External HDD Woes with 10.10

[drgame93]

Hello I am having issues installing 10.10 on my external HDD.

The first time I attempted to install the OS I got to a blank screen with a cursor (But the install completed sucessfully)

On my second Attempt i managed to get to grub-rescue.

Basically I created a new partition for the OS, it was an ext4 filesystem, and the mount point was "/" it was a primary partition. Then I created a swap area. The boot went to my External HDD. And upon restarting and booting into grub-rescue.

The third time I can't exactly remember what happened but my hdd didn't even appear in my boot option list.

So what am I doing wrong? And how can I fix this?

[presence1960]

Let's get a better look at your setup & boot process. Boot the Ubuntu Live CD/USB with the external HDD connected. 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.

[drgame93]

EDIT: After Several Tries it finally worked.


Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010

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

=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdf and looks on the same drive in
partition #3 for (,msdos3)/boot/grub.

sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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
/wubildr.mbr /wubildr

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: /bootmgr /boot/bcd

sdf1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sdf2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sdf5: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sdf5 starts
at sector 63.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

sdf6: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Windows XP: Fat32
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sdf6 starts
at sector 63.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

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

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 640.1 GB, 640135028736 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77825 cylinders, total 1250263728 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 1,221,582,599 1,221,582,537 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 1,221,582,600 1,250,258,624 28,676,025 7 HPFS/NTFS


Drive: sdf ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sdf: 1000.2 GB, 1000202043392 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121600 cylinders, total 1953519616 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sdf1 63 614,389,859 614,389,797 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdf2 614,389,921 1,474,542,089 860,152,169 f W95 Ext d (LBA)
/dev/sdf5 614,389,923 819,186,479 204,796,557 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdf6 819,186,543 1,474,542,089 655,355,547 b W95 FAT32


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 A896FF3196FEFF1E ntfs HP
/dev/sda3 949CA48C9CA46A86 ntfs FACTORY_IMAGE
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdf1 01CBC3BDAE2A15A0 ntfs Drew's Files
/dev/sdf2: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdf5 01CBC3BDB28B9B00 ntfs Mom's Files
/dev/sdf6 17EB-20C6 vfat PS3
/dev/sdf: PTTYPE="dos"
error: /dev/sdb: No medium found
error: /dev/sdc: No medium found
error: /dev/sdd: No medium found
error: /dev/sde: No medium found
error: /dev/sdg: No medium found

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

Device Mount_Point Type Options

aufs / aufs (rw)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime)
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)

=======Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive==============

sdb sdc sdd sde sdg

[presence1960]

EDIT: After Several Tries it finally worked.


Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010

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

=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdf and looks on the same drive in
partition #3 for (,msdos3)/boot/grub.

sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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
/wubildr.mbr /wubildr

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: /bootmgr /boot/bcd

sdf1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sdf2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sdf5: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sdf5 starts
at sector 63.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

sdf6: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Windows XP: Fat32
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sdf6 starts
at sector 63.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

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

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 640.1 GB, 640135028736 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77825 cylinders, total 1250263728 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 1,221,582,599 1,221,582,537 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 1,221,582,600 1,250,258,624 28,676,025 7 HPFS/NTFS


Drive: sdf ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sdf: 1000.2 GB, 1000202043392 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121600 cylinders, total 1953519616 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sdf1 63 614,389,859 614,389,797 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdf2 614,389,921 1,474,542,089 860,152,169 f W95 Ext d (LBA)
/dev/sdf5 614,389,923 819,186,479 204,796,557 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdf6 819,186,543 1,474,542,089 655,355,547 b W95 FAT32


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 A896FF3196FEFF1E ntfs HP
/dev/sda3 949CA48C9CA46A86 ntfs FACTORY_IMAGE
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdf1 01CBC3BDAE2A15A0 ntfs Drew's Files
/dev/sdf2: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdf5 01CBC3BDB28B9B00 ntfs Mom's Files
/dev/sdf6 17EB-20C6 vfat PS3
/dev/sdf: PTTYPE="dos"
error: /dev/sdb: No medium found
error: /dev/sdc: No medium found
error: /dev/sdd: No medium found
error: /dev/sde: No medium found
error: /dev/sdg: No medium found

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

Device Mount_Point Type Options

aufs / aufs (rw)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime)
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)

=======Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive==============

sdb sdc sdd sde sdg

According to the output above you do not have ubuntu installed. Did you miss some of the output?

[drgame93]

I was running the boot script from the live cd, and I may have not had it re-installed to my external. So I will re-install and then re-post the results.

Edit: Ok I no longer will be attempting to install Ubuntu to hdd, I am now focusing on my old pc I am currently re-habing, and I have 10.04 install on it now.