Harbard
February 5th, 2011, 07:48 PM
I was forced to move things around on my system, so I just reinstalled everything and tried a new partition layout on my drive.
I installed Windows XP first, then Ubuntu 10.10. Now the Windows partition does not show up in the boot list. After searching through many othe posts and not seeing a solution that will work for me....need help. Unfortunately I absolutely have to run Windows, else I would just delete the damn thing.
Here is the output from the bootinfo script:
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 #6 for (,msdos6)/boot/grub.
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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: /boot.ini /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda6: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sda4: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 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 * 63 104,857,599 104,857,537 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 104,859,646 419,430,399 314,570,754 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 104,859,648 125,831,167 20,971,520 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 125,833,216 419,430,399 293,597,184 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 419,430,400 734,003,199 314,572,800 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 734,003,200 1,465,147,391 731,144,192 83 Linux
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 2C44EB5A44EB2574 ntfs
/dev/sda2: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda3 e252c92f-ea5d-4deb-af37-2b819e188cbf ext4 linux2
/dev/sda4 a036822c-be75-4418-bce6-c4022c80dde7 ext4 homebase
/dev/sda5 5516d386-0725-4806-9653-3db9ecbd6594 swap
/dev/sda6 09f876c7-283e-47c6-969c-bc92880487d6 ext4 distro1
/dev/sda: 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/sda1 /media/2C44EB5A44EB2574 fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_ permissions)
/dev/sda6 /media/distro1 ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)
/dev/sda3 /media/linux2 ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)
/dev/sda4 /media/homebase ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)
================================ sda1/boot.ini: ================================
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
=========================== sda6/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 "${boot_once}" ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
function load_video {
insmod vbe
insmod vga
}
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 09f876c7-283e-47c6-969c-bc92880487d6
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
load_video
insmod gfxterm
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 09f876c7-283e-47c6-969c-bc92880487d6
set locale_dir=($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 2.6.35-25-generic-pae' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 09f876c7-283e-47c6-969c-bc92880487d6
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-25-generic-pae root=UUID=09f876c7-283e-47c6-969c-bc92880487d6 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-25-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-25-generic-pae (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 09f876c7-283e-47c6-969c-bc92880487d6
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.35-25-generic-pae ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-25-generic-pae root=UUID=09f876c7-283e-47c6-969c-bc92880487d6 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-25-generic-pae
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 09f876c7-283e-47c6-969c-bc92880487d6
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 09f876c7-283e-47c6-969c-bc92880487d6
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### 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 ###
=============================== sda6/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/sda6 during installation
UUID=09f876c7-283e-47c6-969c-bc92880487d6 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sda4 during installation
UUID=a036822c-be75-4418-bce6-c4022c80dde7 /home ext4 defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=5516d386-0725-4806-9653-3db9ecbd6594 none swap sw 0 0
=================== sda6: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
111.8GB: boot/grub/core.img
103.5GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
66.2GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-25-generic-pae
111.8GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-25-generic-pae
66.2GB: initrd.img
111.8GB: vmlinuz
I think it is related to my specifying a separate /home partition. I have tried reinstalling grub2 and updating grub2. No luck. I assume I need to manually edit grub.
Thanks in advance.
I installed Windows XP first, then Ubuntu 10.10. Now the Windows partition does not show up in the boot list. After searching through many othe posts and not seeing a solution that will work for me....need help. Unfortunately I absolutely have to run Windows, else I would just delete the damn thing.
Here is the output from the bootinfo script:
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 #6 for (,msdos6)/boot/grub.
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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: /boot.ini /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda6: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sda4: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 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 * 63 104,857,599 104,857,537 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 104,859,646 419,430,399 314,570,754 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 104,859,648 125,831,167 20,971,520 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 125,833,216 419,430,399 293,597,184 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 419,430,400 734,003,199 314,572,800 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 734,003,200 1,465,147,391 731,144,192 83 Linux
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 2C44EB5A44EB2574 ntfs
/dev/sda2: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda3 e252c92f-ea5d-4deb-af37-2b819e188cbf ext4 linux2
/dev/sda4 a036822c-be75-4418-bce6-c4022c80dde7 ext4 homebase
/dev/sda5 5516d386-0725-4806-9653-3db9ecbd6594 swap
/dev/sda6 09f876c7-283e-47c6-969c-bc92880487d6 ext4 distro1
/dev/sda: 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/sda1 /media/2C44EB5A44EB2574 fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_ permissions)
/dev/sda6 /media/distro1 ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)
/dev/sda3 /media/linux2 ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)
/dev/sda4 /media/homebase ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)
================================ sda1/boot.ini: ================================
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
=========================== sda6/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 "${boot_once}" ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
function load_video {
insmod vbe
insmod vga
}
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 09f876c7-283e-47c6-969c-bc92880487d6
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
load_video
insmod gfxterm
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 09f876c7-283e-47c6-969c-bc92880487d6
set locale_dir=($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 2.6.35-25-generic-pae' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 09f876c7-283e-47c6-969c-bc92880487d6
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-25-generic-pae root=UUID=09f876c7-283e-47c6-969c-bc92880487d6 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-25-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-25-generic-pae (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 09f876c7-283e-47c6-969c-bc92880487d6
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.35-25-generic-pae ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-25-generic-pae root=UUID=09f876c7-283e-47c6-969c-bc92880487d6 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-25-generic-pae
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 09f876c7-283e-47c6-969c-bc92880487d6
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 09f876c7-283e-47c6-969c-bc92880487d6
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### 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 ###
=============================== sda6/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/sda6 during installation
UUID=09f876c7-283e-47c6-969c-bc92880487d6 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sda4 during installation
UUID=a036822c-be75-4418-bce6-c4022c80dde7 /home ext4 defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=5516d386-0725-4806-9653-3db9ecbd6594 none swap sw 0 0
=================== sda6: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
111.8GB: boot/grub/core.img
103.5GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
66.2GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-25-generic-pae
111.8GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-25-generic-pae
66.2GB: initrd.img
111.8GB: vmlinuz
I think it is related to my specifying a separate /home partition. I have tried reinstalling grub2 and updating grub2. No luck. I assume I need to manually edit grub.
Thanks in advance.