Iecur
January 3rd, 2011, 12:59 PM
Well yes I just recent got a new computer and recently switched to Ubuntu on the last one I was using so I figured I'd go ahead and install it on here too. I chose Ultimate Edition 2.8 [I'm hoping I can still get help here I'm sure they are plenty helpful but I've grown fond of these forums since I've gotten so much wonderful help here already(and if it is fine to post here should I be prefixing ubuntu, all variants, or other_os ?)]. I first installed Windows 7 on my main hard drive made three partitions and used the last one. Then I installed UE on the first partition. No problems yet. Then I logged into Windows seeing as I'd forgotten to format the last partition. I was figuring NTFS might be nice so that I could use it on both OSs.
After this I rebooted the computer and then I went to Rescue Mode on Grub2. I checked on another computer to see what to do and I ended up here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 I read through that article and found the rescue mode section. Followed the instructions:
ls
set prefix=(hd0,msdos1)/boot/grub
set root=(hd0,msdos1)
insmod linux
insmod normal
normal
I think I read that part right might not have but it seemed to work. I was able to pick which OS to boot into. Both seem to work perfectly fine. But whenever I would need to reboot. I keep getting the same error.
I checked out my /boot/grub/grub.cfg file and I noticed that when it looks for where to search for boot files it's looking on the wrong hard drive ? Or at least that is what it looks like to me. Here is my boot_info_script output:
Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdc and looks on the same drive in
partition #1 for (,msdos3)/boot/grub.
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system:
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Mounting failed:
mount: unknown filesystem type ''
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:
sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda4: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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:
sdc1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: Grub 2
Boot sector info: Grub 2 is installed in the boot sector of sdc1 and
looks at sector 155472512 of the same hard drive for
core.img, but core.img can not be found at this
location.
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.10
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
sdc2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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:
sdc3: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
sdc4: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders, total 3907029168 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 1 3,907,029,167 3,907,029,167 ee GPT
GUID Partition Table detected.
Partition Start End Size System
/dev/sda1 34 262,177 262,144 Microsoft Windows
/dev/sda2 264,192 1,818,068,991 1,817,804,800 Linux or Data
/dev/sda3 3,895,310,336 3,907,028,991 11,718,656 Linux Swap
/dev/sda4 1,818,068,992 3,895,308,287 2,077,239,296 Linux or Data
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders, total 2930277168 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 2,930,274,303 2,930,272,256 7 HPFS/NTFS
Drive: sdc ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdc: 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/sdc1 2,048 260,829,183 260,827,136 83 Linux
/dev/sdc2 260,829,184 651,452,415 390,623,232 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdc3 * 651,452,416 651,657,215 204,800 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdc4 651,657,216 976,771,071 325,113,856 7 HPFS/NTFS
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/sda2 12A46057A4603EFB ntfs gigante
/dev/sda3 37b843b2-d388-4cb5-b088-9e817112c456 swap
/dev/sda4 2fb4cd9c-e3d8-4849-bede-7c2ed50f65c2 ext4
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="gpt"
/dev/sdb1 6660E07260E04A7F ntfs 1
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdc1 b4440725-21f7-4e04-8be8-60a3e9d61fd7 ext4
/dev/sdc2 C08A68A08A689526 ntfs virtual
/dev/sdc3 5680909780907F65 ntfs System Reserved
/dev/sdc4 3AC498E5C498A4A3 ntfs
/dev/sdc: PTTYPE="dos"
error: /dev/sdd: No medium found
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sdc1 / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro,commit=0)
/dev/sda4 /home ext4 (rw,commit=0)
/dev/sdc2 /media/virtual fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_ permissions)
/dev/sda2 /media/gigante fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_ permissions)
/dev/sr0 /media/Ultimate Edition 2.8 iso9660 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=1000, iocharset=utf8,mode=0400,dmode=0500)
/dev/sdb1 /media/1 fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_ permissions)
=========================== sdc1/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 "${boot_once}" ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
function load_video {
insmod vbe
insmod vga
}
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b4440725-21f7-4e04-8be8-60a3e9d61fd7
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=1920x1080x32,1280x1024x32,640x480
load_video
insmod gfxterm
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b4440725-21f7-4e04-8be8-60a3e9d61fd7
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ]; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=10
fi
play 480 440 1
### 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='(hd2,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b4440725-21f7-4e04-8be8-60a3e9d61fd7
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=b4440725-21f7-4e04-8be8-60a3e9d61fd7 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='(hd2,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b4440725-21f7-4e04-8be8-60a3e9d61fd7
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.35-22-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=b4440725-21f7-4e04-8be8-60a3e9d61fd7 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='(hd2,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b4440725-21f7-4e04-8be8-60a3e9d61fd7
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b4440725-21f7-4e04-8be8-60a3e9d61fd7
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/sdc3)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd2,msdos3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 5680909780907f65
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 ###
=============================== sdc1/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/sdc3 during installation
UUID=b4440725-21f7-4e04-8be8-60a3e9d61fd7 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sda4 during installation
UUID=2fb4cd9c-e3d8-4849-bede-7c2ed50f65c2 /home ext4 defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sda3 during installation
UUID=37b843b2-d388-4cb5-b088-9e817112c456 none swap sw 0 0
=================== sdc1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
79.6GB: boot/grub/core.img
45.2GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
41.2GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
79.5GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic
41.2GB: initrd.img
79.5GB: vmlinuz
=======Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive==============
sdd I don't really know much about this and just noticed the part that talks about core.img missing ? I don' t really get what that's about but on the /boot/grub/grub.cfg section it says it's looking for linux and everything else in (hd2,Y) but in order to get out of rescue mode it shows that Linux is on (hd0,msdos1 ).
Also what decides the order of the hard drives ? I plugged the hard drive I wanted to use as my primary one in the SATA slot 1, my other two hard drives on slots 2 and 3 and my optical drive in slot 4 on the motherboard. However in BIOS they are shown in backwards order. And I had to change the boot order seeing as my primary hard drive was showing up as the last one on the list and won't "boot" (using that term loosely seeing as if I did I'd just end up in rescue mode) it just tells me to put in something it can boot into and hit return. Why is my primary drive sdc and last time I booted up it was sdd and there was no sdb...I'm tremendously confused. I'm so exhausted lack of sleep and so much time being consumed into this I'm sure I'm missing out obvious things in that file so if someone would be kind enough to help me out...
Reading more of that Grub2 page I tried going to the command line once I was in Grub2 and tried to boot into UE but that failed I got some error. I also tried to see if there was anything I could edit in the /etc/default/grub file and looking through /etc/grub.d/ dir but I couldn't quite figure out what was required to be changed in order for it to look in the correct spot. I've tried reinstalling grub with no success. I've tried reinstalling Windows and UE installed Windows first this time then when UE installed straight to rescue mode. Is there really no way to change that part in the grub.cfg file ? Is that not the issue ? Help please! Well I will try to be around to answer any questions that arise but for now I shall go get something to eat not even sure when I last ate...sorry if I seem a bit distressed. I would just like to sit back be able to turn on my computer without having to enter that sequence every single time.
Again just to stress it I'm sorry for my big long run-on sentences and whatnot and thank you for any help you can provide.
After this I rebooted the computer and then I went to Rescue Mode on Grub2. I checked on another computer to see what to do and I ended up here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 I read through that article and found the rescue mode section. Followed the instructions:
ls
set prefix=(hd0,msdos1)/boot/grub
set root=(hd0,msdos1)
insmod linux
insmod normal
normal
I think I read that part right might not have but it seemed to work. I was able to pick which OS to boot into. Both seem to work perfectly fine. But whenever I would need to reboot. I keep getting the same error.
I checked out my /boot/grub/grub.cfg file and I noticed that when it looks for where to search for boot files it's looking on the wrong hard drive ? Or at least that is what it looks like to me. Here is my boot_info_script output:
Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdc and looks on the same drive in
partition #1 for (,msdos3)/boot/grub.
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system:
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Mounting failed:
mount: unknown filesystem type ''
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:
sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda4: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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:
sdc1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: Grub 2
Boot sector info: Grub 2 is installed in the boot sector of sdc1 and
looks at sector 155472512 of the same hard drive for
core.img, but core.img can not be found at this
location.
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.10
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
sdc2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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:
sdc3: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
sdc4: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders, total 3907029168 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 1 3,907,029,167 3,907,029,167 ee GPT
GUID Partition Table detected.
Partition Start End Size System
/dev/sda1 34 262,177 262,144 Microsoft Windows
/dev/sda2 264,192 1,818,068,991 1,817,804,800 Linux or Data
/dev/sda3 3,895,310,336 3,907,028,991 11,718,656 Linux Swap
/dev/sda4 1,818,068,992 3,895,308,287 2,077,239,296 Linux or Data
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders, total 2930277168 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 2,930,274,303 2,930,272,256 7 HPFS/NTFS
Drive: sdc ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdc: 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/sdc1 2,048 260,829,183 260,827,136 83 Linux
/dev/sdc2 260,829,184 651,452,415 390,623,232 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdc3 * 651,452,416 651,657,215 204,800 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdc4 651,657,216 976,771,071 325,113,856 7 HPFS/NTFS
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/sda2 12A46057A4603EFB ntfs gigante
/dev/sda3 37b843b2-d388-4cb5-b088-9e817112c456 swap
/dev/sda4 2fb4cd9c-e3d8-4849-bede-7c2ed50f65c2 ext4
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="gpt"
/dev/sdb1 6660E07260E04A7F ntfs 1
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdc1 b4440725-21f7-4e04-8be8-60a3e9d61fd7 ext4
/dev/sdc2 C08A68A08A689526 ntfs virtual
/dev/sdc3 5680909780907F65 ntfs System Reserved
/dev/sdc4 3AC498E5C498A4A3 ntfs
/dev/sdc: PTTYPE="dos"
error: /dev/sdd: No medium found
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sdc1 / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro,commit=0)
/dev/sda4 /home ext4 (rw,commit=0)
/dev/sdc2 /media/virtual fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_ permissions)
/dev/sda2 /media/gigante fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_ permissions)
/dev/sr0 /media/Ultimate Edition 2.8 iso9660 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=1000, iocharset=utf8,mode=0400,dmode=0500)
/dev/sdb1 /media/1 fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_ permissions)
=========================== sdc1/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 "${boot_once}" ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
function load_video {
insmod vbe
insmod vga
}
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b4440725-21f7-4e04-8be8-60a3e9d61fd7
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=1920x1080x32,1280x1024x32,640x480
load_video
insmod gfxterm
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b4440725-21f7-4e04-8be8-60a3e9d61fd7
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ]; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=10
fi
play 480 440 1
### 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='(hd2,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b4440725-21f7-4e04-8be8-60a3e9d61fd7
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=b4440725-21f7-4e04-8be8-60a3e9d61fd7 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='(hd2,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b4440725-21f7-4e04-8be8-60a3e9d61fd7
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.35-22-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=b4440725-21f7-4e04-8be8-60a3e9d61fd7 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='(hd2,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b4440725-21f7-4e04-8be8-60a3e9d61fd7
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b4440725-21f7-4e04-8be8-60a3e9d61fd7
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/sdc3)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd2,msdos3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 5680909780907f65
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 ###
=============================== sdc1/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/sdc3 during installation
UUID=b4440725-21f7-4e04-8be8-60a3e9d61fd7 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sda4 during installation
UUID=2fb4cd9c-e3d8-4849-bede-7c2ed50f65c2 /home ext4 defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sda3 during installation
UUID=37b843b2-d388-4cb5-b088-9e817112c456 none swap sw 0 0
=================== sdc1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
79.6GB: boot/grub/core.img
45.2GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
41.2GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
79.5GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic
41.2GB: initrd.img
79.5GB: vmlinuz
=======Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive==============
sdd I don't really know much about this and just noticed the part that talks about core.img missing ? I don' t really get what that's about but on the /boot/grub/grub.cfg section it says it's looking for linux and everything else in (hd2,Y) but in order to get out of rescue mode it shows that Linux is on (hd0,msdos1 ).
Also what decides the order of the hard drives ? I plugged the hard drive I wanted to use as my primary one in the SATA slot 1, my other two hard drives on slots 2 and 3 and my optical drive in slot 4 on the motherboard. However in BIOS they are shown in backwards order. And I had to change the boot order seeing as my primary hard drive was showing up as the last one on the list and won't "boot" (using that term loosely seeing as if I did I'd just end up in rescue mode) it just tells me to put in something it can boot into and hit return. Why is my primary drive sdc and last time I booted up it was sdd and there was no sdb...I'm tremendously confused. I'm so exhausted lack of sleep and so much time being consumed into this I'm sure I'm missing out obvious things in that file so if someone would be kind enough to help me out...
Reading more of that Grub2 page I tried going to the command line once I was in Grub2 and tried to boot into UE but that failed I got some error. I also tried to see if there was anything I could edit in the /etc/default/grub file and looking through /etc/grub.d/ dir but I couldn't quite figure out what was required to be changed in order for it to look in the correct spot. I've tried reinstalling grub with no success. I've tried reinstalling Windows and UE installed Windows first this time then when UE installed straight to rescue mode. Is there really no way to change that part in the grub.cfg file ? Is that not the issue ? Help please! Well I will try to be around to answer any questions that arise but for now I shall go get something to eat not even sure when I last ate...sorry if I seem a bit distressed. I would just like to sit back be able to turn on my computer without having to enter that sequence every single time.
Again just to stress it I'm sorry for my big long run-on sentences and whatnot and thank you for any help you can provide.