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rochte
September 27th, 2011, 04:57 PM
I still cannot boot after a clean install of Ubuntu 11.04. I have tried boot-repair without success. (I've installed and used Linux since the very earliest releases in the mid-90s, so I'm feeling particularly troubled by this problem...)

Here's what was posted to pastebin:


Boot Info Script 0.60 from 17 May 2011


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

=> Syslinux MBR (3.61-4.03) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda.
=> Syslinux MBR (4.04 and higher) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb.

sda1: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda1 has 0
sectors.
Operating System:
Boot files:

sda2: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 11.04
Boot files: /etc/fstab

sda3: __________________________________________________ ________________________

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

sdb1: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: SYSLINUX 4.04 2011-04-18
Boot sector info: Syslinux looks at sector 520 of /dev/sdb1 for its
second stage. SYSLINUX is installed in the directory.
No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /syslinux/syslinux.cfg /ldlinux.sys

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

Drive: sda __________________________________________________ ___________________

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System

/dev/sda1 1 976,773,167 976,773,167 ee GPT


GUID Partition Table detected.

Partition Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors System
/dev/sda1 34 39,096 39,063 EFI System partition
/dev/sda2 39,097 968,744,175 968,705,079 EFI System partition
/dev/sda3 968,744,176 976,773,118 8,028,943 Swap partition (Linux)

Drive: sdb __________________________________________________ ___________________

Disk /dev/sdb: 1006 MB, 1006108672 bytes
24 heads, 23 sectors/track, 3559 cylinders, total 1965056 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System

/dev/sdb1 * 248 1,965,055 1,964,808 6 FAT16


"blkid" output: __________________________________________________ ______________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 3E7D-3A4E vfat
/dev/sda2 35ced8ec-85b9-4aef-80a1-9cd880a920e6 ext4
/dev/sda3 dfb1f846-6422-4ddc-8147-07d16d7248cb swap
/dev/sdb1 E0FD-1813 vfat PENDRIVE

================================ Mount points: =================================

Device Mount_Point Type Options

/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)
/dev/sdb1 /cdrom vfat (ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=cp437,i ocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)


=============================== sda2/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/sda2 during installation
UUID=35ced8ec-85b9-4aef-80a1-9cd880a920e6 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=3E7D-3A4E /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda3 during installation
UUID=dfb1f846-6422-4ddc-8147-07d16d7248cb none swap sw 0 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

=================== sda2: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================

GiB - GB File Fragment(s)

1.526936054 = 1.639535104 boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic 2
32.151459217 = 34.522366464 boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic 1
1.526936054 = 1.639535104 initrd.img 2
32.151459217 = 34.522366464 vmlinuz 1

=========================== sdb1/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

if loadfont /boot/grub/font.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=auto
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod gfxterm
terminal_output gfxterm
fi

set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray

menuentry "Try Ubuntu without installing" {
set gfxpayload=keep
linux /casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash --
initrd /casper/initrd.lz
}
menuentry "Install Ubuntu" {
set gfxpayload=keep
linux /casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --
initrd /casper/initrd.lz
}
menuentry "Check disc for defects" {
set gfxpayload=keep
linux /casper/vmlinuz boot=casper integrity-check quiet splash --
initrd /casper/initrd.lz
}
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

========================= sdb1/syslinux/syslinux.cfg: ==========================

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# D-I config version 2.0
include menu.cfg
default vesamenu.c32
prompt 0
timeout 50

# If you would like to use the new menu and be presented with the option to install or run from USB at startup, remove # from the following line. This line was commented out (by request of many) to allow the old menu to be presented and to enable booting straight into the Live Environment!
# ui gfxboot bootlogo
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

=================== sdb1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================

GiB - GB File Fragment(s)

?? = ?? boot/grub/grub.cfg 1

================= sdb1: Location of files loaded by Syslinux: ==================

GiB - GB File Fragment(s)

?? = ?? ldlinux.sys 1
?? = ?? syslinux/gfxboot.c32 1
?? = ?? syslinux/syslinux.cfg 1
?? = ?? syslinux/vesamenu.c32 1

============== sdb1: Version of COM32(R) files used by Syslinux: ===============

syslinux/gfxboot.c32 : COM32R module (v4.xx)
syslinux/vesamenu.c32 : COM32R module (v4.xx)


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :
**************** log of boot-repair 2011-09-23__19h24 ****************
boot-repair version : 3-0ppa7~natty
clean-ubiquity-common version : 3-0ppa6~natty
internet: connected
boot-repair-common version : 3.0-0ppa7~natty
LIVESESSION is : yes
BYTES_BEFORE_PART[1] (sda) = 34 sectors * 512 bytes = 17408 bytes.
OSPROBER: /dev/sda2:Ubuntu 11.04 (11.04):Ubuntu:linux
BLKID: /dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/sda1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" UUID="3E7D-3A4E" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sda2: UUID="35ced8ec-85b9-4aef-80a1-9cd880a920e6" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda3: UUID="dfb1f846-6422-4ddc-8147-07d16d7248cb" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdb1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" LABEL="PENDRIVE" UUID="E0FD-1813" TYPE="vfat"
sda2 contains Ubuntu 11.04 (linux)
1 disks with OS, 1 OS : 1 Linux, 0 MacOS, 0 Windows, 0 unknown type OS.
Total of 1 OS detected on sda disk.
sda contains minimum one OS
EFI_OF_PART[2] (# )

WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.

FDISK
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 976773167 488386583+ ee GPT

Disk /dev/sdb: 1006 MB, 1006108672 bytes
24 heads, 23 sectors/track, 3559 cylinders, total 1965056 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x04030201

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 248 1965055 982404 6 FAT16

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 976773167 488386583+ ee GPT
LIST_GPTPART[1] is 1 (sda1 , sda)

Disk /dev/sdb: 1006 MB, 1006108672 bytes
24 heads, 23 sectors/track, 3559 cylinders, total 1965056 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x04030201

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 248 1965055 982404 6 FAT16
sda1 : sda, is-maybe-sepboot, no-grub, no-aptget, 32, no boot, /mnt/clean/sda1, no-os, gpt, no-fstab.
sda2 : sda, not-sepboot, grub, aptget, 64, with boot, /mnt/clean/sda2, with-os, no-gpt, fstab-efi.
PARTED: Model: ATA ST3500514NS (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 17.4kB 20.0MB 20.0MB fat16 boot
2 20.0MB 496GB 496GB ext4 boot
3 496GB 500GB 4111MB linux-swap(v1)


Model: Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 1006MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 127kB 1006MB 1006MB primary fat16 boot
MOUNT aufs on / type aufs (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
/dev/sdb1 on /cdrom type vfat (ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=cp437,i ocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/loop0 on /rofs type squashfs (ro,noatime)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
none on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/ubuntu/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=ubuntu)
/dev/sda1 on /mnt/clean/sda1 type vfat (rw)
/dev/sda2 on /mnt/clean/sda2 type ext4 (rw)
/sys/block/sda: alignment_offset bdi capability dev device discard_alignment ext_range holders inflight power queue range removable ro sda1 sda2 sda3 size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/sys/block/sdb: alignment_offset bdi capability dev device discard_alignment events events_async events_poll_msecs ext_range holders inflight power queue range removable ro sdb1 size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/sys/block/sr0: alignment_offset bdi capability dev device discard_alignment events events_async events_poll_msecs ext_range holders inflight power queue range removable ro size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/dev: agpgart autofs block bsg btrfs-control bus cdrom char console core cpu cpu_dma_latency disk dri dvd ecryptfs fb0 fd full fuse hidraw0 hidraw1 hpet input kmsg log mapper mcelog mem net network_latency network_throughput null oldmem pktcdvd port ppp psaux ptmx pts random rfkill rtc rtc0 scd0 sda sda1 sda2 sda3 sdb sdb1 sg0 sg1 sg2 shm snapshot snd sr0 stderr stdin stdout tpm0 uinput urandom usbmon0 usbmon1 usbmon2 vga_arbiter zero
/dev/mapper: control

WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.

DF Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
aufs aufs 1.9G 101M 1.8G 6% /
none devtmpfs 1.9G 656K 1.9G 1% /dev
/dev/sdb1 vfat 960M 702M 258M 74% /cdrom
/dev/loop0
squashfs 665M 665M 0 100% /rofs
none tmpfs 1.9G 112K 1.9G 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs tmpfs 1.9G 184K 1.9G 1% /tmp
none tmpfs 1.9G 92K 1.9G 1% /var/run
none tmpfs 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /var/lock
/dev/sda1 vfat 19M 127K 19M 1% /mnt/clean/sda1
/dev/sda2 ext4 455G 3.1G 429G 1% /mnt/clean/sda2
FDISK
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 976773167 488386583+ ee GPT

Disk /dev/sdb: 1006 MB, 1006108672 bytes
24 heads, 23 sectors/track, 3559 cylinders, total 1965056 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x04030201

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 248 1965055 982404 6 FAT16
Logs saved into /mnt/clean/sda2/var/log/clean/log/2011-09-23__19h24boot-repair51
combobox_ostoboot_bydefault_fillin
Order Linux according to their /boot type noorder
combobox_efi_fillin sda2
combobox_separateboot_fillin
set_checkbutton_reinstall_grub
set_radiobutton_ostoboot_bydefault
separate_bootpart and efi show_hide sda2
efi_show_hide 2 (no-gpt)
combobox_efi_fillin sda2
set_radiobutton_place_grub
separate_bootpart and efi show_hide sda2
efi_show_hide 2 (no-gpt)
combobox_efi_fillin sda2
************************Before mainwindow appear
PURGE_POSSIBLE yes PART_TO_REINSTALL_GRUB_PURGE 2 (sda2)
FSCK_ACTION yes PASTEBIN_ACTION no
REINSTALL_POSSIBLE yes MBR_ACTION reinstall UNHIDEBOOT_ACTION yes (10.s)
PART_TO_REINSTALL_GRUB 2 (sda2) FORCE_GRUB no NOFORCE_DISK sda REMOVABLEDISK no UNCOMMENT_GFXMODE no ATA no-ata ADD_KERNEL_OPTION no (acpi=off) MBR_TO_RESTORE sda (mbr) (sda) USE_SEPARATEBOOTPART no (sda1) grub-pc (sda1)
/usr/share/clean/cleancommon-gui.sh: line 591: 9531 Terminated while true; do
done
RETOURCOMBO_purge_grub : sda2 (Ubuntu 11.04)
RETOURCOMBO_ostoboot_bydefault : sda2 (Ubuntu 11.04)
separate_bootpart and efi show_hide sda2
efi_show_hide 2 (no-gpt)
combobox_efi_fillin sda2
RETOURCOMBO_efi (EFIPART_TO_USE) : sda1
RETOURCOMBO_place_grub (NOFORCE_DISK) : sda
RETOURCOMBO_separateboot (BOOTPART_TO_USE) : sda1
set_checkbutton_reinstall_grub
set_radiobutton_ostoboot_bydefault
separate_bootpart and efi show_hide sda2
efi_show_hide 2 (no-gpt)
combobox_efi_fillin sda2
set_radiobutton_place_grub
separate_bootpart and efi show_hide sda2
efi_show_hide 2 (no-gpt)
combobox_efi_fillin sda2
RETOURCOMBO_place_grub (NOFORCE_DISK) : sda
RETOURCOMBO_efi (EFIPART_TO_USE) : sda1
RETOURCOMBO_efi (EFIPART_TO_USE) : sda1
RETOURCOMBO_efi (EFIPART_TO_USE) : sda1
separate_bootpart and efi show_hide sda2
efi_show_hide 2 (no-gpt)
combobox_efi_fillin sda2
RETOURCOMBO_efi (EFIPART_TO_USE) : sda1
internet: connected
************************Before Repairing
PURGE_POSSIBLE yes PART_TO_REINSTALL_GRUB_PURGE 2 (sda2)
FSCK_ACTION no PASTEBIN_ACTION yes
REINSTALL_POSSIBLE yes MBR_ACTION purge UNHIDEBOOT_ACTION yes (10.s)
PART_TO_REINSTALL_GRUB 2 (sda2) FORCE_GRUB no NOFORCE_DISK sda REMOVABLEDISK no UNCOMMENT_GFXMODE no ATA no-ata ADD_KERNEL_OPTION no (acpi=off) MBR_TO_RESTORE sda (mbr) (sda) USE_SEPARATEBOOTPART no (sda1) grub-efi (sda1)
Freed space function
/dev/sda2 476751400 3165524 449368252 1% /mnt/clean/sda2
internet: connected
Purge the GRUB of sda2
Unmount (force) all OS partitions except / and partition where we reinstall GRUB (sda2)
mount EFI boot /mnt/clean/sda1
Mounted the EFI partition /dev/sda1 on /mnt/clean/sda2/boot/efi
Activate all repositories in /mnt/clean/sda2/etc/apt/sources.list
dpkg_function
internet: connected
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VALIDSOURCE Candidate: 1.99~rc1-13ubuntu3
grub-install (GRUB) 1.99~rc1-13ubuntu3
/usr/share/clean/cleancommon-gui.sh: line 135: 12900 Terminated while true; do
done
internet: connected
internet: connected
Restore the original repositories in /mnt/clean/sda2/etc/apt/sources.list
Force mount all OS partitions for the logs
Unhide boot menu (10 seconds) if Wubi detected
internet: connected
E: Unable to locate package pastebinit
Activate all repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list
dpkg-preconfigure: unable to re-open stdin:
Restore the original repositories in ....

Any help would be MUCH appreciated!!
oldfred
September 27th, 2011, 05:14 PM
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Are you using UEFI to boot (it looks that way). The boot script does not fully parse an EFI partition to show boot files in the efi partition. You also seem to have the efi boot flag on sda2 which is not correct.

I do not really know UEFI but saved a few links to get you started. Only a few here do know UEFI if that is how you are booting.

EFI boot loader information - srs5694 & skodabenz
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1849160

How boot a (U)EFI system natively (without BIOS CSM) using GRUB 2
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFIBooting

Arch is not Ubuntu but has some info on efi and grub2.
Grub2 efi info ArchLinux
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB2#Bootloader_Installation_for_UEFI_systems

http://www.rodsbooks.com/bios2uefi/

If you're using EFI mode to boot, you don't need a BIOS Boot Partition, but you do need an EFI System Partition (ESP). This is entirely different; it should be a 200-300 MiB FAT32 partition that's flagged as an ESP and must be the first partition. In libparted-based tools, you'd give it a "boot" flag (which is entirely unrelated to the MBR boot/active flag, although libparted makes them look the same). In gdisk, you'd give it a type code of EF00.
In GPT fdisk, ESPs have a type code of EF00. In libparted-based tools, you mark the ESP as such by setting its "boot flag." Note that the libparted "boot flag" means something entirely different under MBR, and you should not set the "boot flag" on any OS partition under GPT!
rochte
September 27th, 2011, 05:24 PM
Thank you for the posting instructions and also the information about UEFI booting. UEFI is apparently what was throwing me off - I don't know beans about it and apparently this install used it as the default. I'll check the links, do some work and report back.
collisionystm
September 27th, 2011, 05:29 PM
If you are trying to install with multiple hard drives in your computer, unplug all except the one you are installing on and try again. It will work.
srs5694
September 27th, 2011, 06:00 PM
I think oldfred is probably on the right track in thinking the system boots using UEFI, but I can't be positive of that. In addition to the pointers he provided, I can suggest:



Use gdisk or a libparted-based tool to set the partition type on /dev/sda2 correctly. It's currently set as an EFI System Partition (ESP), but it clearly is not that; it appears to be a Linux installation partition. In gdisk, you should set its type code to 8300 or to 0700; in a libparted-based tool, you should remove the "boot flag" (which should be set only on an ESP). This issue is not what's causing the system to not boot, but correcting it is important so that you don't accidentally trash the Linux installation partition when installing a future OS.
You might consult my Managing EFI Boot Loaders for Linux (http://www.rodsbooks.com/efi-bootloaders/index.html) Web page, which describes EFI boot loaders in detail. Installing ELILO or Fedora's patched GRUB Legacy may be the quickest way to get the system booting, but be aware that you'll need to do some extra work whenever you upgrade your kernel if you use one of these boot loaders in the long run.
It's possible that the installer didn't install a boot loader at all. If so, installing the grub-efi package should do the trick. It's possible to do this from the installation disc, but I don't know the exact steps offhand. I would recommend instead installing ELILO or GRUB Legacy to get your system to boot in a basic way and then use the normal installation to install grub-efi. The only advantage of doing this over just using ELILO or GRUB Legacy indefinitely is that Ubuntu should automatically handle boot loader updates after kernel upgrades.
As an alternative to fixing your current installation, you could re-install the system. This should work, but you've got to be careful to identify the ESP to the boot loader if you use the manual partitioning option. IIRC, you've got to tell the installer to use the ESP as an "EFI boot partition," but I don't recall the exact buttons you click to do this.
MAFoElffen
September 27th, 2011, 06:39 PM
I think oldfred is probably on the right track in thinking the system boots using UEFI, but I can't be positive of that. In addition to the pointers he provided, I can suggest:



Use gdisk or a libparted-based tool to set the partition type on /dev/sda2 correctly. It's currently set as an EFI System Partition (ESP), but it clearly is not that; it appears to be a Linux installation partition. In gdisk, you should set its type code to 8300 or to 0700; in a libparted-based tool, you should remove the "boot flag" (which should be set only on an ESP). This issue is not what's causing the system to not boot, but correcting it is important so that you don't accidentally trash the Linux installation partition when installing a future OS.
You might consult my Managing EFI Boot Loaders for Linux (http://www.rodsbooks.com/efi-bootloaders/index.html) Web page, which describes EFI boot loaders in detail. Installing ELILO or Fedora's patched GRUB Legacy may be the quickest way to get the system booting, but be aware that you'll need to do some extra work whenever you upgrade your kernel if you use one of these boot loaders in the long run.
It's possible that the installer didn't install a boot loader at all. If so, installing the grub-efi package should do the trick. It's possible to do this from the installation disc, but I don't know the exact steps offhand. I would recommend instead installing ELILO or GRUB Legacy to get your system to boot in a basic way and then use the normal installation to install grub-efi. The only advantage of doing this over just using ELILO or GRUB Legacy indefinitely is that Ubuntu should automatically handle boot loader updates after kernel upgrades.
As an alternative to fixing your current installation, you could re-install the system. This should work, but you've got to be careful to identify the ESP to the boot loader if you use the manual partitioning option. IIRC, you've got to tell the installer to use the ESP as an "EFI boot partition," but I don't recall the exact buttons you click to do this.


Of course then there's what the user said and implied-- That he/she thought they did a generic install with default options:


UEFI is apparently what was throwing me off - I don't know beans about it and apparently this install used it as the default.

Having said that and srs5694 having suggested a reinstall (as one option), another otpion would be to reinstall with EXT4... Just an observation.
srs5694
September 27th, 2011, 09:46 PM
Of course then there's what the user said and implied-- That he/she thought they did a generic install with default options:


UEFI is apparently what was throwing me off - I don't know beans about it and apparently this install used it as the default.

An installation with default options is not inconsistent with a UEFI installation. The installer will boot into either BIOS mode or UEFI mode depending on firmware capabilities, firmware settings, and user actions at boot time, and will then install in whatever mode was used for the boot. The reasons I think this was probably a UEFI installation are:



The installation disk is 500 GB in size but uses GPT. This can happen either because the disk was completely blank and the installer ran in UEFI mode or because the user pre-partitioned the disk with GPT (which rochte did not mention doing) and then did a BIOS-mode install. Faced with a blank disk, the Ubuntu installer will use MBR, not GPT, on a 500 GB disk.
The disk is partitioned with a tiny ~19 MiB EFI System Partition (ESP). This is consistent with what the Ubuntu installer does when booted in UEFI mode. If the system were installed in BIOS mode, the user would have to have set this up manually, which rochte did not mention doing. (BTW, ~19 MiB really is dinky for an ESP. If re-installing, I recommend manually creating an ESP in the 200-300 MiB range.)
The ESP uses FAT-16, which is consistent with what the Ubuntu installer does in UEFI mode.
GRUB 2 is not installed to the MBR of the disk. This is consistent with a UEFI installation, but Ubuntu normally installs GRUB 2 to the MBR of the disk on a BIOS installation. OTOH, the MBR does contain Syslinux, which I don't believe is normal on a UEFI installation -- but this could be left over from some previous install, or maybe the Ubuntu installer is doing something I just don't know about. In any event, this point is pretty weak evidence one way or the other, but on the whole I think it's more consistent with a UEFI installation than with a BIOS installation.



Overall, I'd say that either the Ubuntu installer ran in UEFI mode on an empty disk or rochte made some very peculiar manual partitioning choices before installing Ubuntu in BIOS mode. If the latter, I encourage rochte to describe why those choices were made because a BIOS-mode installation on a GPT disk works best with some slightly different options (such as a BIOS Boot Partition instead of an ESP).


Having said that and srs5694 having suggested a reinstall (as one option), another otpion would be to reinstall with EXT4... Just an observation.

According to the Boot Info Script output, the current installation already uses ext4fs:



sda2: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 11.04
Boot files: /etc/fstab


Filesystem choice should not affect the system's bootability, although I don't claim to have tested every possibility in Ubuntu, so I can't promise that's true.
oldfred
September 27th, 2011, 09:50 PM
@MAFoElffen
It is not a format issue but a BIOS/UEFI motherboard issue. But your suggestion of reinstalling is a possibility. UEFI is new and grub2 still has some issues. But most new systems have a BIOS boot mode hidden away somewhere for compatibly with older systems.

I have BIOS but used gpt which is a newer improved partitioning system over MBR(msdos). But then you also need a bios_grub partition to install in BIOS mode with gpt.

So OP can work to make UEFI work, some have had better success than others which seems to be more the motherboard's UEFI configurations.
Or change to BIOS mode and install with gpt partiitons.
Or revert to all the old way and use BIOS & MBR.

Lots of choices, sometimes the old way may seem the easiest but at some point we have to convert.