Wubi problems

[tiamatschosen]

i have a Toshiba satellite c855d-s5307. it came preinstalled with windows 8.
i have since then "upgraded" to windows 7 in CSM boot mode and installed Wubi.

after about 5 minutes or so Wubi freezes up or the wifi disconnects. and restart is the only option.

when i tried to install from usb/dvd it will not detect windows and shows the entire hard drive blank.

really not sure were i can go from this point. i have to have it ready to use by monday.

[bcbc]

Boot from the usb/dvd to a live desktop and run the bootinfoscript (http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/) to give some info on the disk. Thanks

[tiamatschosen]

Boot Info Script 0.61 [1 April 2012]


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

=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda.

sda1: __________________________________________________ ________________________

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: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD

sda2: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7: NTFS
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows 7
Boot files: /Windows/System32/winload.exe /wubildr
/ubuntu/winboot/wubildr /wubildr.mbr
/ubuntu/winboot/wubildr.mbr /ubuntu/disks/root.disk
/ubuntu/disks/swap.disk

sda2/Wubi: __________________________________________________ ___________________

File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Boot files: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab

============================ 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 / 4096 bytes

Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System

/dev/sda1 * 2,048 206,847 204,800 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sda2 206,848 925,571,071 925,364,224 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS


GUID Partition Table detected, but does not seem to be used.

Partition Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors System

"blkid" output: __________________________________________________ ______________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/loop0 9b16030c-08f8-4f5d-b228-63e13bca7839 ext3
/dev/sda1 2A4A9C054A9BCBC7 ntfs System Reserved
/dev/sda2 0A3E9ECA3E9EADE7 ntfs

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

Device Mount_Point Type Options

/dev/loop0 / ext3 (rw)
/dev/sda2 /host fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,all ow_other,blksize=4096)


======================== sda2/Wubi/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 ntfs
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0A3E9ECA3E9EADE7
loopback loop0 /ubuntu/disks/root.disk
set root=(loop0)
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=auto
load_video
insmod gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0A3E9ECA3E9EADE7
loopback loop0 /ubuntu/disks/root.disk
set root=(loop0)
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
if [ "${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 ###
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_lupin ###
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 3.2.0-29-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode
insmod part_msdos
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0A3E9ECA3E9EADE7
loopback loop0 /ubuntu/disks/root.disk
set root=(loop0)
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-29-generic root=UUID=0A3E9ECA3E9EADE7 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-29-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.2.0-29-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0A3E9ECA3E9EADE7
loopback loop0 /ubuntu/disks/root.disk
set root=(loop0)
echo 'Loading Linux 3.2.0-29-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-29-generic root=UUID=0A3E9ECA3E9EADE7 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro recovery nomodeset
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-29-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_lupin ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### 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 ###
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

============================= sda2/Wubi/etc/fstab: =============================

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# UNCONFIGURED FSTAB FOR BASE SYSTEM
/host/ubuntu/disks/swap.disk none swap sw 0 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

GiB - GB File Fragment(s)

= boot/grub/grub.cfg 1
= boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-29-generic 59
= boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-29-generic 20
= initrd.img 59
= vmlinuz 20

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

sdb

=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================

awk: cmd. line:36: Math support is not compiled in
awk: cmd. line:36: Math support is not compiled in
awk: cmd. line:36: Math support is not compiled in
awk: cmd. line:36: Math support is not compiled in
awk: cmd. line:36: Math support is not compiled in

[bcbc]

This is the reason:


GUID Partition Table detected, but does not seem to be used.

For the full output:

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 / 4096 bytes

Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System

/dev/sda1 * 2,048 206,847 204,800 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sda2 206,848 925,571,071 925,364,224 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS


GUID Partition Table detected, but does not seem to be used.


What this means is that the disk once had a GUID partition table (GPT) and now has a MBR partition table, but there is a leftover bit of GPT. For whatever reason, "parted" errors out for this condition. And since parted is used by the ubuntu installer (ubiquity) it won't allow you to do a normal dual boot install.

Wubi should work with the standalone install (which doesn't use ubiquity, but rather a preinstalled, compressed diskimage), so I suspect it is freezing because of some hardware incompatibility.

So... 2 things you want to do.
1. Figure out the hardware issue - you can use your Wubi install for that.
2. Get rid of that leftover GPT data so you can do a normal dual boot. You can refer to this for that: http://www.rodsbooks.com/fixparts/

PS, edit your previous post and put
[/SIZE]] around the bootinfoscript result to make it more readable. Thanks

[bcbc]

And here's some info about the wireless issue:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/192873/toshiba-satellite-c850-wlan-rtl8188ce-not-working (http://askubuntu.com/q/192873/14916)

[voodoomurphy]

And here's some info about the wireless issue:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/192873/toshiba-satellite-c850-wlan-rtl8188ce-not-working (http://askubuntu.com/q/192873/14916)

I've installed the driver and it works, but it's really not reliable. It drops frequently and causes my machine to hang. Any ideas?

[bcbc]

I've installed the driver and it works, but it's really not reliable. It drops frequently and causes my machine to hang. Any ideas?

Yeah sorry... I would be commenting on that question so that others with the same hardware might respond. There might also be some bug reports. I'll do some searches, but your best bet are people that are also affected.

The only other option is to run Ubuntu in a virtual machine. They work fine as long as you're not planning to do graphics intensive stuff.