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Ubu_Fester
May 21st, 2012, 02:45 AM
Been using mythtv for couple years now. Moved to 11.10 a few months ago.

Last few weeks the ubuntu system monitor was showing normal stats, except system load averages appeared high (between 1.5 and 3.5). A few days ago, I went through update manager and updated the 100+ updates. I am now unable to boot my PC. System boots to the GRUB screen (which I normally don't see).

When booting OS via CD I am able to see all my partitions on both drives. I tried to run "Boot-Repair" but get errors (need to run a 64bit version, or ??).

Is my hard drive toast? Or did my OS update crash my boot drive?

System: HTPC
mythbuntu 11.10 64bit (mythtv .24?), 2GB memory, nvidia 210,
HD: Samsung 1TB (OS and multiple partitions)
Seagate 2TB (mostly stored video)

From my Boot-Repair log, here is my system information:




Boot Info Script 0.61-git [12 April 2012] ============================= Boot Info Summary: =============================== => Syslinux MBR (4.04 and higher) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda. => No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb. sda1: __________________________________________________ ________________________ File system: ext4 Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: Operating System: Ubuntu 11.10 Boot files: /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: sda6: __________________________________________________ ________________________ File system: ext4 Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: Operating System: Boot files: sda3: __________________________________________________ ________________________ File system: ext4 Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: Operating System: Boot files: sda4: __________________________________________________ ________________________ File system: vfat Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block. Operating System: Boot files: sdb1: __________________________________________________ ________________________ File system: ntfs Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7: NTFS Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block. Operating System: Boot files: sdb2: __________________________________________________ ________________________ File system: vfat Boot sector type: FAT32 Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sdb2 starts at sector -864607846. But according to the info from fdisk, sdb2 starts at sector 3430359450. Operating System: Boot files: ============================ Drive/Partition Info: ============================= Drive: sda __________________________________________________ ___________________ Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 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 * 63 125,001,764 125,001,702 83 Linux /dev/sda2 554,692,444 1,953,520,064 1,398,827,621 5 Extended /dev/sda5 1,942,965,423 1,953,520,064 10,554,642 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda6 554,692,446 1,942,965,359 1,388,272,914 83 Linux /dev/sda3 125,001,765 320,320,034 195,318,270 83 Linux /dev/sda4 320,320,035 554,692,319 234,372,285 83 Linux Drive: sdb __________________________________________________ ___________________ Disk /dev/sdb: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders, total 3907029168 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 63 3,430,359,449 3,430,359,387 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS /dev/sdb2 3,430,359,450 3,907,028,991 476,669,542 b W95 FAT32 "blkid" output: __________________________________________________ ______________ Device UUID TYPE LABEL /dev/loop0 squashfs /dev/sda1 a90a6001-8d87-4602-9e55-45b193b0ec50 ext4 /dev/sda3 2cb2e02a-bac8-42c2-b57f-25c0255e6480 ext4 /dev/sda4 02DA-5489 vfat /dev/sda5 9fa85721-2005-428f-8e5c-f369aea5bd57 swap /dev/sda6 9f907db7-c6f3-4f01-bcbc-d992b0096088 ext4 /dev/sdb1 3BBFCCC014E3C8A8 ntfs video2 /dev/sdb2 1547-2B71 vfat backup ================================ Mount points: ================================= Device Mount_Point Type Options /dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime) /dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime) =========================== sda1/boot/grub/grub.cfg: =========================== [edit: deleted this section] =============================== sda1/etc/fstab: ================================ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # Use 'blkid' 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=a90a6001-8d87-4602-9e55-45b193b0ec50 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1 # /home was on /dev/sda3 during installation UUID=2cb2e02a-bac8-42c2-b57f-25c0255e6480 /home ext4 defaults 0 2 # /media/backup was on /dev/sdb2 during installation UUID=1547-2B71 /media/backup vfat utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1 # /media/video2 was on /dev/sdb1 during installation # ###UUID=3BBFCCC014E3C8A8 /media/video2 ntfs-3g defaults,nls=utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 0 # ###UUID=3BBFCCC014E3C8A8 /media/video2 ntfs-3g auto,users,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=007 0 0 #UUID=3BBFCCC014E3C8A8 /media/video2 ntfs-3g defaults,uid=1000,gid=117,umask=007 0 0 UUID=3BBFCCC014E3C8A8 /media/video2 ntfs-3g defaults,uid=117,gid=117,umask=007 0 0 # /music was on /dev/sda4 during installation UUID=02DA-5489 /music vfat utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1 # /video was on /dev/sda6 during installation UUID=9f907db7-c6f3-4f01-bcbc-d992b0096088 /video ext4 defaults 0 2 # swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation UUID=9fa85721-2005-428f-8e5c-f369aea5bd57 none swap sw 0 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ==================== GiB - GB File Fragment(s) 4.328341961 = 4.647521792 boot/grub/core.img 1 0.138015270 = 0.148192768 boot/grub/grub.cfg 1 6.732654095 = 7.229132288 boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-22-generic 1 1.101592541 = 1.182825984 boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-27-generic 2 4.627711773 = 4.968967680 boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-24-generic 2 10.912517071 = 11.717225984 boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-25-generic 2 15.971000195 = 17.148730880 boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-28-generic 2 5.127280712 = 5.505375744 boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-30-generic 4 5.222419262 = 5.607529984 boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-31-generic 2 2.484405041 = 2.667609600 boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-12-generic 2 2.812530041 = 3.019931136 boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-14-generic 2 8.505008221 = 9.132183040 boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-16-generic 2 8.055789471 = 8.649838080 boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-19-generic 3 1.253921032 = 1.346387456 boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-23-generic 1 1.510886669 = 1.622302208 boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic 1 1.827479839 = 1.962241536 boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-27-generic 1 1.655097485 = 1.777147392 boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic 1 1.698871136 = 1.824148992 boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-25-generic 1 1.591239452 = 1.708580352 boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-28-generic 1 5.035411358 = 5.406731776 boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-30-generic 2 5.218131542 = 5.602926080 boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-31-generic 1 1.168433666 = 1.254596096 boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic 1 1.957496166 = 2.101845504 boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-14-generic 1 7.254397869 = 7.789350400 boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-16-generic 1 7.395026684 = 7.940349440 boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-19-generic 1 7.395026684 = 7.940349440 vmlinuz 1 7.254397869 = 7.789350400 vmlinuz.old 1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION : =================== log of boot-repair 2012-05-20__21h29 =================== boot-repair version : 3.18-0ppa16~oneiric boot-sav version : 3.18-0ppa50~oneiric glade2script version : 0.3.2.1-0ppa7~oneiric boot-repair is executed in live-session (Ubuntu 11.10 , oneiric , Ubuntu , i686) =================== OSPROBER: /dev/sda1:Ubuntu 11.10 (11.10):Ubuntu:linux =================== BLKID: /dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/sda1: UUID="a90a6001-8d87-4602-9e55-45b193b0ec50" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sda3: UUID="2cb2e02a-bac8-42c2-b57f-25c0255e6480" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sda4: UUID="02DA-5489" TYPE="vfat" /dev/sda5: UUID="9fa85721-2005-428f-8e5c-f369aea5bd57" TYPE="swap" /dev/sda6: UUID="9f907db7-c6f3-4f01-bcbc-d992b0096088" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sdb1: LABEL="video2" UUID="3BBFCCC014E3C8A8" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sdb2: LABEL="backup" UUID="1547-2B71" TYPE="vfat" 1 disks with OS, 1 OS : 1 Linux, 0 MacOS, 0 Windows, 0 unknown type OS. Warning: extended partition does not start at a cylinder boundary. DOS and Linux will interpret the contents differently. =================== /mnt/boot-sav/sda1/etc/default/grub : # If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update # /boot/grub/grub.cfg. # For full documentation of the options in this file, see: # info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration' GRUB_DEFAULT=0 GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0 GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true GRUB_TIMEOUT=10 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian` GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" # Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs # This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains # the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...) #GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef" # Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only) #GRUB_TERMINAL=console # The resolution used on graphical terminal # note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE # you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo' #GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480 # Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux #GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true # Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries #GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true" # Uncomment to get a beep at grub start #GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1" =================== sda1/boot/grub/grubenv : /var/log/boot-sav/log/2012-05-20__21h29boot-repair32/sda1/grubenv =================== PARTITIONS & DISKS: sda1 : sda, not-sepboot, grubenv-ng grub2, grub-pc, update-grub, 64, with-boot, is-os, not-on-gpt-disk, fstab-without-boot, fstab-without-efi, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, no-grldr, no-b-bcd, apt-get, grub-install, /mnt/boot-sav/sda1. sda3 : sda, maybesepboot, no-grubenv nogrub, no-docgrub, no-update-grub, 32, no-boot, no-os, not-on-gpt-disk, part-has-no-fstab, part-has-no-fstab, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, no-grldr, no-b-bcd, nopakmgr, nogrubinstall, /mnt/boot-sav/sda3. sda4 : sda, maybesepboot, no-grubenv nogrub, no-docgrub, no-update-grub, 32, no-boot, no-os, not-on-gpt-disk, part-has-no-fstab, part-has-no-fstab, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, no-grldr, no-b-bcd, nopakmgr, nogrubinstall, /mnt/boot-sav/sda4. sda6 : sda, maybesepboot, no-grubenv nogrub, no-docgrub, no-update-grub, 32, no-boot, no-os, not-on-gpt-disk, part-has-no-fstab, part-has-no-fstab, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, no-grldr, no-b-bcd, nopakmgr, nogrubinstall, /mnt/boot-sav/sda6. sdb1 : sdb, maybesepboot, no-grubenv nogrub, no-docgrub, no-update-grub, 32, no-boot, no-os, not-on-gpt-disk, part-has-no-fstab, part-has-no-fstab, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, no-grldr, no-b-bcd, nopakmgr, nogrubinstall, /mnt/boot-sav/sdb1. sdb2 : sdb, maybesepboot, no-grubenv nogrub, no-docgrub, no-update-grub, 32, no-boot, no-os, not-on-gpt-disk, part-has-no-fstab, part-has-no-fstab, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, no-grldr, no-b-bcd, nopakmgr, nogrubinstall, /mnt/boot-sav/sdb2. sda : MSDos, not-GPT, BIOSboot-not-needed, has-no-EFIpart, 63 sectors * 512 bytes sdb : MSDos, not-GPT, BIOSboot-not-needed, has-no-EFIpart, 63 sectors * 512 bytes =================== PARTED: Model: ATA SAMSUNG HD103SI (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 32.3kB 64.0GB 64.0GB primary ext4 boot 3 64.0GB 164GB 100GB primary ext4 4 164GB 284GB 120GB primary fat32 2 284GB 1000GB 716GB extended 6 284GB 995GB 711GB logical ext4 5 995GB 1000GB 5404MB logical linux-swap(v1) Model: ATA ST32000542AS (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 2000GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 32.3kB 1756GB 1756GB primary ntfs 2 1756GB 2000GB 244GB primary fat32 Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/sr0 has been opened read-only. Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk! =================== MOUNT: /cow on / type overlayfs (rw) proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw) udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620) tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,mode=0755) /dev/sr0 on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro,noatime) /dev/loop0 on /rofs type squashfs (ro,noatime) none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw) none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw) tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880) none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,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/boot-sav/sda1 type ext4 (rw) /dev/sda3 on /mnt/boot-sav/sda3 type ext4 (rw) /dev/sda4 on /mnt/boot-sav/sda4 type vfat (rw) /dev/sda6 on /mnt/boot-sav/sda6 type ext4 (rw) /dev/sdb1 on /mnt/boot-sav/sdb1 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096) /dev/sdb2 on /mnt/boot-sav/sdb2 type vfat (rw) /sys/block/sda: alignment_offset bdi capability dev device discard_alignment events events_async events_poll_msecs ext_range holders inflight power queue range removable ro sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 sda5 sda6 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 sdb2 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: autofs block bsg btrfs-control bus cdrom cdrw char console core cpu cpu_dma_latency disk dri dvd dvdrw ecryptfs fb0 fd full fuse hidraw0 hidraw1 hpet input kmsg log lp0 mapper mcelog mem net network_latency network_throughput null oldmem parport0 port ppp psaux ptmx pts random rfkill rtc rtc0 scd0 sda sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 sda5 sda6 sdb sdb1 sdb2 sg0 sg1 sg2 shm snapshot snd sr0 stderr stdin stdout uinput urandom usb usbmon0 usbmon1 usbmon2 usbmon3 usbmon4 vga_arbiter zero /dev/mapper: control =================== DF: Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /cow overlayfs 1007M 155M 853M 16% / udev devtmpfs 1000M 12K 1000M 1% /dev tmpfs tmpfs 403M 840K 402M 1% /run /dev/sr0 iso9660 696M 696M 0 100% /cdrom /dev/loop0 squashfs 668M 668M 0 100% /rofs tmpfs tmpfs 1007M 668K 1007M 1% /tmp none tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock none tmpfs 1007M 104K 1007M 1% /run/shm /dev/sda1 ext4 59G 17G 40G 29% /mnt/boot-sav/sda1 /dev/sda3 ext4 92G 70G 18G 81% /mnt/boot-sav/sda3 /dev/sda4 vfat 112G 19G 94G 17% /mnt/boot-sav/sda4 /dev/sda6 ext4 652G 436G 184G 71% /mnt/boot-sav/sda6 /dev/sdb1 fuseblk 1.6T 1.4T 207G 88% /mnt/boot-sav/sdb1 /dev/sdb2 vfat 228G 100G 128G 44% /mnt/boot-sav/sdb2 =================== FDISK: Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 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: 0x000002f9 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 63 125001764 62500851 83 Linux /dev/sda2 554692444 1953520064 699413810+ 5 Extended /dev/sda3 125001765 320320034 97659135 83 Linux /dev/sda4 320320035 554692319 117186142+ 83 Linux /dev/sda5 1942965423 1953520064 5277321 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda6 554692446 1942965359 694136457 83 Linux Partition table entries are not in disk order Disk /dev/sdb: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders, total 3907029168 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: 0x000d5928 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 63 3430359449 1715179693+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sdb2 3430359450 3907028991 238334771 b W95 FAT32 =================== Default settings recommendedrepair This setting would reinstall the grub2 of sda1 into the MBRs of all disks (except USB without OS). Additional repair would be performed: unhide-bootmenu =================== Settings chosen by the user customrepair This setting will restore a generic MBR (mbr) in sda, and make it boot on sda1. Additional repair will be performed: unhide-bootmenu Unhide GRUB boot menu in sda1/etc/default/grub Will restore the MBR_TO_RESTORE : sda (mbr) into sda dd if=/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda 0+1 records in 0+1 records out parted /dev/sda set 1 boot on Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab. Unhide GRUB boot menu in sda1/boot/grub/grub.cfg Boot successfully repaired. You can now reboot your computer.

Ubu_Fester
May 21st, 2012, 02:47 AM
Earlier post did not show the boot-repair findings in an easy to read format. See
http://paste.ubuntu.com/998078/

YannBuntu
May 21st, 2012, 01:58 PM
Hello
your installed OS is 64bits, so you need to use Boot-Repair from a 64bits CD.
For example: Ubuntu Secure 64bits (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuSecureRemix?action=show&redirect=UbuntuSecuredRemix).

Ubu_Fester
May 21st, 2012, 03:27 PM
Thanks for your response.

I actually started with the 64bit 12.04 CD. I received a number of errors/issues and gave up. I can get to the bootinfo, but can't run the tool. http://paste.ubuntu.com/998062/

I then went to an old 11.10 CD that was not 64bit.

Since my OS is 11.10, shouldn't I use a 64bit 11.10 CD, then download the boot-repair tool "on the fly"?

YannBuntu
May 21st, 2012, 05:07 PM
I see no error in your log. Please could you run Boot-Repair, click "Advanced options", click the "Backup partition tables..." button, save the ZIP file somewhere, then attach this ZIP file to your message ?


Since my OS is 11.10, shouldn't I use a 64bit 11.10 CD

Not necessary, you can use any version of Ubuntu.

Ubu_Fester
May 21st, 2012, 05:57 PM
Thanks, I will perform those steps tonight when I get back to the pc.

So, sounds like I may be able to save the hard disk? Or, is it too early to know for sure...

Ubu_Fester
May 22nd, 2012, 12:49 AM
Here is the zip file from the boot-repair utility:

I have multiple logs saved (user error), so believe you can ignore logs ids ...16 and ...49

Thanks for investigating!

YannBuntu
May 22nd, 2012, 11:33 AM
No error in the logs.
What do you observe exactly when you boot your PC ? do you see the GRUB menu ? if yes, have you tried the "Previous Linux versions" entries?
What do you observe when selecting the entries ?

Ubu_Fester
May 22nd, 2012, 01:21 PM
When I first started working on this problem, I was getting a grub menu with ~ 4 options.
Now, when I reboot, I get the following:


Missing operating system.

Reboot and Select proper Boot device
or insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key

YannBuntu
May 22nd, 2012, 04:18 PM
No more ideas. If i were you, i would simply burn a 12.04 CD and reinstall.
If boot still does not work, try with Ubuntu 10.04 (maybe the problem is due to a GRUB regression).

Ubu_Fester
May 22nd, 2012, 04:47 PM
Thanks. A few more questions:

1) While I have been using Ubuntu CDs (11.10 and 12.04), my install is really mythbuntu. I presume I can install 12.04 Mythbuntu instead of your suggestion?

2) Do I need GRUB working (installed) even though I am using only a single OS?

3) While I will perform a backup on key folders, the reinstall will only affect my "/" filesystem (sda1 partition), correct?

4) Once I get this reinstalled, are there some recommended disk utilities to use to check my two hard drives? Or should the HD checks be done BEFORE I reinstall.

Ubu_Fester
May 22nd, 2012, 04:49 PM
Oh, fyi, I'm really not on 10.10 (that's an old profile).

I'm using Mythbuntu 11.10.

YannBuntu
May 22nd, 2012, 05:32 PM
1) yes. All flavors (Myth*K*X*L*ubuntu) 12.04 use the same GRUB version.

2) Yes

3) It will keep your /home if you follow this tutorial: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuReinstallation

4) You can check your disks via the "Disk Utility" tool which is in Ubuntu live-CD.

Ubu_Fester
May 22nd, 2012, 05:50 PM
Thank you!!