1994273280 bytes
32 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1932 cylinders, total 3895065 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sdc1 63 3,894,911 3,894,849 6 FAT16


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/sda1 3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839 ext4
/dev/sda2: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 b6e785de-f427-48dc-8009-981824aa52ef swap
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1 D008EE9D08EE8238 ntfs
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdc1 62E6-4C65 vfat
/dev/sdc: PTTYPE="dos"

============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================

Device Mount_Point Type Options

/dev/sda1 / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro,commit=0)
/dev/sdc1 /media/62E6-4C65 vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=1000, shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,showexec,flush)


=========================== 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='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839
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,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839
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='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839 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='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.35-22-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839 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='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839
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/sda1 during installation
UUID=3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=b6e785de-f427-48dc-8009-981824aa52ef none swap sw 0 0

=================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


2.8GB: boot/grub/core.img
4.8GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
4.8GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
2.8GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic
4.8GB: initrd.img
2.8GB: vmlinuz
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================

Unknown BootLoader on sda2

00000000 2b 00 2f ec 33 32 32 33 2f ed 33 33 2f 2f 11 33 |+./.3223/.33//.3|
00000010 33 12 39 32 32 2f 2f 2f 2f 30 13 26 11 10 37 36 |3.922////0.&..76|
00000020 37 33 06 07 06 07 06 11 10 17 12 17 23 26 25 06 |73..........#&%.|
00000030 07 23 36 13 36 11 10 27 26 27 26 27 33 16 17 16 |.#6.6..'&'&'3...|
00000040 11 10 01 33 01 01 21 15 23 11 33 15 21 35 33 11 |...3..!.#.3.!53.|
00000050 23 35 01 23 96 4a 4c 43 9c 6b 2b 42 3d 21 56 58 |#5.#.JLC.k+B=!VX|
00000060 61 6c 75 9d 06 9b 3d 9f 74 6c 61 58 56 21 3d 42 |alu...=.tlaXV!=B|
00000070 2b 6a 9e 42 4b f9 b1 96 01 18 01 18 02 39 88 88 |+j.BK........9..|
00000080 fe 5f 88 88 fe 95 85 01 14 f7 01 07 01 06 f2 d6 |._..............|
00000090 d6 36 80 76 59 e5 fe c6 fe c9 ea fe fe 80 d8 cd |.6.vY...........|
000000a0 cb da 80 01 02 ea 01 37 01 3a e5 59 76 80 36 d9 |.......7.:.Yv.6.|
000000b0 d3 ef fe f7 fe f5 03 70 fb eb 04 15 83 fc 17 86 |.......p........|
000000c0 86 03 e9 7c fb 15 00 04 00 4c ff 6f 07 b8 06 b6 |...|.....L.o....|
000000d0 00 13 00 27 00 38 00 3c 00 3b 40 0c 12 37 21 12 |...'.8.<.;@..7!.|
000000e0 17 37 21 06 17 06 17 28 b8 ff f0 40 0f 30 28 3c |.7!....(...@.0(<|
000000f0 2d 03 36 4d 31 31 06 2c 3b 34 f3 29 00 2f ed 32 |-.6M11.,;4.)./.2|
00000100 32 32 33 2f ec 17 33 32 38 33 2f 2f 11 33 33 11 |223/..3283//.33.|
00000110 33 2f 2f 2f 30 13 26 11 10 37 36 37 33 06 07 06 |3///0.&..7673...|
00000120 07 06 11 10 17 12 17 23 26 25 06 07 23 36 13 36 |.......#&%..#6.6|
00000130 11 10 27 26 27 26 27 33 16 17 16 11 10 05 13 21 |..'&'&'3.......!|
00000140 15 23 11 33 15 21 35 33 11 23 03 23 01 33 01 11 |.#.3.!53.#.#.3..|
00000150 23 11 96 4a 4c 43 9c 6b 2b 42 3d 21 56 58 61 6c |#..JLC.k+B=!VXal|
00000160 75 9d 06 9b 3d 9f 74 6c 61 58 56 21 3d 42 2b 6a |u...=.tlaXV!=B+j|
00000170 9e 42 4b fb 37 bc 02 b8 5f 5f fd c9 5f 5d fd 8c |.BK.7...__.._]..|
00000180 fe ea a4 03 46 63 01 14 f7 01 07 01 06 f2 d6 d6 |....Fc..........|
00000190 36 80 76 59 e5 fe c6 fe c9 ea fe fe 80 d8 cd cb |6.vY............|
000001a0 da 80 01 02 ea 01 37 01 3a e5 59 76 80 36 d9 d3 |......7.:.Yv.6..|
000001b0 ef fe f7 fe f5 44 03 b4 78 fc 00 7a 7a 04 00 c8 |.....D..x..zz...|
000001c0 e5 a4 82 f8 e4 d4 02 00 00 00 00 d0 0b 00 00 00 |................|
000001d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
*
000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|
00000200

[wilee-nilee]

/dev/sda1 * 2,048 14,983,167 14,981,120 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 14,985,214 15,759,359 774,146 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 14,985,216 15,759,359 774,144 82 Linux swap / Solaris


Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sdb: 32.3 GB, 32279224320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3924 cylinders, total 63045360 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 63,041,535 63,039,488 7 HPFS/NTFS

You didn't set the flag see that asterisk (*) next to sda1 it should be gone and on sdb1

[djgies]

This is the current situation. Sorry, the previous script was before using gparted. I've got the asterisk on sdb1.


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 #1 for (,msdos1)/boot/grub.
=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdc

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: Unknown
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.
Operating System: Windows 7
Boot files/dirs: /Windows/System32/winload.exe

sdc1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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: 8069 MB, 8069677056 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 981 cylinders, total 15761088 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 14,983,167 14,981,120 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 14,985,214 15,759,359 774,146 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 14,985,216 15,759,359 774,144 82 Linux swap / Solaris


Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sdb: 32.3 GB, 32279224320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3924 cylinders, total 63045360 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 63,041,535 63,039,488 7 HPFS/NTFS


Drive: sdc ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sdc: 1994 MB, 1994273280 bytes
32 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1932 cylinders, total 3895065 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sdc1 63 3,894,911 3,894,849 6 FAT16


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/sda1 3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839 ext4
/dev/sda2: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 b6e785de-f427-48dc-8009-981824aa52ef swap
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1 D008EE9D08EE8238 ntfs
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdc1 62E6-4C65 vfat
/dev/sdc: PTTYPE="dos"

============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================

Device Mount_Point Type Options

/dev/sda1 / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro,commit=0)
/dev/sdc1 /media/62E6-4C65 vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=1000, shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,showexec,flush)
/dev/sr0 /media/UDF Volume udf (ro,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=1000, iocharset=utf8,umask=0077)


=========================== 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='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839
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,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839
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='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839 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='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.35-22-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839 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='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839
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/sda1 during installation
UUID=3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=b6e785de-f427-48dc-8009-981824aa52ef none swap sw 0 0

=================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


2.8GB: boot/grub/core.img
4.8GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
4.8GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
2.8GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic
4.8GB: initrd.img
2.8GB: vmlinuz
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================

Unknown BootLoader on sda2

00000000 2b 00 2f ec 33 32 32 33 2f ed 33 33 2f 2f 11 33 |+./.3223/.33//.3|
00000010 33 12 39 32 32 2f 2f 2f 2f 30 13 26 11 10 37 36 |3.922////0.&..76|
00000020 37 33 06 07 06 07 06 11 10 17 12 17 23 26 25 06 |73..........#&%.|
00000030 07 23 36 13 36 11 10 27 26 27 26 27 33 16 17 16 |.#6.6..'&'&'3...|
00000040 11 10 01 33 01 01 21 15 23 11 33 15 21 35 33 11 |...3..!.#.3.!53.|
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00000060 61 6c 75 9d 06 9b 3d 9f 74 6c 61 58 56 21 3d 42 |alu...=.tlaXV!=B|
00000070 2b 6a 9e 42 4b f9 b1 96 01 18 01 18 02 39 88 88 |+j.BK........9..|
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00000090 d6 36 80 76 59 e5 fe c6 fe c9 ea fe fe 80 d8 cd |.6.vY...........|
000000a0 cb da 80 01 02 ea 01 37 01 3a e5 59 76 80 36 d9 |.......7.:.Yv.6.|
000000b0 d3 ef fe f7 fe f5 03 70 fb eb 04 15 83 fc 17 86 |.......p........|
000000c0 86 03 e9 7c fb 15 00 04 00 4c ff 6f 07 b8 06 b6 |...|.....L.o....|
000000d0 00 13 00 27 00 38 00 3c 00 3b 40 0c 12 37 21 12 |...'.8.<.;@..7!.|
000000e0 17 37 21 06 17 06 17 28 b8 ff f0 40 0f 30 28 3c |.7!....(...@.0(<|
000000f0 2d 03 36 4d 31 31 06 2c 3b 34 f3 29 00 2f ed 32 |-.6M11.,;4.)./.2|
00000100 32 32 33 2f ec 17 33 32 38 33 2f 2f 11 33 33 11 |223/..3283//.33.|
00000110 33 2f 2f 2f 30 13 26 11 10 37 36 37 33 06 07 06 |3///0.&..7673...|
00000120 07 06 11 10 17 12 17 23 26 25 06 07 23 36 13 36 |.......#&%..#6.6|
00000130 11 10 27 26 27 26 27 33 16 17 16 11 10 05 13 21 |..'&'&'3.......!|
00000140 15 23 11 33 15 21 35 33 11 23 03 23 01 33 01 11 |.#.3.!53.#.#.3..|
00000150 23 11 96 4a 4c 43 9c 6b 2b 42 3d 21 56 58 61 6c |#..JLC.k+B=!VXal|
00000160 75 9d 06 9b 3d 9f 74 6c 61 58 56 21 3d 42 2b 6a |u...=.tlaXV!=B+j|
00000170 9e 42 4b fb 37 bc 02 b8 5f 5f fd c9 5f 5d fd 8c |.BK.7...__.._]..|
00000180 fe ea a4 03 46 63 01 14 f7 01 07 01 06 f2 d6 d6 |....Fc..........|
00000190 36 80 76 59 e5 fe c6 fe c9 ea fe fe 80 d8 cd cb |6.vY............|
000001a0 da 80 01 02 ea 01 37 01 3a e5 59 76 80 36 d9 d3 |......7.:.Yv.6..|
000001b0 ef fe f7 fe f5 44 03 b4 78 fc 00 7a 7a 04 00 c8 |.....D..x..zz...|
000001c0 e5 a4 82 f8 e4 d4 02 00 00 00 00 d0 0b 00 00 00 |................|
000001d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
*
000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|
00000200

[djgies]

Hey, I'm taking the flag off sda1, and will try the 3 repairs again.

[djgies]

I tried what you suggested. Still does not boot from bios or grub2, and no operating systems are listed in the windows recovery menu of the windows cd. Now the startup repair finishes and says that it has fixed the problem, but ubuntu reboots.


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 #1 for (,msdos1)/boot/grub.
=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdc

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: Unknown
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.
Operating System: Windows 7
Boot files/dirs: /Windows/System32/winload.exe

sdc1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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: 8069 MB, 8069677056 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 981 cylinders, total 15761088 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 14,983,167 14,981,120 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 14,985,214 15,759,359 774,146 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 14,985,216 15,759,359 774,144 82 Linux swap / Solaris


Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sdb: 32.3 GB, 32279224320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3924 cylinders, total 63045360 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 63,041,535 63,039,488 7 HPFS/NTFS


Drive: sdc ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sdc: 1994 MB, 1994273280 bytes
32 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1932 cylinders, total 3895065 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sdc1 63 3,894,911 3,894,849 6 FAT16


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/sda1 3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839 ext4
/dev/sda2: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 b6e785de-f427-48dc-8009-981824aa52ef swap
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1 D008EE9D08EE8238 ntfs
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdc1 62E6-4C65 vfat
/dev/sdc: PTTYPE="dos"

============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================

Device Mount_Point Type Options

/dev/sda1 / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro,commit=0)
/dev/sdc1 /media/62E6-4C65 vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=1000, shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,showexec,flush)
/dev/sr0 /media/UDF Volume udf (ro,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=1000, iocharset=utf8,umask=0077)


=========================== 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='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839
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,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839
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='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839 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='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.35-22-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839 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='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839
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/sda1 during installation
UUID=3ed52f27-4728-4974-8507-8e62e9d1d839 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=b6e785de-f427-48dc-8009-981824aa52ef none swap sw 0 0

=================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


2.8GB: boot/grub/core.img
4.8GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
4.8GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
2.8GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic
4.8GB: initrd.img
2.8GB: vmlinuz
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================

Unknown BootLoader on sda2

00000000 2b 00 2f ec 33 32 32 33 2f ed 33 33 2f 2f 11 33 |+./.3223/.33//.3|
00000010 33 12 39 32 32 2f 2f 2f 2f 30 13 26 11 10 37 36 |3.922////0.&..76|
00000020 37 33 06 07 06 07 06 11 10 17 12 17 23 26 25 06 |73..........#&%.|
00000030 07 23 36 13 36 11 10 27 26 27 26 27 33 16 17 16 |.#6.6..'&'&'3...|
00000040 11 10 01 33 01 01 21 15 23 11 33 15 21 35 33 11 |...3..!.#.3.!53.|
00000050 23 35 01 23 96 4a 4c 43 9c 6b 2b 42 3d 21 56 58 |#5.#.JLC.k+B=!VX|
00000060 61 6c 75 9d 06 9b 3d 9f 74 6c 61 58 56 21 3d 42 |alu...=.tlaXV!=B|
00000070 2b 6a 9e 42 4b f9 b1 96 01 18 01 18 02 39 88 88 |+j.BK........9..|
00000080 fe 5f 88 88 fe 95 85 01 14 f7 01 07 01 06 f2 d6 |._..............|
00000090 d6 36 80 76 59 e5 fe c6 fe c9 ea fe fe 80 d8 cd |.6.vY...........|
000000a0 cb da 80 01 02 ea 01 37 01 3a e5 59 76 80 36 d9 |.......7.:.Yv.6.|
000000b0 d3 ef fe f7 fe f5 03 70 fb eb 04 15 83 fc 17 86 |.......p........|
000000c0 86 03 e9 7c fb 15 00 04 00 4c ff 6f 07 b8 06 b6 |...|.....L.o....|
000000d0 00 13 00 27 00 38 00 3c 00 3b 40 0c 12 37 21 12 |...'.8.<.;@..7!.|
000000e0 17 37 21 06 17 06 17 28 b8 ff f0 40 0f 30 28 3c |.7!....(...@.0(<|
000000f0 2d 03 36 4d 31 31 06 2c 3b 34 f3 29 00 2f ed 32 |-.6M11.,;4.)./.2|
00000100 32 32 33 2f ec 17 33 32 38 33 2f 2f 11 33 33 11 |223/..3283//.33.|
00000110 33 2f 2f 2f 30 13 26 11 10 37 36 37 33 06 07 06 |3///0.&..7673...|
00000120 07 06 11 10 17 12 17 23 26 25 06 07 23 36 13 36 |.......#&%..#6.6|
00000130 11 10 27 26 27 26 27 33 16 17 16 11 10 05 13 21 |..'&'&'3.......!|
00000140 15 23 11 33 15 21 35 33 11 23 03 23 01 33 01 11 |.#.3.!53.#.#.3..|
00000150 23 11 96 4a 4c 43 9c 6b 2b 42 3d 21 56 58 61 6c |#..JLC.k+B=!VXal|
00000160 75 9d 06 9b 3d 9f 74 6c 61 58 56 21 3d 42 2b 6a |u...=.tlaXV!=B+j|
00000170 9e 42 4b fb 37 bc 02 b8 5f 5f fd c9 5f 5d fd 8c |.BK.7...__.._]..|
00000180 fe ea a4 03 46 63 01 14 f7 01 07 01 06 f2 d6 d6 |....Fc..........|
00000190 36 80 76 59 e5 fe c6 fe c9 ea fe fe 80 d8 cd cb |6.vY............|
000001a0 da 80 01 02 ea 01 37 01 3a e5 59 76 80 36 d9 d3 |......7.:.Yv.6..|
000001b0 ef fe f7 fe f5 44 03 b4 78 fc 00 7a 7a 04 00 c8 |.....D..x..zz...|
000001c0 e5 a4 82 f8 e4 d4 02 00 00 00 00 d0 0b 00 00 00 |................|
000001d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
*
000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|
00000200

[wilee-nilee]

sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD /Windows/System32/winload.exe

Your script your missing the highlighted part.

So when you installed Ubuntu did you remove a XP per chance?

Also remove that first script or code tag it, it is hard to scroll the page and keep up with the text disproportionately posted. :)

When you installed W7 either you had XP, or the boot partition for W7 was in the sda HD.

[djgies]

Hi, thanks for your help. I've never had XP on this machine, so the boot partition for w7 must have been on sda. I don't know what to do next. Any ideas? :eek:

[wilee-nilee]

So try this go to the bios and make the sdb as read first.

Then boot the W7 disc to the repair command line and run these commands. Then reboot with sdb still read first and see if it goes straight to W7. If it does then put sda first again then boot Ubuntu and run sudo update-grub there, last. The Ubuntu stuff here is after getting W7 going. Notice as well the link to the W7 forums for a visual of getting to the command line I think you know already but it helps to have a visual sometimes.

1) Boot with your Vista/Windows 7 installation disk. Hit <Enter> at the language selection prompt then hit <R> for Repair to get to the Repair section.
2) Select the command prompt (console) and type in the following commands:
BootRec.exe /fixmbr (#updates MBR master boot record...do not run if you still want grub)
chkdsk /r
BootRec.exe /FixBoot (#updates PBR partition boot)
BootRec.exe /ScanOs
BootRec.exe /RebuildBcd
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/20864-mbr-restore-windows-7-master-boot-record.html

Don't worry about the if you still want grub warning.

[djgies]

Hey Thanks! Just changing the boot order allowed windows recovery to recognize W7, and it did the fix itself (on second time in), so I didn't go into the command prompt. Now I have 10.10 and w7 both working.

[wilee-nilee]

Hey Thanks! Just changing the boot order allowed windows recovery to recognise W7, and it did the fix itself (on second time in), so I didn't go into the command prompt. Now I have 10.10 and w7 both working.

I wondered about that cool.:)