No1Daemon
January 31st, 2011, 07:22 AM
Hi all
First time posting here and first time using Linux.
I like the look of Linux and it seems pretty easy to use although I seem to have a steep learning curve but nothing I cant handle.
I recently bought a second hand laptop for a cnc project and I have installed Ubuntu 10.0.4 which comes preloaded with EMC2
I first installed Ubuntu 10.0.4 on the whole drive and attempted to use vurtualbox and vmware to run windows 7 inside it.
These steps failed as
1. Virtualbox does not support parallel ports which I require
2. VMware would not install windows in the virtual window, it kept hanging the pc. After spending more than a day on each googling and trying to get them working I decided to dual boot instead.
I followed the guide here http://lifehacker.com/5403100/dual+boot-windows-7-and-ubuntu-in-perfect-harmony and followed all the steps except for setting up the shared folder properties
I had many issues trying to install windows 7 again as the installer wouldn't find a disc but through a combination of hirens boot cd tools and gparted off the live cd I managed to get it to install.
So windows 7 was installed to the drive first successfully, I then shrank the partition from inside windows and then ran the live cd and created a storage partition and a second partition for the ubuntu 10.0.4 install.
I then installed ubuntu to the partition I had created and it went fine.
When I rebooted it just came up to a grub prompt like this Grub>
I have googled and tried to solve this problem myself. I followed the steps in the reinstalling grub2 guide on these forums and it seems to install fine but it doesn't work. It always comes back to the same grub prompt
I have downloaded the boot script and here is the 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 #5 for /boot/grub.
=> Syslinux is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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:
sda4: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
sda6: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Fat32
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders, total 78140160 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 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 206,848 24,782,847 24,576,000 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 24,796,800 54,093,674 29,296,875 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 54,093,822 78,139,391 24,045,570 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 57,653,248 78,139,391 20,486,144 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 54,093,824 57,653,247 3,559,424 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 2002 MB, 2002780160 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3880 cylinders, total 3911680 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 3,911,679 3,911,617 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 F8F412F3F412B43A ntfs System Reserved
/dev/sda2 144816154815F668 ntfs
/dev/sda3 15FCB9FD39F15926 ntfs Storage
/dev/sda4: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 8907c5a1-7006-43af-9a9c-26727e09c8f0 ext4
/dev/sda6 20b55470-00d1-4425-8738-f03cc50ecd6e swap
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1 581D-4ABA vfat NEW VOLUME
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
aufs / aufs (rw)
/dev/sdb1 /cdrom vfat (ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=cp437,i ocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)
=========================== sda5/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
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 ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8907c5a1-7006-43af-9a9c-26727e09c8f0
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8907c5a1-7006-43af-9a9c-26727e09c8f0
set locale_dir=($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 2.6.32-122-rtai' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8907c5a1-7006-43af-9a9c-26727e09c8f0
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-122-rtai root=UUID=8907c5a1-7006-43af-9a9c-26727e09c8f0 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-122-rtai
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-122-rtai (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8907c5a1-7006-43af-9a9c-26727e09c8f0
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-122-rtai ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-122-rtai root=UUID=8907c5a1-7006-43af-9a9c-26727e09c8f0 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-122-rtai
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8907c5a1-7006-43af-9a9c-26727e09c8f0
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8907c5a1-7006-43af-9a9c-26727e09c8f0
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/sda1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,1)'
Any help would be appreciated.
I am currently typing this having loaded ubuntu in live mode again.
Thanks
Steve
First time posting here and first time using Linux.
I like the look of Linux and it seems pretty easy to use although I seem to have a steep learning curve but nothing I cant handle.
I recently bought a second hand laptop for a cnc project and I have installed Ubuntu 10.0.4 which comes preloaded with EMC2
I first installed Ubuntu 10.0.4 on the whole drive and attempted to use vurtualbox and vmware to run windows 7 inside it.
These steps failed as
1. Virtualbox does not support parallel ports which I require
2. VMware would not install windows in the virtual window, it kept hanging the pc. After spending more than a day on each googling and trying to get them working I decided to dual boot instead.
I followed the guide here http://lifehacker.com/5403100/dual+boot-windows-7-and-ubuntu-in-perfect-harmony and followed all the steps except for setting up the shared folder properties
I had many issues trying to install windows 7 again as the installer wouldn't find a disc but through a combination of hirens boot cd tools and gparted off the live cd I managed to get it to install.
So windows 7 was installed to the drive first successfully, I then shrank the partition from inside windows and then ran the live cd and created a storage partition and a second partition for the ubuntu 10.0.4 install.
I then installed ubuntu to the partition I had created and it went fine.
When I rebooted it just came up to a grub prompt like this Grub>
I have googled and tried to solve this problem myself. I followed the steps in the reinstalling grub2 guide on these forums and it seems to install fine but it doesn't work. It always comes back to the same grub prompt
I have downloaded the boot script and here is the 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 #5 for /boot/grub.
=> Syslinux is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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:
sda4: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
sda6: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Fat32
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders, total 78140160 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 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 206,848 24,782,847 24,576,000 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 24,796,800 54,093,674 29,296,875 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 54,093,822 78,139,391 24,045,570 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 57,653,248 78,139,391 20,486,144 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 54,093,824 57,653,247 3,559,424 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 2002 MB, 2002780160 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3880 cylinders, total 3911680 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 3,911,679 3,911,617 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 F8F412F3F412B43A ntfs System Reserved
/dev/sda2 144816154815F668 ntfs
/dev/sda3 15FCB9FD39F15926 ntfs Storage
/dev/sda4: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 8907c5a1-7006-43af-9a9c-26727e09c8f0 ext4
/dev/sda6 20b55470-00d1-4425-8738-f03cc50ecd6e swap
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1 581D-4ABA vfat NEW VOLUME
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
aufs / aufs (rw)
/dev/sdb1 /cdrom vfat (ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=cp437,i ocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)
=========================== sda5/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
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 ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8907c5a1-7006-43af-9a9c-26727e09c8f0
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8907c5a1-7006-43af-9a9c-26727e09c8f0
set locale_dir=($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 2.6.32-122-rtai' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8907c5a1-7006-43af-9a9c-26727e09c8f0
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-122-rtai root=UUID=8907c5a1-7006-43af-9a9c-26727e09c8f0 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-122-rtai
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-122-rtai (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8907c5a1-7006-43af-9a9c-26727e09c8f0
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-122-rtai ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-122-rtai root=UUID=8907c5a1-7006-43af-9a9c-26727e09c8f0 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-122-rtai
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8907c5a1-7006-43af-9a9c-26727e09c8f0
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8907c5a1-7006-43af-9a9c-26727e09c8f0
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/sda1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,1)'
Any help would be appreciated.
I am currently typing this having loaded ubuntu in live mode again.
Thanks
Steve