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johnhdobbins
May 6th, 2011, 12:41 AM
I nstalled 11.4 on my laptop as my only os. It loads and everything works fine, but only if I keep the installation cd in the drive. How do I get it to runn without the cd. I followed everything on the website on how to install.

deltacomp
May 6th, 2011, 12:58 AM
Are you sure you installed it to your HD? what is the output of "sudo fdisk -l"

johnhdobbins
May 6th, 2011, 02:47 AM
Are you sure you installed it to your HD? what is the output of "sudo fdisk -l"

I'm not sure where it installed. new to linux. I downloaded the file from their website. burnt it to disc. and installed from the disc. I'm not sure if I have to copy files to the hard drive after the install.

Quackers
May 6th, 2011, 02:54 AM
Welcome to UF
Please boot from the Ubuntu Live cd/usb and select "try ubuntu" then when the desktop is loaded make sure you have an internet connection and go to the site below and download the boot script to your DESKTOP and then open up a terminal (Applications > Accessories > terminal) and run


sudo bash ~/Desktop/boot_info_script*.sh

This will produce a results.txt file on your desktop. Please copy the contents of that file and paste them in your next post between CODE tags. For CODE tags click on New Reply (not quick reply)and then click on the # symbol in the toolbar.
This will give a full overview of your current system.
Thanks.

http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/

johnhdobbins
May 6th, 2011, 03:25 AM
Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010

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

=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks for b2d.

sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 11.04
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img

sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

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

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 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 * 2,048 619,376,639 619,374,592 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 619,378,686 625,141,759 5,763,074 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 619,378,688 625,141,759 5,763,072 82 Linux swap / Solaris


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 c0d3bc7c-e6cc-4dac-ad54-b934f52c25dc ext4
/dev/sda2: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 54ddbf18-3578-4fd9-8b3d-126daa71a7b3 swap
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
error: /dev/sdb: 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)


=========================== sda1/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 video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
}

insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(/dev/sda,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root c0d3bc7c-e6cc-4dac-ad54-b934f52c25dc
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=auto
load_video
insmod gfxterm
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(/dev/sda,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root c0d3bc7c-e6cc-4dac-ad54-b934f52c25dc
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en_US
insmod gettext
if [ "${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
if background_color 44,0,30; then
clear
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
if [ ${recordfail} != 1 ]; then
if [ -e ${prefix}/gfxblacklist.txt ]; then
if hwmatch ${prefix}/gfxblacklist.txt 3; then
if [ ${match} = 0 ]; then
set linux_gfx_mode=keep
else
set linux_gfx_mode=text
fi
else
set linux_gfx_mode=text
fi
else
set linux_gfx_mode=keep
fi
else
set linux_gfx_mode=text
fi
export linux_gfx_mode
if [ "$linux_gfx_mode" != "text" ]; then load_video; fi
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.38-8-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(/dev/sda,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root c0d3bc7c-e6cc-4dac-ad54-b934f52c25dc
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=c0d3bc7c-e6cc-4dac-ad54-b934f52c25dc ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.38-8-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(/dev/sda,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root c0d3bc7c-e6cc-4dac-ad54-b934f52c25dc
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.38-8-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=c0d3bc7c-e6cc-4dac-ad54-b934f52c25dc ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic
}
### 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='(/dev/sda,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root c0d3bc7c-e6cc-4dac-ad54-b934f52c25dc
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(/dev/sda,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root c0d3bc7c-e6cc-4dac-ad54-b934f52c25dc
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
if [ "x${timeout}" != "x-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 ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_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=c0d3bc7c-e6cc-4dac-ad54-b934f52c25dc / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=54ddbf18-3578-4fd9-8b3d-126daa71a7b3 none swap sw 0 0

=================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


150.4GB: boot/grub/core.img
150.4GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
1.1GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic
150.4GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic
1.1GB: initrd.img
150.4GB: vmlinuz
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================

Unknown BootLoader on sda2

00000000 20 07 91 7d e9 5b 0b bc 54 1e c8 0d 5e 47 bf b7 | ..}.[..T...^G..|
00000010 da 26 b5 9d 27 fa 03 1f bf 89 8b ab 83 49 0a d9 |.&..'........I..|
00000020 f1 3e c0 61 0b dc c9 10 9f ba 7d a2 b0 d0 6d 03 |.>.a......}...m.|
00000030 91 49 b0 6f 13 7b 4e 12 4b 7e 10 d0 eb 76 ce cb |.I.o.{N.K~...v..|
00000040 a9 07 88 1b ce 97 32 52 59 d9 6f 16 fa 37 b6 20 |......2RY.o..7. |
00000050 31 b6 27 b5 87 90 e7 eb 70 07 12 f1 5d 25 71 0a |1.'.....p...]%q.|
00000060 26 1d ce a9 f2 c0 55 5d 1d c5 be 03 18 9c d8 0a |&.....U]........|
00000070 24 86 92 42 99 da 9b 9d d7 53 0f 1f 12 e3 db 37 |$..B.....S.....7|
00000080 40 13 16 2e 97 af 55 98 56 e4 ca 3e 98 a7 35 64 |@.....U.V..>..5d|
00000090 7b 1c 3a 5b 60 6b bb bf f8 d8 26 86 3d 62 e1 77 |{.:[`k....&.=b.w|
000000a0 43 f1 e2 2b 71 52 0a be 3a 56 0a 77 65 0b a6 69 |C..+qR..:V.we..i|
000000b0 5c 49 34 4e a3 d4 5e d0 79 c2 a0 2a 20 43 b8 d6 |\I4N..^.y..* C..|
000000c0 1e 3d 24 07 7f 17 17 02 55 a9 13 1e 0d 88 3e b4 |.=$.....U.....>.|
000000d0 f9 fd 86 b1 5e 49 ef 53 37 c2 44 5d 0d c6 43 9e |....^I.S7.D]..C.|
000000e0 d0 9e 41 54 93 f1 d7 b3 6f 88 b3 00 ed 3d c2 35 |..AT....o....=.5|
000000f0 a8 5b 69 12 ab b1 8b 3d e6 62 93 39 8d 28 55 93 |.[i....=.b.9.(U.|
00000100 41 4d 2a 10 5b f9 e1 3e f8 b6 5f a5 82 94 68 44 |AM*.[..>.._...hD|
00000110 a8 02 89 a8 03 68 0e 3a 7a aa 9e ff 2c 54 4f 9e |.....h.:z...,TO.|
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00000130 8a cd f8 b8 45 32 11 4b ab 35 83 e8 bb 07 0f 52 |....E2.K.5.....R|
00000140 b3 ed ae 91 7a 8a 67 0d e2 50 49 e2 6c 37 40 6f |....z.g..PI.l7@o|
00000150 9c ec c6 b7 59 bd 5e e5 4a d9 a8 d4 26 3b d2 83 |....Y.^.J...&;..|
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00000170 21 bf be 14 17 6d d8 0c 16 74 50 b5 ca 76 4f 17 |!....m...tP..vO.|
00000180 83 d9 50 c3 cc dc 5a 75 eb 98 c8 0c 25 e8 36 ad |..P...Zu....%.6.|
00000190 d3 0a 89 be 3d 63 30 ca 25 aa 9b 95 3e 13 02 35 |....=c0.%...>..5|
000001a0 89 34 94 91 52 14 d2 55 0b 52 2a 1b ad ec 36 80 |.4..R..U.R*...6.|
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000001c0 ff ff 82 fe ff ff 02 00 00 00 00 f0 57 00 00 00 |............W...|
000001d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
*
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00000200


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

sdb

johnhdobbins
May 6th, 2011, 03:36 AM
I am installing on a laptop. Is ubuntu the best form of linux for laptops or should I go with opensuse.

Quackers
May 6th, 2011, 03:39 AM
Thanks for the boot script output. Sadly I don't see anything amiss there.
From your Ubuntu desktop please open a terminal and copy/paste this command in and hit enter
sudo grub-install /dev/sda then enter your password and press enter again.
Running this should install grub to the mbr of your hard drive. It should reports no errors. If that is what happens please reboot, taking the cd out of the drive first.
What happens exactly on rebooting? What are you seeing?

johnhdobbins
May 6th, 2011, 03:43 AM
doing it now

johnhdobbins
May 6th, 2011, 03:45 AM
This is what came up

/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot stat `aufs'.

Quackers
May 6th, 2011, 04:00 AM
What is the username in the top right corner of the screen?

johnhdobbins
May 6th, 2011, 04:12 AM
What is the username in the top right corner of the screen?
it is ubuntu

Quackers
May 6th, 2011, 04:18 AM
Then you are using the live desktop, not the installed one.
If you reboot and take out the cd what do you see on the screen when trying to boot from the hard drive?

johnhdobbins
May 6th, 2011, 04:34 AM
Then you are using the live desktop, not the installed one.
If you reboot and take out the cd what do you see on the screen when trying to boot from the hard drive?
It loaded up fine now and everything seems to be working. The desktop looks different and I don't have the toolbar at the top anymore, but I can probably figure that out.

Quackers
May 6th, 2011, 04:35 AM
Have a play and see if everything works, then try to reboot again. Do you have the launcher bar on the left (if you're using Unity)?

johnhdobbins
May 6th, 2011, 04:39 AM
Have a play and see if everything works, then try to reboot again. Do you have the launcher bar on the left (if you're using Unity)?
yeah looks like I have the launcher bar on the left. Liked the toolbar on the top better though.

johnhdobbins
May 6th, 2011, 04:46 AM
just rebooted and everything seems to be up and running correctly now. Definately like the load speed a lot better than windows. Just have to play around with everything and get use to it.

Quackers
May 6th, 2011, 04:48 AM
Have fun :-)
Please mark the thread as solved using Thread Tools near the top of the page.

johnhdobbins
May 6th, 2011, 04:50 AM
Have fun :-)
Please mark the thread as solved using Thread Tools near the top of the page.
ok cool. thanks for the help. any idea how to get rid of the launcher bar and get the top toolbar back

Quackers
May 6th, 2011, 04:57 AM
The only way that I know of is to login to the Classic Desktop, rather than Ubuntu at the login screen. That should revert things back to the classic setup.

deltacomp
May 7th, 2011, 10:42 PM
ok cool. thanks for the help. any idea how to get rid of the launcher bar and get the top toolbar back

Go to System->Administration->Log In Screen, hit unlock, type password and select classic ubuntu.