Boot-repair unable to install

[claven123]

My dual boot Ubuntu 12.10, Win 8 computer won't boot. I have booted from a liveCD and I am attempting to install boot-repair to no avail.

I used many different iterations of the following commands, but get the same error messages each time..... In the past when I had boot issues I would just run boot-repair and it would work and fix the issue, now I can't even install boot-repair. (I can't even boot into win or ubuntu)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair


sudo apt-get update


sudo apt-get install boot-repair boot-sav


It states these can't be authenticated....
libsigsegv2 gawk python-configobj pastebinit







This is the output of the terminal......





ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair
You are about to add the following PPA to your system:
Simple tool to repair frequent boot problems.

Website: https://launchpad.net/boot-repair
More info: https://launchpad.net/~yannubuntu/+archive/ubuntu/boot-repair
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpcm43ki/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpcm43ki/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key 60D8DA0B from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpcm43ki/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 60D8DA0B: public key "Launchpad PPA for YannUbuntu" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
OK
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Release amd64 (20121017.5) quantal InRelease
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Release amd64 (20121017.5) quantal/main Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Release amd64 (20121017.5) quantal/main Translation-en
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Release amd64 (20121017.5) quantal/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Release amd64 (20121017.5) quantal/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security InRelease
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security Release
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal InRelease
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main amd64 Packages
Err http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.14 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/restricted amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.14 80]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com quantal-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal Release
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates Release
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/restricted amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/restricted Translation-en
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/restricted Translation-en
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/main amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com quantal/restricted amd64 Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-security/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.14 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-security/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.14 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-updates/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal-updates/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.13 80]

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install boot-repair boot-sav
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
boot-sav-extra gawk glade2script libsigsegv2 pastebinit python-configobj
Suggested packages:
mbr mdadm clean-ubiquity os-uninstaller gawk-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
boot-repair boot-sav boot-sav-extra gawk glade2script libsigsegv2 pastebinit python-configobj
0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,042 kB/1,705 kB of archives.
After this operation, 6,581 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
libsigsegv2 gawk python-configobj pastebinit
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main libsigsegv2 amd64 2.9-4ubuntu3
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main gawk amd64 1:4.0.1+dfsg-2
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main python-configobj all 4.7.2+ds-4
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80]
Err http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main pastebinit all 1.3-2ubuntu3
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80]
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libs/libsigsegv/libsigsegv2_2.9-4ubuntu3_amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80]
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gawk/gawk_4.0.1+dfsg-2_amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80]
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/c/configobj/python-configobj_4.7.2+ds-4_all.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80]
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pastebinit/pastebinit_1.3-2ubuntu3_all.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.201 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

[grahammechanical]

Ubuntu 12.10 has reached end of life. So, if you are trying to install Boot Repair on the 12.10 live session then reason why it is failing is because the 12.10 repositories are now closed.

You could download Ubuntu 14.04 and run that as a live session and install Boot Repair then. An alternative would be to download and burn the Linux Secure Remix ISO image. It is Ubuntu 13.04 with Boot Repair; OS-Uninstaller and Clean Ubiquity already installed.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-secure/

http://sourceforge.net/p/linux-secure/wiki/Home/

Regards.

[claven123]

So, I would do the same as I did in the past with the 12.10 liveCD, only this time download create the 14.04 liveCD and then install Boot-repair. I've seen quite a bit on the net about 14.04 causing lots of issues with boot-repair or vica versa ....

I have a liveCD of 13.10 at home I could just use that one, yes?

Thanks,

D

[oldfred]

Only 12.04 or 14.04.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Boot-Repair has not been updated for 14.04, but install instruction have you change it to download last version which still works.

Boot Repair -Also handles LVM, GPT, separate /boot and UEFI dual boot.:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair

[claven123]

I thought I would try the 13.10 LiveCD before I went thru the hassle of making a LiveCD for 14.04 and the 13.10 CD worked. I was able to quickly install and use the boot repair from the 13.10 disk.

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