DutchGFX
June 11th, 2013, 05:57 PM
Hey, so I installed Kali Linux over Backtrack 5. This booted alongside Ubuntu 11.10 and Windows 8 using GRUB. Now, GRUB boots up and goes into rescue mode, and pretty much whatever I type, it outputs Unknown File System.
I have tried Boot-Repair, and it couldn't install GRUB. I tried again, multiple times (after reboots) and it says Please CLose Package Managers.
I ran the Bootinfoscript, here are my results.
Boot Info Script 0.61 [1 April 2012]
============================= Boot Info Summary: ===============================
=> Grub2 (v1.99) 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
for (,msdos6)/boot/grub on this drive.
sda1: __________________________________________________ ________________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Dell Utility: FAT16
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files: /DELLBIO.BIN /DELLRMK.BIN /COMMAND.COM
sda2: __________________________________________________ ________________________
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
sda3: __________________________________________________ ________________________
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: /Windows/System32/winload.exe
sda4: __________________________________________________ ________________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________ ________________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Boot files: /etc/fstab
sda6: __________________________________________________ ________________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files:
sda7: __________________________________________________ ________________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda8: __________________________________________________ ________________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files:
============================ 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 63 208,844 208,782 de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 * 208,845 30,928,844 30,720,000 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sda3 30,928,845 887,009,884 856,081,040 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sda4 887,011,326 976,773,119 89,761,794 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 887,011,328 929,241,087 42,229,760 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 931,291,136 970,352,639 39,061,504 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 970,354,688 976,773,119 6,418,432 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda8 929,243,136 931,289,087 2,045,952 83 Linux
"blkid" output: __________________________________________________ ______________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 3030-3030 vfat DellUtility
/dev/sda2 544E67124E66EBE4 ntfs RECOVERY
/dev/sda3 18B4B7BBB4B799A8 ntfs OS
/dev/sda5 6e0bacc8-e66e-473a-9964-6812ed6d20a0 ext4
/dev/sda6 44a65e4f-a3fc-42cb-8b53-24d07a7c99ef ext4 Kali
/dev/sda7 9a937876-5037-49a1-a28f-9f3ec0da1c0e swap
/dev/sda8 b518f4ae-6a68-46b8-92bb-305d0e548dfc ext4 GRUB
/dev/sr0 iso9660 Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS amd64
================================ Mount points: =================================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime)
=============================== sda5/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/sda5 during installation
UUID=6e0bacc8-e66e-473a-9964-6812ed6d20a0 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda7 during installation
UUID=9a937876-5037-49a1-a28f-9f3ec0da1c0e none swap sw 0 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
=================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================
GiB - GB File Fragment(s)
= boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-23-generic 2
= boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-23-generic 2
= boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-23-generic.efi.signed 1
= initrd.img 2
= vmlinuz 2
========= Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive: =========
sdb
=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================
xz: (stdin): Compressed data is corrupt
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
My Windows 8 is on SDA3, Kali is suppossed to be on SDA6, Ubuntu on SDA5, and I had set asside SDA8 to try to install GRUB there, after it wouldn't install anywhere else, but it didn't work there, either. I have tried purging and reinstalling, it returns some error about unable to locate dev/sda or something of that nature. I have been trying to solve this probably a total of 8 hours so far, so I seak your assistance, thanks!
I have tried Boot-Repair, and it couldn't install GRUB. I tried again, multiple times (after reboots) and it says Please CLose Package Managers.
I ran the Bootinfoscript, here are my results.
Boot Info Script 0.61 [1 April 2012]
============================= Boot Info Summary: ===============================
=> Grub2 (v1.99) 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
for (,msdos6)/boot/grub on this drive.
sda1: __________________________________________________ ________________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Dell Utility: FAT16
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files: /DELLBIO.BIN /DELLRMK.BIN /COMMAND.COM
sda2: __________________________________________________ ________________________
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
sda3: __________________________________________________ ________________________
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: /Windows/System32/winload.exe
sda4: __________________________________________________ ________________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________ ________________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Boot files: /etc/fstab
sda6: __________________________________________________ ________________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files:
sda7: __________________________________________________ ________________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda8: __________________________________________________ ________________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files:
============================ 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 63 208,844 208,782 de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 * 208,845 30,928,844 30,720,000 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sda3 30,928,845 887,009,884 856,081,040 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sda4 887,011,326 976,773,119 89,761,794 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 887,011,328 929,241,087 42,229,760 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 931,291,136 970,352,639 39,061,504 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 970,354,688 976,773,119 6,418,432 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda8 929,243,136 931,289,087 2,045,952 83 Linux
"blkid" output: __________________________________________________ ______________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 3030-3030 vfat DellUtility
/dev/sda2 544E67124E66EBE4 ntfs RECOVERY
/dev/sda3 18B4B7BBB4B799A8 ntfs OS
/dev/sda5 6e0bacc8-e66e-473a-9964-6812ed6d20a0 ext4
/dev/sda6 44a65e4f-a3fc-42cb-8b53-24d07a7c99ef ext4 Kali
/dev/sda7 9a937876-5037-49a1-a28f-9f3ec0da1c0e swap
/dev/sda8 b518f4ae-6a68-46b8-92bb-305d0e548dfc ext4 GRUB
/dev/sr0 iso9660 Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS amd64
================================ Mount points: =================================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime)
=============================== sda5/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/sda5 during installation
UUID=6e0bacc8-e66e-473a-9964-6812ed6d20a0 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda7 during installation
UUID=9a937876-5037-49a1-a28f-9f3ec0da1c0e none swap sw 0 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
=================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================
GiB - GB File Fragment(s)
= boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-23-generic 2
= boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-23-generic 2
= boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-23-generic.efi.signed 1
= initrd.img 2
= vmlinuz 2
========= Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive: =========
sdb
=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================
xz: (stdin): Compressed data is corrupt
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
My Windows 8 is on SDA3, Kali is suppossed to be on SDA6, Ubuntu on SDA5, and I had set asside SDA8 to try to install GRUB there, after it wouldn't install anywhere else, but it didn't work there, either. I have tried purging and reinstalling, it returns some error about unable to locate dev/sda or something of that nature. I have been trying to solve this probably a total of 8 hours so far, so I seak your assistance, thanks!