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gearard
February 13th, 2011, 07:44 AM
After a hard drive failure I installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS in the secondary drive. The intention was to have keep the machine functional until I could reinstall XP and have a dual boot. I replaced the failing drive and reinstalled XP. The main reason for keeping windows is for using Itunes and a ton of music on the Ipod. I can get into the Ubuntu using Super Grub2 and did try repairing Grub 2 with rescutux. I can of course use the super grub2 disk to boot into Ubuntu but would like to repair Grub2 so I have the choice at boot without the disk. Here is the readout from the boot info 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 #3 for /boot/grub.
=> No known boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdc
=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdd

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: Unknown
Boot sector info:

sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda5 starts
at sector 63.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

sda6: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda6 starts
at sector 63.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sdb2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sdb3: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext3
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

sdb4: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sdb5: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

sdc1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sdd1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

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

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 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/sda1 * 63 40,965,749 40,965,687 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 40,965,750 268,414,019 227,448,270 f W95 Ext d (LBA)
/dev/sda5 40,965,813 61,448,624 20,482,812 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 61,448,688 102,414,374 40,965,687 7 HPFS/NTFS


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 63 184,426,199 184,426,137 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 197,021,160 201,181,994 4,160,835 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb3 184,458,330 197,021,159 12,562,830 83 Linux
/dev/sdb4 201,294,448 283,723,964 82,429,517 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 201,294,450 283,723,964 82,429,515 83 Linux


Drive: sdc ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sdc: 320.1 GB, 320072932864 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142447 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 63 625,137,344 625,137,282 7 HPFS/NTFS


Drive: sdd ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sdd: 1000.2 GB, 1000204885504 bytes
1 heads, 63 sectors/track, 31008335 cylinders, total 1953525167 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sdd1 63 1,953,520,127 1,953,520,065 7 HPFS/NTFS


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/sda1 C694C89894C88BFD ntfs
/dev/sda2: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 2ECC7DF6CC7DB8A3 ntfs
/dev/sda6 06586026586016A9 ntfs
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1 2C3802E63802AEC0 ntfs DRV2_VOL1
/dev/sdb2 2fff82ea-9fe5-47ea-afa3-dd892d43957e swap
/dev/sdb3 a8f6046f-aff5-40cd-a791-b853a0a9894e ext3
/dev/sdb4: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb5 86d520af-03fe-4aab-9f2c-07d11fc442b8 ext3
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdc1 B0908BE7908BB280 ntfs SimpleDrive
/dev/sdc: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdd1 A26CCFB76CCF850F ntfs FreeAgent GoFlex Drive
/dev/sdd: PTTYPE="dos"

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

Device Mount_Point Type Options

/dev/sdb3 / ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sdb5 /home ext3 (rw)
/dev/sdc1 /media/SimpleDrive fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_ permissions)
/dev/sdd1 /media/FreeAgent GoFlex Drive fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_ permissions)


================================ 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 0 /NoExecute=OptIn

=========================== sdb3/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 ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a8f6046f-aff5-40cd-a791-b853a0a9894e
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a8f6046f-aff5-40cd-a791-b853a0a9894e
set locale_dir=($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 2.6.32-27-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a8f6046f-aff5-40cd-a791-b853a0a9894e
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-27-generic root=UUID=a8f6046f-aff5-40cd-a791-b853a0a9894e ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-27-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-27-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a8f6046f-aff5-40cd-a791-b853a0a9894e
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-27-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-27-generic root=UUID=a8f6046f-aff5-40cd-a791-b853a0a9894e ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-27-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-26-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a8f6046f-aff5-40cd-a791-b853a0a9894e
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-26-generic root=UUID=a8f6046f-aff5-40cd-a791-b853a0a9894e ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-26-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-26-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a8f6046f-aff5-40cd-a791-b853a0a9894e
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-26-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-26-generic root=UUID=a8f6046f-aff5-40cd-a791-b853a0a9894e ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-26-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-25-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a8f6046f-aff5-40cd-a791-b853a0a9894e
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic root=UUID=a8f6046f-aff5-40cd-a791-b853a0a9894e ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-25-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a8f6046f-aff5-40cd-a791-b853a0a9894e
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-25-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic root=UUID=a8f6046f-aff5-40cd-a791-b853a0a9894e ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a8f6046f-aff5-40cd-a791-b853a0a9894e
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=a8f6046f-aff5-40cd-a791-b853a0a9894e ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a8f6046f-aff5-40cd-a791-b853a0a9894e
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-24-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=a8f6046f-aff5-40cd-a791-b853a0a9894e ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a8f6046f-aff5-40cd-a791-b853a0a9894e
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a8f6046f-aff5-40cd-a791-b853a0a9894e
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (on /dev/sda1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c694c89894c88bfd
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 ###

=============================== sdb3/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/sdb3 during installation
UUID=a8f6046f-aff5-40cd-a791-b853a0a9894e / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sdb5 during installation
UUID=86d520af-03fe-4aab-9f2c-07d11fc442b8 /home ext3 defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sdb2 during installation
UUID=2fff82ea-9fe5-47ea-afa3-dd892d43957e none swap sw 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0

=================== sdb3: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


97.7GB: boot/grub/core.img
97.8GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
97.7GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
97.8GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic
97.8GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-26-generic
97.7GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-27-generic
97.7GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic
97.8GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic
97.8GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-26-generic
97.7GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-27-generic
97.7GB: initrd.img
97.8GB: initrd.img.old
97.7GB: vmlinuz
97.8GB: vmlinuz.old
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================

Unknown MBR on /dev/sdb

00000000 90 e9 7d 01 fa 33 c0 8e d0 8e c0 8e d8 bc 00 7c |..}..3.........||
00000010 8b f4 fb bf 00 06 b9 00 01 f3 a5 bb 20 06 ff e3 |............ ...|
00000020 90 90 be 7d 07 81 3c aa 55 75 11 e8 58 00 73 0c |...}..<.Uu..X.s.|
00000030 e8 65 00 72 07 e8 b1 00 72 3b eb 2c be 7d 07 c7 |.e.r....r;.,.}..|
00000040 04 00 00 ba 80 00 be be 07 b9 04 00 f6 04 80 75 |...............u|
00000050 07 83 c6 10 e2 f6 eb 1d 8a 74 01 8b 4c 02 bb 00 |.........t..L...|
00000060 7c b8 01 02 cd 13 72 0d 81 3e fe 7d 55 aa 75 05 ||.....r..>.}U.u.|
00000070 ea 00 7c 00 00 be 6a 07 ac 0a c0 74 fe bb 07 00 |..|...j....t....|
00000080 b4 0e cd 10 eb f2 bb 00 7e c6 07 13 c6 47 01 00 |........~....G..|
00000090 b2 80 b8 00 e0 cd 13 c3 bf 00 7e ba f0 01 b3 a0 |..........~.....|
000000a0 e8 84 00 72 0c b1 01 e8 48 00 72 05 e8 19 00 73 |...r....H.r....s|
000000b0 16 f6 c3 10 75 05 80 cb 10 eb e5 81 fa 70 01 74 |....u........p.t|
000000c0 05 ba 70 01 eb d8 f9 c3 81 bd fe 01 55 aa 75 17 |..p.........U.u.|
000000d0 8b 75 02 81 fe be 01 77 0e 03 f7 81 3c aa 55 75 |.u.....w....<.Uu|
000000e0 06 f6 44 02 01 75 01 f9 c3 bf 00 7c b1 0a e8 01 |..D..u.....|....|
000000f0 00 c3 52 57 83 c2 02 b0 01 ee 42 8a c1 ee 42 32 |..RW......B...B2|
00000100 c0 ee 42 ee 42 8a c3 ee 42 b0 20 ee e8 33 00 ec |..B.B...B. ..3..|
00000110 24 fd 3c 58 75 0d 83 ea 07 b9 00 01 fa f3 6d fb |$.<Xu.........m.|
00000120 f8 eb 01 f9 5f 5a c3 52 83 c2 07 ec a8 80 75 0f |...._Z.R......u.|
00000130 4a 8a c3 ee 42 ec 24 d0 3c 50 75 03 f8 eb 01 f9 |J...B.$.<Pu.....|
00000140 5a c3 51 8b 0e 6c 04 83 c1 12 81 c2 ff 01 ec 8a |Z.Q..l..........|
00000150 e0 80 e4 d8 80 fc 58 74 06 3b 0e 6c 04 75 ef 81 |......Xt.;.l.u..|
00000160 ea ff 01 b9 00 20 e2 fe 59 c3 0d 0a 45 72 72 6f |..... ..Y...Erro|
00000170 72 20 4c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 20 4f 53 00 aa 55 00 |r Loading OS..U.|
00000180 00 e9 80 fe 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000190 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 78 08 12 00 00 00 01 |.........x......|
000001c0 01 00 07 fe ff ff 3f 00 00 00 99 1e fe 0a 00 fe |......?.........|
000001d0 ff ff 82 fe ff ff e8 4d be 0b 43 7d 3f 00 00 fe |.......M..C}?...|
000001e0 ff ff 83 fe ff ff 5a 9c fe 0a 8e b1 bf 00 00 fe |......Z.........|
000001f0 ff ff 05 fe ff ff 70 82 ff 0b 4d c6 e9 04 55 aa |......p...M...U.|
00000200

Unknown BootLoader on sda2

00000000 ff 00 00 ff 10 ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 0d 00 00 00 |................|
00000010 05 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 00 00 |................|
00000020 01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 88 58 45 01 1c a4 c7 2a |.........XE....*|
00000030 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 f0 b3 c7 2a 0c 00 00 00 |...........*....|
00000040 0d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000050 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000060 00 00 00 00 24 a4 c7 2a 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 |....$..*........|
00000070 28 a4 c7 2a 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 |(..*.........@..|
00000080 1d 92 f2 ff 10 ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 0d 00 00 00 |................|
00000090 05 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 |................|
000000a0 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 88 58 45 01 30 a4 c7 2a |.........XE.0..*|
000000b0 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 10 b4 c7 2a 0c 00 00 00 |...........*....|
000000c0 0d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000000d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000000e0 00 00 00 00 38 a4 c7 2a 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 |....8..*........|
000000f0 3c a4 c7 2a 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 |<..*.........@..|
00000100 4e 95 99 ff 10 ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 0d 00 00 00 |N...............|
00000110 05 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000120 01 00 00 00 01 01 00 00 88 58 45 01 44 a4 c7 2a |.........XE.D..*|
00000130 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 30 b4 c7 2a 0c 00 00 00 |........0..*....|
00000140 0d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000150 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000160 00 00 00 00 4c a4 c7 2a 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 |....L..*........|
00000170 50 a4 c7 2a 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 |P..*.........@..|
00000180 46 92 99 ff 10 ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 0d 00 00 00 |F...............|
00000190 05 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 00 00 |................|
000001a0 00 a0 17 21 01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |...!............|
000001b0 00 00 00 00 01 01 00 00 00 b0 17 21 01 00 00 01 |...........!....|
000001c0 c1 ff 07 fe ff ff 3f 00 00 00 fc 8a 38 01 00 00 |......?.....8...|
000001d0 c1 ff 05 fe ff ff 3b 8b 38 01 76 16 71 02 00 00 |......;.8.v.q...|
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

wilee-nilee
February 13th, 2011, 08:02 AM
Put the sdb HD first to be read in the bios. Load grub2 to its mbr from a booted live Ubuntu cd, here is the link.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Reinstalling%20GRUB%202

Ask any questions if your unsure, it is just three commands.

gearard
February 13th, 2011, 07:56 PM
Okay that is done. I was going through the motions but did not have the correct partition mounted. After Grub was reinstalled then I noticed I never changed the drive sequence in the Bios. Once that was done Grub2 reappeared at start up. Perception is everything.:D Thanks for the help.