Partition table has weird name listed

[spectre2028]

I run a tri-boot setup with WindowsXP, straight Ubuntu, and whatever Linux flavor-of-the-moment I feel compelled to try out.

Somewhere in the process of installing/uninstalling the various versions of Linux, one of my Windows partitions somehow ended up getting assigned the rather strange name of "<_BODY><_HT". That is actually how it shows up now in Ubuntu's Places and all the different file managers that I use. Is there a safe/easy way to correct this in the main partition table? (assuming that's where the error lies)

[presence1960]

Before changing anything it is wise to see exactly what you have on that machine. Let's get a better look at your setup & boot process. Boot into Ubuntu. Come back here and do the following:

1. Download the boot info script. There is a link in my signature.
2. 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.

[spectre2028]

Before changing anything it is wise to see exactly what you have on that machine. Let's get a better look at your setup & boot process. Boot into Ubuntu. Come back here and do the following:


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.

___________________________________________

It's not a mysterious partition, it's the main 47Gig one I use in Windows and even in Linux. Sda5 originally.



Boot Info Script 0.60 from 17 May 2011


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

=> Grub2 (v1.97-1.98) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks at sector
1 of the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and
looks in partition 8 for (,msdos8)/boot/grub.
=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb.
=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdc.

sda1: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Windows XP: FAT32
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows XP
Boot files: /boot.ini /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM

sda2: __________________________________________________ ________________________

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

sda5: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: FAT32
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda5 starts
at sector 0. But according to the info from fdisk,
sda5 starts at sector 56258560.
Operating System:
Boot files:

sda6: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: FAT32
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda6 starts
at sector 0. But according to the info from fdisk,
sda6 starts at sector 148537344.
Operating System:
Boot files:

sda7: __________________________________________________ ________________________

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

sda8: __________________________________________________ ________________________

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

sda9: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files:

sdb1: __________________________________________________ ________________________

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

sdb2: __________________________________________________ ________________________

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

sdb5: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: FAT32
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sdb5 starts
at sector 0. But according to the info from fdisk,
sdb5 starts at sector 50796544.
Operating System:
Boot files:

sdb6: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: FAT32
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sdb6 starts
at sector 0. But according to the info from fdisk,
sdb6 starts at sector 297109504.
Operating System:
Boot files:

sdb7: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: FAT32
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sdb7 starts
at sector 0. But according to the info from fdisk,
sdb7 starts at sector 554024960.
Operating System:
Boot files:

sdb8: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Netrunner 3 Chromatic
Boot files: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img

sdb9: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files:

sdc1: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files:

============================ 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 Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System

/dev/sda1 * 63 56,256,511 56,256,449 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda2 56,258,558 312,580,095 256,321,538 f W95 Extended (LBA)
/dev/sda5 56,258,560 148,535,295 92,276,736 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda6 148,537,344 240,730,111 92,192,768 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda7 240,732,160 260,261,887 19,529,728 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 260,263,936 262,215,679 1,951,744 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda9 262,217,728 312,580,095 50,362,368 83 Linux


Drive: sdb __________________________________________________ ___________________

Disk /dev/sdb: 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/sdb1 2,048 999,423 997,376 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb2 1,001,470 976,773,119 975,771,650 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 50,796,544 297,107,455 246,310,912 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sdb6 297,109,504 554,022,911 256,913,408 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sdb7 554,024,960 976,773,119 422,748,160 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sdb8 1,001,472 20,531,199 19,529,728 83 Linux
/dev/sdb9 20,533,248 50,782,207 30,248,960 83 Linux


Drive: sdc __________________________________________________ ___________________

Disk /dev/sdc: 8004 MB, 8004304896 bytes
35 heads, 21 sectors/track, 21269 cylinders, total 15633408 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/sdc1 32 15,633,407 15,633,376 b W95 FAT32


"blkid" output: __________________________________________________ ______________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/sda1 DC8C-1748 vfat
/dev/sda5 2BB4-1849 vfat </BODY></HT
/dev/sda6 31FC-232B vfat
/dev/sda7 28487a7f-dbd3-42c2-ae03-bcaa7d8f0c0a ext4
/dev/sda8 f7abe27e-ee5d-49eb-8392-9c38122b2bb0 swap
/dev/sda9 73fde642-0331-4ac2-9973-1349087b9371 ext4
/dev/sdb1 62c38748-aeeb-41ac-ac0f-195cae55f64c swap
/dev/sdb5 94BE-6D94 vfat
/dev/sdb6 9883-D26F vfat
/dev/sdb7 9BAC-5E22 vfat
/dev/sdb8 d78164e7-ff78-4291-bc68-bd2541bc5166 ext4
/dev/sdb9 879e5cfa-247f-4b55-ad30-1c24682938f5 ext4
/dev/sdc1 39C6-A26C vfat

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

Device Mount_Point Type Options

/dev/sda5 /media/<_BODY><_HT vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=1000, shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,showexec,flush)
/dev/sda7 / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro,commit=0)
/dev/sda9 /home ext4 (rw,commit=0)
/dev/sdb5 /media/94BE-6D94 vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=1000, shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,showexec,flush)
/dev/sdc1 /media/39C6-A26C vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=1000, shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,showexec,flush)


================================ sda1/boot.ini: ================================

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[boot loader]

timeout=10

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" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /bootlog

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

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[coffeecat]

@spectre2028, I've added code tags around your boot script output as presence1960 asked you to. It is unwieldy without. I've also tidied up your quote tags.

You might find this forum guide to BBCode useful:

http://ubuntuforums.org/misc.php?do=bbcode

The quick way of adding code tags is to use the http://ubuntuforums.org/images/editor/code.gif button in the message toolbar.

[spectre2028]

Thanks for putting in the tags. Totally missed that in his post, and I agree that results file is pretty long.

[presence1960]

Everything appears good. I would boot into ubuntu and use gparted to change the label on sda5. If you don't have gparted installed open a terminal and run
sudo apt-get install gparted to install it. The run it and remove the label on sda5.

You do have some notices about partitions having conflicting beginning points on the disk. If they all work well I would leave it be.

Sorry for delay but my internet provider was down yesterday.

[presence1960]

Just in case you don't know how to change the label in gparted. See attached pic. Highlight your sda5 partition and right click and choose label. if you want no label leave it blank or rename it if you want it named.

Since it is FAT 32 you can also rename it from Windows Explorer or My Computer from within Windows.

[spectre2028]

Thanks, I'll give Gparted a try.

Did verify yesterday that Windows is still seeing it as D:, and I don't think it has any other name listed, so this must be a Linux or grub thing.

[spectre2028]

I was able to change the name, but the mystery isn't totally solved. The other partitions have no labels, and when I bring up them up in Disk Utility or GParted, their name field is blank. But when I blank out the name field (or put spaces) for the partition in question, it goes right back to the bizarre hyperlink-looking name I described at the start of this thread. It only looks halfway normal when a specific name is entered.

I guess the only real solution here would be to delete the partition and recreate it. Don't think I'll go that far yet, as the system still appears to be working okay, as is.