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Almighty Doer of Stuff
January 21st, 2011, 10:56 PM
Hello. I'm new to Linux.

I'm trying to install Ubuntu 10.10 on my WinXP desktop computer. I used the LiveCD and manually configured the partitions. I resized my XP partition (the entire SATA HDD) and created a 37GB partition for Ubuntu, as well as a 3GB swap file. I installed the boot loader on the Ubuntu partition.

But BIOS doesn't recognize that the drive has separate partitions, and I can't boot into it from Windows either. I know I didn't modify WinXP's MBR, but should I have? I didn't know where it was.

I booted into the LiveCD again, and went into the disk manager. I Edited the Ubuntu partition and saw a checkbox that said "Bootable". I checked it and hit apply, hoping that might do it. I waited twenty minutes and the little circle was still spinning with no indication that it was actually doing anything or any warning of how long it would take, so I rebooted. Still no luck.

Someone told me that Ubuntu sometimes won't be bootable if you have both SATA and PATA drives in the system, which I do (although both XP and Ubuntu are on the same, SATA drive) and gave me a page that told me to use Grub4Dos. I fiddled around with that, only to come onto the Ubuntu website and find out that the page they gave me was outdated, before Ubuntu used GRUB2.

I really don't know what else to do to make my computer boot into Ubuntu. Any help you can provide me with is greatly appreciated!

endotherm
January 21st, 2011, 11:02 PM
please post back the output of

sudo fdisk -l

and look at this howto for the bootinfo script. it generates info for troubleshooting booting problems:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1291280

presence1960
January 21st, 2011, 11:16 PM
Let's get a better look at your setup & boot process. Boot the Ubuntu Live CD/USB. Choose "try ubuntu without any changes", when the desktop loads come back here and do the following:

1. Download the boot info script. There is a link in my signature.
2. Once downloaded move the boot info script to the desktop.
3. Open a terminal and run the command
sudo bash ~/Desktop/boot_info_script*.sh

This will create a RESULTS.txt file on the desktop. Paste the entire contents of that file back here. Once pasted highlight all text and click the # sign on the toolbar to place code tags around the text.

See here (http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/) for more info on the boot info script.

We need to see exactly what you have there.

Almighty Doer of Stuff
January 21st, 2011, 11:37 PM
Thanks for the quick replies!

I'm going to try that script now. I have to put it on my USB stick though, because Ubuntu won't recognize my wireless NIC. I don't know why. It says "firmware missing" which I assume means I have to install the drivers, but I can't do that until I can boot into my Ubuntu partition.

I shall report back shortly.

Almighty Doer of Stuff
January 22nd, 2011, 12:11 AM
Here it is. The obvious problem seems to be that there's a file missing, but I don't know if there's other problems too. That's why I'm asking you guys. :P


Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010

============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================

=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda
=> No known boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdc

sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sdb2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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: /menu.lst /boot.ini /grldr /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM

sdb3: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: DEll Restore: Fat32
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs: /COMMAND.COM

sdb4: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info:

sdb5: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: Grub 2
Boot sector info: Grub 2 is installed in the boot sector of sdb5 and
looks at sector 75889488 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

sdb6: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:

sdc1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 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 * 63 488,392,064 488,392,002 7 HPFS/NTFS


Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders, total 156250000 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 63 112,454 112,392 de Dell Utility
/dev/sdb2 * 112,455 71,423,001 71,310,547 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb3 149,549,085 156,232,124 6,683,040 db CP/M / CTOS / ...
/dev/sdb4 71,423,998 149,549,055 78,125,058 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 71,424,000 143,687,679 72,263,680 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 143,689,728 149,549,055 5,859,328 82 Linux swap / Solaris


Drive: sdc ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sdc: 1039 MB, 1039663104 bytes
256 heads, 32 sectors/track, 247 cylinders, total 2030592 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 32 2,030,591 2,030,560 4 FAT16 <32M


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 6A9CC9739CC93A79 ntfs
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1 07D6-041C vfat DellUtility
/dev/sdb2 48E85142E8513004 ntfs
/dev/sdb3 vfat DellRestore
/dev/sdb4: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb5 8dadaa23-9b35-461b-9ca7-96f16c0ac0a2 ext4
/dev/sdb6 985736e7-797f-4de8-ac94-2ca7f1b2a83a swap
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdc1 vfat ADoS
/dev/sdc: PTTYPE="dos"

============================ "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/sdc1 /media/ADoS vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=999,gid=999,sh ortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,showexec,flush)


================================ sdb2/menu.lst: ================================

# This is a sample menu.lst file. You should make some changes to it.
# The old install method of booting via the stage-files has been removed.
# Please install GRLDR boot strap code to MBR with the bootlace.com
# utility under DOS/Win9x or Linux.

color blue/green yellow/red white/magenta white/magenta
timeout 30
default /default

title find and load NTLDR of Windows NT/2K/XP
fallback 1
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /ntldr
chainloader /ntldr
savedefault --wait=2

title find and load BOOTMGR of Windows VISTA
fallback 2
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /bootmgr
chainloader /bootmgr
savedefault --wait=2

title find and load CMLDR, the Recovery Console of Windows NT/2K/XP
fallback 3
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /cmldr
chainloader /cmldr
################################################## ###################
# write string "cmdcons" to memory 0000:7C03 in 2 steps:
################################################## ###################
# step 1. Write 4 chars "cmdc" at 0000:7C03
write 0x7C03 0x63646D63
# step 2. Write 3 chars "ons" and an ending null at 0000:7C07
write 0x7C07 0x00736E6F
savedefault --wait=2

title find and load IO.SYS of Windows 9x/Me
fallback 4
find --set-root /io.sys
chainloader /io.sys
savedefault --wait=2

title find and boot 0PE.ISO
fallback 5
find --set-root /0PE/0PE.ISO
map /0PE/0PE.ISO (0xff) || map --mem /0PE/0PE.ISO (0xff)
map --hook
chainloader (0xff)
savedefault --wait=2

title find and boot MicroPE.ISO
fallback 6
find --set-root /boot/MicroPE.ISO
map /boot/MicroPE.ISO (0xff) || map --mem /boot/MicroPE.ISO (0xff)
map --hook
chainloader (0xff)
savedefault --wait=2

title Parted Magic ISO
fallback 7
find --set-root /pmagic.iso
map /pmagic.iso (0xff) || map --mem /pmagic.iso (0xff)
map --hook
chainloader (0xff)
savedefault --wait=2

title Ultimate Boot CD ISO
fallback 8
find --set-root /ubcd.iso
map /ubcd.iso (0xff) || map --mem /ubcd.iso (0xff)
map --hook
chainloader (0xff)
savedefault --wait=2

title commandline
commandline

title floppy (fd0)
chainloader (fd0)+1
rootnoverify (fd0)

title back to dos
quit

title reboot
reboot

title halt
halt

title MAXDOS.IMG
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /boot/MAXDOS.IMG
map --mem /boot/MAXDOS.IMG (fd0)
map --hook
chainloader (fd0)+1
rootnoverify (fd0)



================================ sdb2/boot.ini: ================================

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
c:\grldr = "sundry distros"
=================== sdb2: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


??GB: menu.lst

=========================== sdb5/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================

#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
set have_grubenv=true
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
}

function recordfail {
set recordfail=1
if [ -n "${have_grubenv}" ]; then if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}

function load_video {
insmod vbe
insmod vga
}

insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8dadaa23-9b35-461b-9ca7-96f16c0ac0a2
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
load_video
insmod gfxterm
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8dadaa23-9b35-461b-9ca7-96f16c0ac0a2
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ]; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-22-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8dadaa23-9b35-461b-9ca7-96f16c0ac0a2
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=8dadaa23-9b35-461b-9ca7-96f16c0ac0a2 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-22-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8dadaa23-9b35-461b-9ca7-96f16c0ac0a2
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.35-22-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=8dadaa23-9b35-461b-9ca7-96f16c0ac0a2 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8dadaa23-9b35-461b-9ca7-96f16c0ac0a2
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8dadaa23-9b35-461b-9ca7-96f16c0ac0a2
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Dell Utility Partition (on /dev/sdb1)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod fat
set root='(hd1,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 07d6-041c
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (on /dev/sdb2)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd1,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 48e85142e8513004
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 ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###

=============================== sdb5/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/sdb5 during installation
UUID=8dadaa23-9b35-461b-9ca7-96f16c0ac0a2 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sdb6 during installation
UUID=985736e7-797f-4de8-ac94-2ca7f1b2a83a none swap sw 0 0

=================== sdb5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


38.8GB: boot/grub/core.img
64.7GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
62.6GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
36.8GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic
62.6GB: initrd.img
36.8GB: vmlinuz
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================

Unknown MBR on /dev/sdb

00000000 b8 00 00 8e d0 bc 00 7c 8e d8 fc b9 80 00 8b f4 |.......|........|
00000010 bf 00 06 8e c0 f3 66 a5 ea 2d 06 00 00 10 00 01 |......f..-......|
00000020 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e8 c5 00 |................|
00000030 b4 11 cd 16 74 48 3d 00 89 75 43 b4 10 cd 16 33 |....tH=..uC....3|
00000040 db c6 87 be 07 00 80 bf c2 07 db 74 0e 83 c3 10 |...........t....|
00000050 83 fb 40 72 ec be 47 07 e9 92 00 c6 87 be 07 80 |..@r..G.........|
00000060 c6 87 c2 07 0c 2e c7 06 21 06 00 06 b8 43 00 86 |........!....C..|
00000070 c4 b2 80 be 1d 06 cd 13 72 db 0a e4 75 d7 33 db |........r...u.3.|
00000080 33 c9 8a 87 be 07 3c 00 74 0c 3c 80 74 05 be 8a |3.....<.t.<.t...|
00000090 07 eb 5a 41 8b eb 83 c3 10 83 fb 40 72 e4 be 95 |..ZA.......@r...|
000000a0 07 00 0c 80 f9 01 72 4b 77 43 be 58 07 8b c5 c1 |......rKwC.X....|
000000b0 e8 04 00 44 1b ff d7 66 8b 86 c6 07 66 2e a3 25 |...D...f....f..%|
000000c0 06 2e c7 06 21 06 00 7c b4 42 b2 80 be 1d 06 cd |....!..|.B......|
000000d0 13 be 80 07 72 17 0a e4 75 13 be 78 07 ff d7 be |....r...u..x....|
000000e0 ab 07 81 3e fe 7d 55 aa 75 03 e9 13 75 ff d7 b4 |...>.}U.u...u...|
000000f0 00 cd 16 cd 18 b8 03 00 cd 10 b8 00 b8 8e c0 33 |...............3|
00000100 ff b8 20 1f b9 50 00 f3 ab b1 0c be 3b 07 bf 44 |.. ..P......;..D|
00000110 00 ac ab e2 fc b4 02 b7 00 ba 00 02 cd 10 b4 86 |................|
00000120 b9 1e 00 ba 80 84 cd 15 bf 2c 07 c3 ac 3c 00 74 |.........,...<.t|
00000130 09 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd 10 eb f2 c3 77 77 77 2e 64 |...........www.d|
00000140 65 6c 6c 2e 63 6f 6d 43 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 72 65 |ell.comCannot re|
00000150 73 74 6f 72 65 0d 0a 00 4c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 20 |store...Loading |
00000160 50 42 52 20 66 6f 72 20 64 65 73 63 72 69 70 74 |PBR for descript|
00000170 6f 72 20 31 2e 2e 2e 00 64 6f 6e 65 2e 0d 0a 00 |or 1....done....|
00000180 66 61 69 6c 65 64 2e 0d 0a 00 42 61 64 20 66 6c |failed....Bad fl|
00000190 61 67 0d 0a 00 30 20 61 63 74 69 76 65 20 70 61 |ag...0 active pa|
000001a0 72 74 69 74 69 6f 6e 73 0d 0a 00 42 61 64 20 50 |rtitions...Bad P|
000001b0 42 52 0d 0a 00 00 00 00 8c 73 f4 d0 00 00 00 01 |BR.......s......|
000001c0 01 00 de fe 3f 06 3f 00 00 00 08 b7 01 00 80 00 |....?.?.........|
000001d0 01 07 07 fe ff ff 47 b7 01 00 d3 1c 40 04 00 00 |......G.....@...|
000001e0 c1 ff db fe ff ff 1d f0 e9 08 a0 f9 65 00 00 fe |............e...|
000001f0 ff ff 05 fe ff ff fe d7 41 04 02 18 a8 04 55 aa |........A.....U.|
00000200

Unknown BootLoader on sdb4

00000000 83 96 55 b0 f2 86 b7 4f e8 53 66 d1 da e9 46 4c |..U....O.Sf...FL|
00000010 54 71 ef a5 bc 34 e7 8d 67 d1 5e 6d 06 43 f8 b6 |Tq...4..g.^m.C..|
00000020 dc 21 6c ef 84 0e 2d b0 10 35 f6 e9 4d 74 0f ce |.!l...-..5..Mt..|
00000030 79 f4 dc d4 d9 56 f6 da a9 f0 b5 8f 46 24 e4 51 |y....V......F$.Q|
00000040 65 e3 08 1c 21 7c 9b 43 08 87 d9 22 27 8d ba 65 |e...!|.C..."'..e|
00000050 fc c4 c0 f8 d3 b3 7f 96 25 14 18 af 71 14 e3 7c |........%...q..||
00000060 fa 4d 1c e5 36 b7 38 47 71 7b 16 ca b7 38 84 72 |.M..6.8Gq{...8.r|
00000070 13 7a 49 5b 16 b6 77 79 37 2e 54 61 db e8 28 b6 |.zI[..wy7.Ta..(.|
00000080 56 ad 26 8e e8 01 b7 38 8d 52 9e 85 68 9b 43 88 |V.&....8.R..h.C.|
00000090 b6 70 ec 6f 80 bd 49 8a 85 e8 2c d3 48 6d cb 4a |.p.o..I...,.Hm.J|
000000a0 b5 46 07 0d 06 be d9 78 66 a9 8a 81 f5 8e 32 30 |.F.....xf.....20|
000000b0 b9 56 4c 9c b1 b3 a0 e8 5a 33 38 c1 8c 35 4c 69 |.VL.....Z38..5Li|
000000c0 64 7b 35 ee 16 af f9 fb de 88 8a 97 ed 25 10 df |d{5..........%..|
000000d0 b6 ea 5a fa 51 ee 2e b7 38 21 76 85 83 6c db c7 |..Z.Q...8!v..l..|
000000e0 8f 73 d9 d6 da bb 53 2a b6 57 96 40 ac 3b 97 6d |.s....S*.W.@.;.m|
000000f0 3b a4 bf 03 b4 b3 cc e0 08 9f 28 b9 99 ff ff 40 |;.........(....@|
00000100 ec a7 36 73 84 a1 1c f2 fa 65 0c 86 7e 1b 90 32 |..6s.....e..~..2|
00000110 c4 b5 90 2d de cc fb a3 1a 97 ea 60 fb 9b bc 86 |...-.......`....|
00000120 10 d2 3d b0 f2 c9 be af e1 73 2d 01 c8 fd a1 72 |..=......s-....r|
00000130 e8 f8 c8 a1 51 f7 f9 ba 3d 07 e7 6b 3b 56 ed 0a |....Q...=..k;V..|
00000140 9c 7b 21 12 ec be 30 3b 83 1b b5 25 95 d3 b6 d4 |.{!...0;...%....|
00000150 04 e3 f8 ae ae f8 cc f7 15 b5 2c c8 d4 62 8d 32 |..........,..b.2|
00000160 91 f7 35 b9 28 d3 2f 1d da e1 cf 14 35 d6 64 6a |..5.(./.....5.dj|
00000170 f4 f0 fc d8 07 54 3a 25 a3 03 b8 86 39 22 de 2f |.....T:%....9"./|
00000180 6d 04 75 4c 51 cc 95 dd ec 69 0d 21 a5 87 7d 95 |m.uLQ....i.!..}.|
00000190 24 47 23 63 3c 03 eb e3 ec 4f d3 7a 37 db 74 32 |$G#c<....O.z7.t2|
000001a0 98 6d 3a 19 39 0c af 2b 30 0e bb 2b b8 27 f4 d9 |.m:.9..+0..+.'..|
000001b0 b0 4b 3e bd 0f 92 5c ae a7 42 6f 2d 2f 1b 00 fe |.K>...\..Bo-/...|
000001c0 ff ff 83 fe ff ff 02 00 00 00 00 a8 4e 04 00 fe |............N...|
000001d0 ff ff 05 fe ff ff 02 a8 4e 04 00 70 59 00 00 00 |........N..pY...|
000001e0 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

Unknown BootLoader on sdc1

00000000 eb 3c 90 2d 5d 6d 77 56 49 48 43 00 02 20 01 00 |.<.-]mwVIHC.. ..|
00000010 02 00 02 00 00 f8 f8 00 20 00 00 01 20 00 00 00 |........ ... ...|
00000020 e0 fb 1e 00 80 00 29 00 00 00 00 4e 4f 20 4e 41 |......)....NO NA|
00000030 4d 45 20 20 20 20 46 41 54 31 36 20 20 20 33 c9 |ME FAT16 3.|
00000040 8e d1 bc fc 7b 16 07 bd 78 00 c5 76 00 1e 56 16 |....{...x..v..V.|
00000050 55 bf 22 05 89 7e 00 89 4e 02 b1 0b fc f3 a4 06 |U."..~..N.......|
00000060 1f bd 00 7c c6 45 fe 0f 38 4e 24 7d 20 8b c1 99 |...|.E..8N$} ...|
00000070 e8 7e 01 83 eb 3a 66 a1 1c 7c 66 3b 07 8a 57 fc |.~...:f..|f;..W.|
00000080 75 06 80 ca 02 88 56 02 80 c3 10 73 ed 33 c9 fe |u.....V....s.3..|
00000090 06 d8 7d 8a 46 10 98 f7 66 16 03 46 1c 13 56 1e |..}.F...f..F..V.|
000000a0 03 46 0e 13 d1 8b 76 11 60 89 46 fc 89 56 fe b8 |.F....v.`.F..V..|
000000b0 20 00 f7 e6 8b 5e 0b 03 c3 48 f7 f3 01 46 fc 11 | ....^...H...F..|
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oldfred
January 22nd, 2011, 01:31 AM
You do not install grub2 to a partition normally. YOu have to install it to an MBR.

You windows is in sdb but your windows boot is in sda. That leaves sdb open to install grub2 to and then set BIOS to boot sdb and then you should be able to boot either. Sometimes windows/grub get confused when windows is on sdb so we will see if it works or not.

#Comments are anything after the #, enter commands in terminal session
#Install MBR from LiveCD, Ubuntu install on sdb5 and want grub2 in drive sdb's MBR:
#Find linux partition, change sdb5 if not correct:
sudo fdisk -l
#confirm that linux is sdb5
sudo mount /dev/sdb5 /mnt
sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/sdb
#If that returns any errors run:
sudo grub-install --recheck --root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/sdb
# After rebooting into working system
sudo update-grub

Almighty Doer of Stuff
January 22nd, 2011, 01:59 AM
Do I need to format the Ubuntu partition and reinstall it first, or is there another way?

oldfred
January 22nd, 2011, 02:12 AM
No you do not have to reinstall, just reinstall grub2 to the MBR.

The grub installed to the partition will sit there and be obsolete, but the space is not used anyway, so it does not matter whether it has some data or just zeros.

Almighty Doer of Stuff
January 22nd, 2011, 03:14 AM
Thanks a lot for the help! I can not boot into either operating system successfully!

Now to see if I can get my Internet working.