softappstudio
February 9th, 2011, 12:13 AM
I have tried 7 times to install Ubuntu Lucid from LiveCD and a USB-HDD image of that, onto a new PC with 2.5" m-SATA HDD. Installation proceeds smoothly, but it will not boot. Early messages (too quick to follow) suggest failure to mount /dev (?). This system will support WinXP (which I don't want) so no hardware problem. The actual LiveCD was used to install Ubuntu on another PC, OK. Ubuntu runs in "trial" mode on this new PC. I have checked " fdisk -l " and that indicates that the HDD is bootable. [I am a newbie]. I have tried to use grub-install but that failed me, and its man pages seem to be written for a different OS, so no luck there. :confused:
Fortunately, I learned on another thread (Thank you Master Roaster !) about RESULTS.txt, so I have run that, on the said PC with these results. The 160 GB drive is the attached USB-external-HDD (with the LiveCD image, currently the boot partition), the 250 GB drive -- sda1 --is the internal m-SATA on which the new installation is supposed to run.
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 #1 for /boot/grub.
=> Syslinux is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Fat32
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sdb1 starts
at sector 0. But according to the info from fdisk,
sdb1 starts at sector 63.
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 * 2,048 482,396,159 482,394,112 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 482,398,206 488,396,799 5,998,594 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 482,398,208 488,396,799 5,998,592 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 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 * 63 312,576,704 312,576,642 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/loop1 72fa26f3-cf56-4098-bdd0-9ae0d4fd6060 ext3
/dev/sda1 0d3f444b-744f-41d4-afe4-756907fdde7c ext4
/dev/sda2: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 9f562474-58f7-434a-9ebc-b97c56c98403 swap
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1 A3E6-A0D3 vfat
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
aufs / aufs (rw)
/dev/sdb1 /cdrom vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=cp437, iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)
/dev/sda1 /media/0d3f444b-744f-41d4-afe4-756907fdde7c ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)
/dev/loop1 /media/72fa26f3-cf56-4098-bdd0-9ae0d4fd6060 ext3 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)
=========================== sda1/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 ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0d3f444b-744f-41d4-afe4-756907fdde7c
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0d3f444b-744f-41d4-afe4-756907fdde7c
set locale_dir=($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 2.6.32-28-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0d3f444b-744f-41d4-afe4-756907fdde7c
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-28-generic root=/dev/sda1 ro quiet splash
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-28-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0d3f444b-744f-41d4-afe4-756907fdde7c
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-28-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-28-generic root=/dev/sda1 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0d3f444b-744f-41d4-afe4-756907fdde7c
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0d3f444b-744f-41d4-afe4-756907fdde7c
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
if [ ${timeout} != -1 ]; then
if keystatus; then
if keystatus --shift; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=0
fi
else
if sleep --interruptible 3 ; then
set timeout=0
fi
fi
fi
### 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 ###
=============================== sda1/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/sda1 during installation
UUID=0d3f444b-744f-41d4-afe4-756907fdde7c / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=9f562474-58f7-434a-9ebc-b97c56c98403 none swap sw 0 0
=================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
171.9GB: boot/grub/core.img
137.6GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
172.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
171.9GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-28-generic
171.9GB: vmlinuz
*|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
All suggestions on how to fix this will be most welcome!
--Grahame
Fortunately, I learned on another thread (Thank you Master Roaster !) about RESULTS.txt, so I have run that, on the said PC with these results. The 160 GB drive is the attached USB-external-HDD (with the LiveCD image, currently the boot partition), the 250 GB drive -- sda1 --is the internal m-SATA on which the new installation is supposed to run.
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 #1 for /boot/grub.
=> Syslinux is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
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
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Fat32
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sdb1 starts
at sector 0. But according to the info from fdisk,
sdb1 starts at sector 63.
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 * 2,048 482,396,159 482,394,112 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 482,398,206 488,396,799 5,998,594 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 482,398,208 488,396,799 5,998,592 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 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 * 63 312,576,704 312,576,642 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/loop1 72fa26f3-cf56-4098-bdd0-9ae0d4fd6060 ext3
/dev/sda1 0d3f444b-744f-41d4-afe4-756907fdde7c ext4
/dev/sda2: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 9f562474-58f7-434a-9ebc-b97c56c98403 swap
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1 A3E6-A0D3 vfat
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
aufs / aufs (rw)
/dev/sdb1 /cdrom vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=cp437, iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)
/dev/sda1 /media/0d3f444b-744f-41d4-afe4-756907fdde7c ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)
/dev/loop1 /media/72fa26f3-cf56-4098-bdd0-9ae0d4fd6060 ext3 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)
=========================== sda1/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 ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0d3f444b-744f-41d4-afe4-756907fdde7c
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0d3f444b-744f-41d4-afe4-756907fdde7c
set locale_dir=($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 2.6.32-28-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0d3f444b-744f-41d4-afe4-756907fdde7c
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-28-generic root=/dev/sda1 ro quiet splash
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-28-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0d3f444b-744f-41d4-afe4-756907fdde7c
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-28-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-28-generic root=/dev/sda1 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0d3f444b-744f-41d4-afe4-756907fdde7c
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0d3f444b-744f-41d4-afe4-756907fdde7c
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
if [ ${timeout} != -1 ]; then
if keystatus; then
if keystatus --shift; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=0
fi
else
if sleep --interruptible 3 ; then
set timeout=0
fi
fi
fi
### 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 ###
=============================== sda1/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/sda1 during installation
UUID=0d3f444b-744f-41d4-afe4-756907fdde7c / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=9f562474-58f7-434a-9ebc-b97c56c98403 none swap sw 0 0
=================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
171.9GB: boot/grub/core.img
137.6GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
172.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
171.9GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-28-generic
171.9GB: vmlinuz
*|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
All suggestions on how to fix this will be most welcome!
--Grahame