Installed but doesn't boot. How to?

[amol7]

Ya, so I bought anew HP Laptop, and obviously, with no OS on board.
Comes with Free DOS.
Now I stalled Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS using a Live CD and after that I cannot seem to get the option to choose Ubuntu to boot.
Of course after this I searched this forum and the internet, for solutions and everyone tells that just load Ubuntu over FreeDOS. (Too late right, yeah)
So now I have Ubuntu installed and it doesn't boot. It always goes to FreeDOS and HP Documents option.
Unfortunately, I cannot connect to the internet via the Wifi option as some how it cannot detect the wifi, and because of this I cannot install boot-repair as suggested here http://askubuntu.com/questions/190252/installed-ubuntu-on-partition-of-hd-with-vista-but-doesnt-boot/190301#190301

Basically, I know I should have installed Ubuntu over FreeDOS but now that I haven't done that, and installed Ubuntu, what should I so to get that installed Ubuntu to work for me?
So anyone here can tell me how to get through to the installation or I dunno what esle I can ask here.
Please help.

Thank You for your time.

~a

[vidtek]

Ya, so I bought anew HP Laptop, and obviously, with no OS on board.
Comes with Free DOS.
Now I stalled Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS using a Live CD and after that I cannot seem to get the option to choose Ubuntu to boot.
Of course after this I searched this forum and the internet, for solutions and everyone tells that just load Ubuntu over FreeDOS. (Too late right, yeah)
So now I have Ubuntu installed and it doesn't boot. It always goes to FreeDOS and HP Documents option.
Unfortunately, I cannot connect to the internet via the Wifi option as some how it cannot detect the wifi, and because of this I cannot install boot-repair as suggested here http://askubuntu.com/questions/190252/installed-ubuntu-on-partition-of-hd-with-vista-but-doesnt-boot/190301#190301

Basically, I know I should have installed Ubuntu over FreeDOS but now that I haven't done that, and installed Ubuntu, what should I so to get that installed Ubuntu to work for me?
So anyone here can tell me how to get through to the installation or I dunno what esle I can ask here.
Please help.

Thank You for your time.

~a

So looks like your new laptop has a dvd drive, if it also has a network lan socket you could connect directly to your router via a lan cable to get on the internet. Otherwise, go to a friend's place and download the boot repair disc, then burn it to a cd/dvd.
Tony.

[amol7]

So looks like your new laptop has a dvd drive, if it also has a network lan socket you could connect directly to your router via a lan cable to get on the internet. Otherwise, go to a friend's place and download the boot repair disc, then burn it to a cd/dvd.
Tony.

So just doing that would solve the problem? Or is other any other problem. Like has this problem (no booting Ubuntu) got anything to do with UEFI / Legacy mode?

Thanks

~a

[amol7]

So looks like your new laptop has a dvd drive, if it also has a network lan socket you could connect directly to your router via a lan cable to get on the internet. Otherwise, go to a friend's place and download the boot repair disc, then burn it to a cd/dvd.
Tony.


Nope I tried that method, still doesn't boot to Ubuntu. Same problem.

Any other ideas?

Thanks

~a

[grahammechanical]

Before installing did you run the Ubuntu Try/Live session?

When you installed what option did you chose? Install Ubuntu alongside [other operating systems] or Erase disk & install Ubuntu? In either case the installer would have installed a Linux boot loader (Grub) onto the first (only?) hard disk. And it would have over-written any freedos boot loader.

Were you connected to the internet during the installation of Ubuntu?

Yes, if we have a motherboard that has a UEFI boot system it makes a difference if we install Ubuntu in EFI mode or BIOS/CSM/Legacy mode. If Ubuntu is the only OS then we can install it in EFI mode or BIOS mode. It is our choice. But,

If freedos is installed in EFI mode then Ubuntu must be installed in EFI mode. If freedos is installed in BIOS mode then Ubuntu must be installed in BIOS mode. Think of it as a law of the universe.

Here you are with a new computer and it has on it an OS that you did not pay for and do not want to use. So, what is stopping you from re-installing and choosing the Erase disk & install Ubuntu option?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI

Regards.

[yancek]

You didn't post the output from running boot repair. There is an option to Create BootInfo Summary you should have selected and posted it or a link to it.

[amol7]

Before installing did you run the Ubuntu Try/Live session?

When you installed what option did you chose? Install Ubuntu alongside [other operating systems] or Erase disk & install Ubuntu? In either case the installer would have installed a Linux boot loader (Grub) onto the first (only?) hard disk. And it would have over-written any freedos boot loader.

Were you connected to the internet during the installation of Ubuntu?

Yes, if we have a motherboard that has a UEFI boot system it makes a difference if we install Ubuntu in EFI mode or BIOS/CSM/Legacy mode. If Ubuntu is the only OS then we can install it in EFI mode or BIOS mode. It is our choice. But,

If freedos is installed in EFI mode then Ubuntu must be installed in EFI mode. If freedos is installed in BIOS mode then Ubuntu must be installed in BIOS mode. Think of it as a law of the universe.

Here you are with a new computer and it has on it an OS that you did not pay for and do not want to use. So, what is stopping you from re-installing and choosing the Erase disk & install Ubuntu option?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI

Regards.

Yes I did run the Live DVD Session Actually a friend of mine did, I saw it)
I connected to internet via the LAN option, connected to the Router directly using the cable. i ran the Boot-repair utility and yet nothing worked.
I'm running it again as we speak.

And yes I did use the "Install Ubuntu alongside" option. (Well the FreeDOS option is coming so I'm pretty sure of the option)
from the BIOS Settings, it was always set to EFI mode and not Legacy mode.

Well Ya I can always, reinstall Ubuntu, but I wanted to Preserve the Data of the HP Documents that is an option alongside the FreeDOS option at startup (boot)
Besides I also wanted to have a separate Swap space. As I'm a noob, I thought go for manual partition.

Thanks

~a

[amol7]

You didn't post the output from running boot repair. There is an option to Create BootInfo Summary you should have selected and posted it or a link to it.

I couldn't attach.
Here's the full text.

Boot Info Script e7fc706 + Boot-Repair extra info [Boot-Info 9Feb2015]





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


=> Windows 7/8/2012 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda.


sda1: __________________________________________________ ________________________


File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files: /KERNEL.SYS /COMMAND.COM


sda2: __________________________________________________ ________________________


File system: vfat
Boot sector type: SYSLINUX 6.03
Boot sector info: Syslinux looks at sector 33728 of /dev/sda2 for its
second stage. The integrity check of Syslinux failed.
No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files: /syslinux.cfg /EFI/ubuntu/grubx64.efi
/EFI/ubuntu/shimx64.efi /ldlinux.sys /KERNEL.SYS
/COMMAND.COM


sda3: __________________________________________________ ________________________


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


sda5: __________________________________________________ ________________________


File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS
Boot files: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab


sda6: __________________________________________________ ________________________


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


sda7: __________________________________________________ ________________________


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 / 4096 bytes


Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System


/dev/sda1 2,048 16,371,711 16,369,664 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda2 * 16,371,712 32,741,375 16,369,664 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda3 32,743,422 976,771,071 944,027,650 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 32,743,424 92,741,631 59,998,208 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 92,743,680 108,742,655 15,998,976 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7 108,744,704 976,771,071 868,026,368 83 Linux




"blkid" output: __________________________________________________ ______________


Device UUID TYPE LABEL


/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 82F0-C44A vfat HPDOCS
/dev/sda2 62F1-4C5A vfat
/dev/sda5 d28f122d-a528-49bf-bf66-d65e05d327e5 ext4
/dev/sda6 38719cfe-d2b5-4449-bf40-0e865bb2d96d swap
/dev/sda7 3bd5c165-54e3-4338-9fd3-6b100dd1a5b7 ext4
/dev/sr0 iso9660 Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS amd64


========================= "ls -l /dev/disk/by-id" output: ======================


total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Mar 5 13:40 ata-TOSHIBA_MQ01ABF050_Y5GJCX2VT -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 6 2016 ata-TOSHIBA_MQ01ABF050_Y5GJCX2VT-part1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 6 2016 ata-TOSHIBA_MQ01ABF050_Y5GJCX2VT-part2 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 6 2016 ata-TOSHIBA_MQ01ABF050_Y5GJCX2VT-part3 -> ../../sda3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 6 2016 ata-TOSHIBA_MQ01ABF050_Y5GJCX2VT-part5 -> ../../sda5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 6 2016 ata-TOSHIBA_MQ01ABF050_Y5GJCX2VT-part6 -> ../../sda6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 6 2016 ata-TOSHIBA_MQ01ABF050_Y5GJCX2VT-part7 -> ../../sda7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Mar 6 2016 ata-hp_DVDRW_GUD1N_KVTFBGG1653 -> ../../sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Mar 5 13:40 scsi-SATA_TOSHIBA_MQ01ABF_Y5GJCX2VT -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 6 2016 scsi-SATA_TOSHIBA_MQ01ABF_Y5GJCX2VT-part1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 6 2016 scsi-SATA_TOSHIBA_MQ01ABF_Y5GJCX2VT-part2 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 6 2016 scsi-SATA_TOSHIBA_MQ01ABF_Y5GJCX2VT-part3 -> ../../sda3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 6 2016 scsi-SATA_TOSHIBA_MQ01ABF_Y5GJCX2VT-part5 -> ../../sda5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 6 2016 scsi-SATA_TOSHIBA_MQ01ABF_Y5GJCX2VT-part6 -> ../../sda6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 6 2016 scsi-SATA_TOSHIBA_MQ01ABF_Y5GJCX2VT-part7 -> ../../sda7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Mar 5 13:40 wwn-0x50000396a3c043de -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 6 2016 wwn-0x50000396a3c043de-part1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 6 2016 wwn-0x50000396a3c043de-part2 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 6 2016 wwn-0x50000396a3c043de-part3 -> ../../sda3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 6 2016 wwn-0x50000396a3c043de-part5 -> ../../sda5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 6 2016 wwn-0x50000396a3c043de-part6 -> ../../sda6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 6 2016 wwn-0x50000396a3c043de-part7 -> ../../sda7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Mar 6 2016 wwn-0x5001480000000000 -> ../../sr0


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


Device Mount_Point Type Options


/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime)




============================== sda2/syslinux.cfg: ==============================


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
menu hshift 11
menu vshift 3
menu width 55
menu rows 15
menu margin 4


menu title Boot Menu
include live.cfg


menu background splash.png


default vesamenu.c32
menu color border 0 #ffffffff #ee000000 std
menu color title 0 #ffffffff #ee000000 std
menu color sel 0 #ff000000 #99ffffff rev
#menu color sel 0 #ffffffff #85000000 std
#menu color unsel 0 #ffffffff #ee000000 std
menu color pwdheader 0 #ff000000 #99ffffff rev
menu color pwdborder 0 #ff000000 #99ffffff rev
menu color pwdentry 0 #ff000000 #99ffffff rev
#menu color hotkey 0 #ffffffff #ee000000 std
#menu color hotsel 0 #ffffffff #85000000 std
menu color hotsel 0 #ff000000 #99ffffff rev


prompt 0
timeout 100
noescape 1
nocomplete 1
allowoptions 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


================= sda2: Location of files loaded by Syslinux: ==================


GiB - GB File Fragment(s)


?? = ?? syslinux.cfg 1
?? = ?? ldlinux.sys 2
?? = ?? chain.c32 1
?? = ?? libcom32.c32 1
?? = ?? libutil.c32 1
?? = ?? menu.c32 1
?? = ?? vesamenu.c32 1


============== sda2: Version of COM32(R) files used by Syslinux: ===============


chain.c32 : not a COM32/COM32R module
libcom32.c32 : not a COM32/COM32R module
libutil.c32 : not a COM32/COM32R module
menu.c32 : not a COM32/COM32R module
vesamenu.c32 : not a COM32/COM32R module


=========================== sda5/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 efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
}


insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d28f122d-a528-49bf-bf66-d65e05d327e5
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=auto
load_video
insmod gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d28f122d-a528-49bf-bf66-d65e05d327e5
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en_US
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then
set timeout=10
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 ###
function gfxmode {
set gfxpayload="${1}"
if [ "${1}" = "keep" ]; then
set vt_handoff=vt.handoff=7
else
set vt_handoff=
fi
}
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 3.13.0-32-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d28f122d-a528-49bf-bf66-d65e05d327e5
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-32-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=d28f122d-a528-49bf-bf66-d65e05d327e5 ro quiet splash $vt_handoff
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-32-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.13.0-32-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d28f122d-a528-49bf-bf66-d65e05d327e5
echo 'Loading Linux 3.13.0-32-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-32-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=d28f122d-a528-49bf-bf66-d65e05d327e5 ro recovery nomodeset
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-32-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###


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


### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d28f122d-a528-49bf-bf66-d65e05d327e5
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d28f122d-a528-49bf-bf66-d65e05d327e5
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###


### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "FreeDOS (on /dev/sda1)" --class windows --class os {
insmod part_msdos
insmod fat
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 82F0-C44A
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "FreeDOS (on /dev/sda2)" --class windows --class os {
insmod part_msdos
insmod fat
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 62F1-4C5A
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1
}
set timeout_style=menu
if [ "${timeout}" = 0 ]; then
set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###


### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
menuentry 'System setup' {
fwsetup
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###


### 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 ###
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


=============================== 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=d28f122d-a528-49bf-bf66-d65e05d327e5 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sda7 during installation
UUID=3bd5c165-54e3-4338-9fd3-6b100dd1a5b7 /home ext4 defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=38719cfe-d2b5-4449-bf40-0e865bb2d96d none swap sw 0 0
UUID=62F1-4C5A /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


=================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================


GiB - GB File Fragment(s)


37.777854919 = 40.563662848 boot/grub/grub.cfg 1
16.079700470 = 17.265446912 boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-32-generic 1
37.776832581 = 40.562565120 boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-32-generic.efi.signed 1
16.079700470 = 17.265446912 vmlinuz 1
16.279315948 = 17.479782400 boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-32-generic 1
16.279315948 = 17.479782400 initrd.img 1


======================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc: ========================


Unknown BootLoader on sda1


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00000030 01 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000040 80 01 29 4a c4 f0 82 4e 4f 20 4e 41 4d 45 20 20 |..)J...NO NAME |
00000050 20 20 46 41 54 33 32 20 20 20 fc fa 29 c0 8e d8 | FAT32 ..)...|
00000060 bd 00 7c b8 e0 1f 8e c0 89 ee 89 ef b9 00 01 f3 |..|.............|
00000070 a5 ea 7a 7c e0 1f 00 00 60 00 8e d8 8e d0 8d 66 |..z|....`......f|
00000080 e0 fb 88 56 40 be c1 7d e8 f4 00 66 31 c0 66 89 |...V@..}...f1.f.|
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00000150 03 0f 26 66 8b 05 5b 5f 07 c3 66 3d f8 ff ff 0f |..&f..[_..f=....|
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00000170 66 5a 66 03 46 4c c3 f9 c3 31 db b4 0e cd 10 ac |fZf.FL...1......|
00000180 3c 00 75 f5 c3 52 56 57 66 50 89 e7 6a 00 6a 00 |<.u..RVWfP..j.j.|
00000190 66 50 06 53 6a 01 6a 10 89 e6 8a 56 40 b4 42 cd |fP.Sj.j....V@.B.|
000001a0 13 89 fc 66 58 73 08 50 30 e4 cd 13 58 eb d9 66 |...fXs.P0...X..f|
000001b0 40 03 5e 0b 73 07 8c c2 80 c6 10 8e c2 5f 5e 5a |@.^.s........_^Z|
000001c0 c3 4c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 20 46 72 65 65 44 4f 53 |.Loading FreeDOS|
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000001e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4e 6f |..............No|
000001f0 20 4b 45 52 4e 45 4c 20 20 53 59 53 00 00 55 aa | KERNEL SYS..U.|
00000200




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


umount: /mnt/BootInfo/sda5: device is busy.
(In some cases useful info about processes that use
the device is found by lsof(8) or fuser(1))


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :
=================== log of boot-repair 2016-03-05__13h39 ===================
boot-repair version : 4ppa35
boot-sav version : 4ppa35
glade2script version : 3.2.2~ppa45~precise
boot-sav-extra version : 4ppa35
boot-repair is executed in live-session (Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS, precise, Ubuntu, x86_64)
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash --
ls: cannot access /home/usr/.config: No such file or directory


=================== os-prober:
/dev/sda1:FreeDOS:FreeDOS:chain
/dev/sda2:FreeDOS:FreeDOS1:chain
/dev/sda5:Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS (12.04):Ubuntu:linux


=================== blkid:
/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/sda1: LABEL="HPDOCS" UUID="82F0-C44A" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sda2: UUID="62F1-4C5A" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sda5: UUID="d28f122d-a528-49bf-bf66-d65e05d327e5" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda6: UUID="38719cfe-d2b5-4449-bf40-0e865bb2d96d" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sda7: UUID="3bd5c165-54e3-4338-9fd3-6b100dd1a5b7" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sr0: LABEL="Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS amd64" TYPE="iso9660"




1 disks with OS, 3 OS : 1 Linux, 0 MacOS, 0 Windows, 2 unknown type OS.


Warning: extended partition does not start at a cylinder boundary.
DOS and Linux will interpret the contents differently.


=================== sda5/etc/grub.d/ :
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 7 2014 grub.d
total 60
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7806 Jul 25 2014 00_header
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5522 Jul 25 2014 05_debian_theme
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7877 Jul 25 2014 10_linux
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6449 Jul 25 2014 20_linux_xen
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1588 Nov 27 2011 20_memtest86+
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6675 Jul 25 2014 30_os-prober
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1388 Jul 25 2014 30_uefi-firmware
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 214 Jul 25 2014 40_custom
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 95 Jul 25 2014 41_custom
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 483 Jul 25 2014 README








=================== sda5/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"






/boot/efi detected in the fstab of sda5: UUID=62F1-4C5A (sda2)


=================== efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0003
Timeout: 10 seconds
BootOrder: 2002,0000,2001,2004
Boot0000* ubuntu HD(2,f9d000,f9c800,23a60800)File(EFIubuntushimx64. efi)RC
Boot0001* Notebook Hard Drive - TOSHIBA MQ01ABF050 BIOS(2,500,11)................-.N.......N.A.N.................................... .........A.........................
Boot0002* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive BIOS(3,500,496e7465726e616c2043442f44564420524f4d2 0447269766500)................-.U.......U.A.U.................................... .........A.........................
Boot0003* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive (UEFI) ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(1f,2)03120a00010000000000CD-ROM(1,5dfd3,1100)RC
Boot2001* EFI USB Device RC
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM RC
Boot3000* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk RC


=================== UEFI/Legacy mode:
BIOS is EFI-compatible, and is setup in EFI-mode for this live-session.
SecureBoot disabled. (maybe sec-boot, Please report this message to boot.repair@gmail.com)




=================== PARTITIONS & DISKS:
sda1 : sda, not-sepboot, no-grubenv nogrub, no-docgrub, no-update-grub, 32, no-boot, is-os, not--efi--part, part-has-no-fstab, part-has-no-fstab, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, notwinboot, nopakmgr, nogrubinstall, no---usr, part-has-no-fstab, not-sep-usr, standard, not-far, /mnt/boot-sav/sda1.
sda2 : sda, not-sepboot, no-grubenv nogrub, no-docgrub, no-update-grub, 32, no-boot, is-os, is-correct-EFI, part-has-no-fstab, part-has-no-fstab, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, notwinboot, nopakmgr, nogrubinstall, no---usr, part-has-no-fstab, not-sep-usr, standard, not-far, /mnt/boot-sav/sda2.
sda5 : sda, not-sepboot, grubenv-ok grub2, signed grub-efi , update-grub, 64, with-boot, is-os, not--efi--part, fstab-without-boot, fstab-has-goodEFI, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, notwinboot, apt-get, grub-install, with--usr, fstab-without-usr, not-sep-usr, standard, not-far, /mnt/boot-sav/sda5.
sda7 : sda, maybesepboot, no-grubenv nogrub, no-docgrub, no-update-grub, 32, no-boot, no-os, not--efi--part, part-has-no-fstab, part-has-no-fstab, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, notwinboot, nopakmgr, nogrubinstall, no---usr, part-has-no-fstab, not-sep-usr, standard, farbios, /mnt/boot-sav/sda7.


sda : not-GPT, BIOSboot-not-needed, has-no-EFIpart, liveusb, has-os, 2048 sectors * 512 bytes




=================== parted -l:


Model: ATA TOSHIBA MQ01ABF0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: msdos


Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 8382MB 8381MB primary fat32
2 8382MB 16.8GB 8381MB primary fat32 boot, lba
3 16.8GB 500GB 483GB extended
5 16.8GB 47.5GB 30.7GB logical ext4
6 47.5GB 55.7GB 8191MB logical linux-swap(v1)
7 55.7GB 500GB 444GB logical ext4




Model: hp DVDRW GUD1N (scsi)
Disk /dev/sr0: 4700MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 2048B/2048B
Partition Table: mac


Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 8192B 24.6kB 16.4kB Apple
2 3154MB 3163MB 8913kB EFI


=================== parted -lm:


BYT;
/dev/sda:500GB:scsi:512:4096:msdos:ATA TOSHIBA MQ01ABF0;
1:1049kB:8382MB:8381MB:fat32::;
2:8382MB:16.8GB:8381MB:fat32::boot, lba;
3:16.8GB:500GB:483GB:::;
5:16.8GB:47.5GB:30.7GB:ext4::;
6:47.5GB:55.7GB:8191MB:linux-swap(v1)::;
7:55.7GB:500GB:444GB:ext4::;


BYT;
/dev/sr0:4700MB:scsi:2048:2048:mac:hp DVDRW GUD1N;
1:8192B:24.6kB:16.4kB::Apple:;
2:3154MB:3163MB:8913kB::EFI:;


=================== lsblk:
KNAME TYPE FSTYPE SIZE LABEL
sda disk 465.8G
sda1 part vfat 7.8G HPDOCS
sda2 part vfat 7.8G
sda3 part 1K
sda5 part ext4 28.6G
sda6 part swap 7.6G
sda7 part ext4 413.9G
sr0 rom iso9660 4.4G Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS amd64
loop0 loop squashfs 712.6M


KNAME ROTA RO RM STATE MOUNTPOINT
sda 1 0 0 running
sda1 1 0 0 /mnt/boot-sav/sda1
sda2 1 0 0 /mnt/boot-sav/sda2
sda3 1 0 0
sda5 1 0 0 /mnt/boot-sav/sda5
sda6 1 0 0 [SWAP]
sda7 1 0 0 /mnt/boot-sav/sda7
sr0 1 0 1 running /cdrom
loop0 1 1 0 /rofs




=================== mount:
/cow on / type overlayfs (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
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/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
none on /sys/firmware/efi/efivars type efivarfs (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)
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 vfat (rw)
/dev/sda2 on /mnt/boot-sav/sda2 type vfat (rw)
/dev/sda5 on /mnt/boot-sav/sda5 type ext4 (rw)
/dev/sda7 on /mnt/boot-sav/sda7 type ext4 (rw)




=================== ls:
/sys/block/sda (filtered): 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 sda5 sda6 sda7 size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/sys/block/sr0 (filtered): 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 (filtered): autofs block bsg btrfs-control bus cdrom cdrw char console core cpu cpu_dma_latency cuse disk dri dvd dvdrw ecryptfs fb0 fd full fuse hpet input kmsg log mapper mcelog mei mem net network_latency network_throughput null port ppp psaux ptmx pts random rfkill rtc rtc0 sda sda1 sda2 sda3 sda5 sda6 sda7 sg0 sg1 shm snapshot snd sr0 stderr stdin stdout uhid uinput urandom v4l vga_arbiter vhci vhost-net video0 zero
ls /dev/mapper: control


=================== hexdump -n512 -C /dev/sda1
00000000 eb 58 90 46 52 44 4f 53 34 2e 31 00 02 08 5a 03 |.X.FRDOS4.1...Z.|
00000010 02 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00 3f 00 ff 00 00 08 00 00 |........?.......|
00000020 00 c8 f9 00 53 3e 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 |....S>..........|
00000030 01 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000040 80 01 29 4a c4 f0 82 4e 4f 20 4e 41 4d 45 20 20 |..)J...NO NAME |
00000050 20 20 46 41 54 33 32 20 20 20 fc fa 29 c0 8e d8 | FAT32 ..)...|
00000060 bd 00 7c b8 e0 1f 8e c0 89 ee 89 ef b9 00 01 f3 |..|.............|
00000070 a5 ea 7a 7c e0 1f 00 00 60 00 8e d8 8e d0 8d 66 |..z|....`......f|
00000080 e0 fb 88 56 40 be c1 7d e8 f4 00 66 31 c0 66 89 |...V@..}...f1.f.|
00000090 46 44 8b 46 0e 66 03 46 1c 66 89 46 48 66 89 46 |FD.F.f.F.f.FHf.F|
000000a0 4c 66 8b 46 10 66 f7 6e 24 66 01 46 4c b8 00 02 |Lf.F.f.n$f.FL...|
000000b0 3b 46 0b 74 08 01 c0 ff 06 34 7d eb f3 66 8b 46 |;F.t.....4}..f.F|
000000c0 2c 66 50 e8 94 00 72 4d c4 5e 76 e8 b7 00 31 ff |,fP...rM.^v...1.|
000000d0 b9 0b 00 be f1 7d f3 a6 74 15 83 c7 20 83 e7 e0 |.....}..t... ...|
000000e0 3b 7e 0b 75 eb 4a 75 e0 66 58 e8 34 00 eb d2 26 |;~.u.Ju.fX.4...&|
000000f0 ff 75 09 26 ff 75 0f 66 58 29 db 66 50 e8 5a 00 |.u.&.u.fX).fP.Z.|
00000100 72 0d e8 80 00 4a 75 fa 66 58 e8 14 00 eb ec 8a |r....Ju.fX......|
00000110 5e 40 ff 6e 76 be ee 7d e8 64 00 30 e4 cd 16 cd |^@.nv..}.d.0....|
00000120 19 06 57 53 89 c7 c1 e7 02 50 8b 46 0b 48 21 c7 |..WS.....P.F.H!.|
00000130 58 66 c1 e8 07 66 03 46 48 bb 00 20 8e c3 29 db |Xf...f.FH.. ..).|
00000140 66 3b 46 44 74 07 66 89 46 44 e8 38 00 26 80 65 |f;FDt.f.FD.8.&.e|
00000150 03 0f 26 66 8b 05 5b 5f 07 c3 66 3d f8 ff ff 0f |..&f..[_..f=....|
00000160 73 15 66 48 66 48 66 0f b6 56 0d 66 52 66 f7 e2 |s.fHfHf..V.fRf..|
00000170 66 5a 66 03 46 4c c3 f9 c3 31 db b4 0e cd 10 ac |fZf.FL...1......|
00000180 3c 00 75 f5 c3 52 56 57 66 50 89 e7 6a 00 6a 00 |<.u..RVWfP..j.j.|
00000190 66 50 06 53 6a 01 6a 10 89 e6 8a 56 40 b4 42 cd |fP.Sj.j....V@.B.|
000001a0 13 89 fc 66 58 73 08 50 30 e4 cd 13 58 eb d9 66 |...fXs.P0...X..f|
000001b0 40 03 5e 0b 73 07 8c c2 80 c6 10 8e c2 5f 5e 5a |@.^.s........_^Z|
000001c0 c3 4c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 20 46 72 65 65 44 4f 53 |.Loading FreeDOS|
000001d0 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ...............|
000001e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4e 6f |..............No|
000001f0 20 4b 45 52 4e 45 4c 20 20 53 59 53 00 00 55 aa | KERNEL SYS..U.|
00000200


=================== hexdump -n512 -C /dev/sda2
00000000 eb 58 90 53 59 53 4c 49 4e 55 58 00 02 08 5a 03 |.X.SYSLINUX...Z.|
00000010 02 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00 3f 00 ff 00 00 d0 f9 00 |........?.......|
00000020 00 c8 f9 00 53 3e 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 |....S>..........|
00000030 01 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000040 80 01 29 5a 4c f1 62 4e 4f 20 4e 41 4d 45 20 20 |..)ZL.bNO NAME |
00000050 20 20 46 41 54 33 32 20 20 20 fa fc 31 c9 8e d1 | FAT32 ..1...|
00000060 bc 76 7b 52 06 57 1e 56 8e c1 b1 26 bf 78 7b f3 |.v{R.W.V...&.x{.|
00000070 a5 8e d9 bb 78 00 0f b4 37 0f a0 56 20 d2 78 1b |....x...7..V .x.|
00000080 31 c0 b1 06 89 3f 89 47 02 f3 64 a5 8a 0e 18 7c |1....?.G..d....||
00000090 88 4d f8 50 50 50 50 cd 13 eb 62 8b 55 aa 8b 75 |.M.PPPP...b.U..u|
000000a0 a8 c1 ee 04 01 f2 83 fa 4f 76 31 81 fa b2 07 73 |........Ov1....s|
000000b0 2b f6 45 b4 7f 75 25 38 4d b8 74 20 66 3d 21 47 |+.E..u%8M.t f=!G|
000000c0 50 54 75 10 80 7d b8 ed 75 0a 66 ff 75 ec 66 ff |PTu..}..u.f.u.f.|
000000d0 75 e8 eb 0f 51 51 66 ff 75 bc eb 07 51 51 66 ff |u...QQf.u...QQf.|
000000e0 36 1c 7c b4 08 e8 e9 00 72 13 20 e4 75 0f c1 ea |6.|.....r. .u...|
000000f0 08 42 89 16 1a 7c 83 e1 3f 89 0e 18 7c fb bb aa |.B...|..?...|...|
00000100 55 b4 41 e8 cb 00 72 10 81 fb 55 aa 75 0a f6 c1 |U.A...r...U.u...|
00000110 01 74 05 c6 06 46 7d 00 66 b8 c0 83 00 00 66 ba |.t...F}.f.....f.|
00000120 00 00 00 00 bb 00 80 e8 0e 00 66 81 3e 1c 80 8e |..........f.>...|
00000130 c1 80 6a 75 74 e9 f8 02 66 03 06 60 7b 66 13 16 |..jut...f..`{f..|
00000140 64 7b b9 10 00 eb 2b 66 52 66 50 06 53 6a 01 6a |d{....+fRfP.Sj.j|
00000150 10 89 e6 66 60 b4 42 e8 77 00 66 61 8d 64 10 72 |...f`.B.w.fa.d.r|
00000160 01 c3 66 60 31 c0 e8 68 00 66 61 e2 da c6 06 46 |..f`1..h.fa....F|
00000170 7d 2b 66 60 66 0f b7 36 18 7c 66 0f b7 3e 1a 7c |}+f`f..6.|f..>.||
00000180 66 f7 f6 31 c9 87 ca 66 f7 f7 66 3d ff 03 00 00 |f..1...f..f=....|
00000190 77 17 c0 e4 06 41 08 e1 88 c5 88 d6 b8 01 02 e8 |w....A..........|
000001a0 2f 00 66 61 72 01 c3 e2 c9 31 f6 8e d6 bc 68 7b |/.far....1....h{|
000001b0 8e de 66 8f 06 78 00 be da 7d ac 20 c0 74 09 b4 |..f..x...}. .t..|
000001c0 0e bb 07 00 cd 10 eb f2 31 c0 cd 16 cd 19 f4 eb |........1.......|
000001d0 fd 8a 16 74 7b 06 cd 13 07 c3 42 6f 6f 74 20 65 |...t{.....Boot e|
000001e0 72 72 6f 72 0d 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |rror............|
000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 fe 02 b2 3e 18 37 55 aa |...........>.7U.|
00000200


=================== df -Th:


Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/cow overlayfs 1.9G 114M 1.8G 6% /
udev devtmpfs 1.9G 12K 1.9G 1% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 387M 828K 387M 1% /run
/dev/sr0 iso9660 758M 758M 0 100% /cdrom
/dev/loop0 squashfs 713M 713M 0 100% /rofs
tmpfs tmpfs 1.9G 28K 1.9G 1% /tmp
none tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock
none tmpfs 1.9G 76K 1.9G 1% /run/shm
/dev/sda1 vfat 7.8G 203M 7.6G 3% /mnt/boot-sav/sda1
/dev/sda2 vfat 7.8G 280M 7.6G 4% /mnt/boot-sav/sda2
/dev/sda5 ext4 29G 2.3G 25G 9% /mnt/boot-sav/sda5
/dev/sda7 ext4 408G 71M 387G 1% /mnt/boot-sav/sda7


=================== fdisk -l:


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
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x23a60800


Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2048 16371711 8184832 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda2 * 16371712 32741375 8184832 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda3 32743422 976771071 472013825 5 Extended
Partition 3 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda5 32743424 92741631 29999104 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 92743680 108742655 7999488 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7 108744704 976771071 434013184 83 Linux






=================== Recommended repair
The default repair of the Boot-Repair utility will reinstall the grub-efi-amd64-signed of sda5, using the following options: sda2/boot/efi,
Additional repair will be performed: unhide-bootmenu-10s use-standard-efi-file rename-ms-efi




Mount sda2 on /mnt/boot-sav/sda5/boot/efi
ls sda2/efi: /ubuntu/shimx64.efi /ubuntu/grubx64.efi /ubuntu/grub.cfg
ls sda2: autoexec.bat
bootfix
boot-sav
chain.c32
command.com
EFI
fdconfig.sys
fdos
kernel.sys
LDLINUX.C32
LDLINUX.SYS
libcom32.c32
libutil.c32
live
live.cfg
menu.c32
P00KFVB2.CVA
splash.png
swsetup
syslinux.cfg
Thumbs.db
vesamenu.c32 . Please report this message to boot.repair@gmail.com


*******lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 vga
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1616] (rev 09)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:80c1]
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915_bdw
*******


grub-install --version
grub-install (GRUB) 1.99-21ubuntu3.16,grub-install (GRUB) 1.
GRUB too old for SecureBoot. Please report this message to boot.repair@gmail.com


chroot /mnt/boot-sav/sda5 efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0003
Timeout: 10 seconds
BootOrder: 2002,0000,2001,2004
Boot0000* ubuntu HD(2,f9d000,f9c800,23a60800)File(EFIubuntushimx64. efi)RC
Boot0001* Notebook Hard Drive - TOSHIBA MQ01ABF050 BIOS(2,500,11)................-.N.......N.A.N.................................... .........A.........................
Boot0002* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive BIOS(3,500,496e7465726e616c2043442f44564420524f4d2 0447269766500)................-.U.......U.A.U.................................... .........A.........................
Boot0003* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive (UEFI) ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(1f,2)03120a00010000000000CD-ROM(1,5dfd3,1100)RC
Boot2001* EFI USB Device RC
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM RC
Boot3000* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk RC


chroot /mnt/boot-sav/sda5 uname -r
Kernel: 3.13.0-32-generic


Reinstall the grub-efi of sda5
grub-install : BootCurrent: 0003
Timeout: 10 seconds
BootOrder: 2002,2001,2004
Boot0001* Notebook Hard Drive - TOSHIBA MQ01ABF050
Boot0002* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive
Boot0003* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive (UEFI)
Boot2001* EFI USB Device
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM
Boot3000* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
BootCurrent: 0003
Timeout: 10 seconds
BootOrder: 0000,2002,2001,2004
Boot0001* Notebook Hard Drive - TOSHIBA MQ01ABF050
Boot0002* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive
Boot0003* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive (UEFI)
Boot2001* EFI USB Device
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM
Boot3000* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot0000* ubuntu
Installation finished. No error reported.
exit code of grub-install :0


chroot /mnt/boot-sav/sda5 efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0003
Timeout: 10 seconds
BootOrder: 0000,2002,2001,2004
Boot0000* ubuntu HD(2,f9d000,f9c800,fd500800)File(EFIubuntushimx64. efi)
Boot0001* Notebook Hard Drive - TOSHIBA MQ01ABF050 BIOS(2,500,11)................-.N.......N.A.N.................................... .........A.........................
Boot0002* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive BIOS(3,500,496e7465726e616c2043442f44564420524f4d2 0447269766500)................-.U.......U.A.U.................................... .........A.........................
Boot0003* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive (UEFI) ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(1f,2)03120a00010000000000CD-ROM(1,5dfd3,1100)RC
Boot2001* EFI USB Device RC
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM RC
Boot3000* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk RC


chroot /mnt/boot-sav/sda5 update-grub
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-32-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-32-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Found FreeDOS on /dev/sda1
Found FreeDOS on /dev/sda2
Adding boot menu entry for EFI firmware configuration
Unhide GRUB boot menu in sda5/boot/grub/grub.cfg


Boot successfully repaired.


You can now reboot your computer.


pastebinit packages needed
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/yannubuntu/boot-repair/ubuntu/dists/precise/Release.gpg Something wicked happened resolving ':http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)


E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
W: Duplicate sources.list entry cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20140807.1)/ precise/main i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%2012.04.5%20LTS%20%5fPrecise%20Pangolin%5f% 20-%20Release%20amd64%20(20140807.1)_dists_precise_ma in_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20140807.1)/ precise/restricted i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%2012.04.5%20LTS%20%5fPrecise%20Pangolin%5f% 20-%20Release%20amd64%20(20140807.1)_dists_precise_re stricted_binary-i386_Packages)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/c/configobj/python-configobj_4.7.2+ds-3build1_all.deb Something wicked happened resolving 'id.domain-error.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/pastebinit/pastebinit_1.3-2ubuntu2_all.deb Something wicked happened resolving ':http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
Could not install pastebinit
Please install the [pastebinit ] packages. Then try again.


Thanks

~a

[oldfred]

It looks like you installed in UEFI boot mode on MBR partitioned drive. That may work, but gpt is the UEFI standard.

But HP is not friendly with any system other than Windows for UEFI boot. They violate UEFI spec that says not to use description in UEFI to boot and they only allow "Windows" to boot. Threre are multiple work arounds depending on whether dual booting or just using Ubuntu.

If just Ubuntu, we change description in UEFI of ubuntu to Windows and it then works as it sees description it wants, but boots grub/shim into Ubuntu which we want.


d1: If Description has to be Windows then change UEFI description.
sudo efibootmgr -c -L "Windows Boot Manager" -l "\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi"

If dual booting we create the fallback or hard drive boot entry that all systems must allow. That is /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi and we make it really be shimx64.efi renamed to bootx64.efi. I normally create this anyway just to have another entry in UEFI. Details in link below in my signature.

HP Check if Customized UEFI settings available like this HP ProBook 4340
http://askubuntu.com/questions/244261/how-do-i-get-my-hp-laptop-to-boot-into-grub-from-my-new-efi-file
(http://askubuntu.com/questions/244261/how-do-i-get-my-hp-laptop-to-boot-into-grub-from-my-new-efi-file)
HP ProBook 450 G1 Custom UEFI boot or copy to bootx64.efi, delay of a so called "Express Multiboot menu"
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=164076
HP 4545s Secure boot off, manually copy files.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2133796
HP Manually renamed files to make it work.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2131886


(http://askubuntu.com/questions/244261/how-do-i-get-my-hp-laptop-to-boot-into-grub-from-my-new-efi-file)

[vidtek]

So just doing that would solve the problem? Or is other any other problem. Like has this problem (no booting Ubuntu) got anything to do with UEFI / Legacy mode?

Thanks

~a
You'll find that boot-rescue will sort out those problems, it really is an excellent tool. You will need to ensure your bios is set to non-secure boot. It'll be somewhere in the bios settings, every damn one is different, you'll need to hunt for that setting.
Tony

[amol7]

It looks like you installed in UEFI boot mode on MBR partitioned drive. That may work, but gpt is the UEFI standard.

But HP is not friendly with any system other than Windows for UEFI boot. They violate UEFI spec that says not to use description in UEFI to boot and they only allow "Windows" to boot. Threre are multiple work arounds depending on whether dual booting or just using Ubuntu.

If just Ubuntu, we change description in UEFI of ubuntu to Windows and it then works as it sees description it wants, but boots grub/shim into Ubuntu which we want.


d1: If Description has to be Windows then change UEFI description.
sudo efibootmgr -c -L "Windows Boot Manager" -l "\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi"

If dual booting we create the fallback or hard drive boot entry that all systems must allow. That is /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi and we make it really be shimx64.efi renamed to bootx64.efi. I normally create this anyway just to have another entry in UEFI. Details in link below in my signature.

HP Check if Customized UEFI settings available like this HP ProBook 4340
http://askubuntu.com/questions/244261/how-do-i-get-my-hp-laptop-to-boot-into-grub-from-my-new-efi-file
(http://askubuntu.com/questions/244261/how-do-i-get-my-hp-laptop-to-boot-into-grub-from-my-new-efi-file)
HP ProBook 450 G1 Custom UEFI boot or copy to bootx64.efi, delay of a so called "Express Multiboot menu"
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=164076
HP 4545s Secure boot off, manually copy files.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2133796
HP Manually renamed files to make it work.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2131886


(http://askubuntu.com/questions/244261/how-do-i-get-my-hp-laptop-to-boot-into-grub-from-my-new-efi-file)


Sorry I really don't understand what you said:(:confused:

Can you please tell ,me what to do?

Thanks
~ a

[ajgreeny]

Is this really Ubuntu 12.04.5 that you installed? You might have done better with 14.04, which my understanding of is that it handles UEFI better then the previous versions of Ubuntu.

However, as oldfred has already answered I will defer to him and leave you in his capable care; he knows a great deal more than I do about UEFI vs MBR, and will, think, help you better than anyone else can.

[vidtek]

Sorry I really don't understand what you said:(:confused:

Can you please tell ,me what to do?

Thanks
~ a

A-

I must admit the posting from oldfred looks pretty daunting to me too.
Anyway, you have secure boot switched off in your bios, so that's one problem sorted.

=================== UEFI/Legacy mode:
BIOS is EFI-compatible, and is setup in EFI-mode for this live-session.
SecureBoot disabled. (maybe sec-boot, Please report this message to boot.repair@gmail.com)

From your boot-repair printout.

It seems you have an EFI partition created by the original Windaz install at
/dev/sda1
You have the protected windows partition at
/dev/sda2 these are both very small about 100mb

You have your Windows installation at
/dev/sda3

You have your linux root (all operating system files)partition / at
/dev/sda5

You have your linux swap partition at
/dev/sda6

You have your /home partition at
/dev/sda7

There is no /dev/sda4 probably because your windaz is on an extended partition.

If you can get your head around these locations, you are well on your way to understanding the layout of your hdd.

The mix with UEFI and the old MBR is where your problem lies. OldFred is better qualified than I to guide you through that.
Carefully go through his post and go to and read all the links he's posted.
It's pretty heavy going, take your time, give yourself a couple of days to get a handle on it and you will eventually understand it.

The thing is, everyone here has different levels of knowledge and expertise, but all are willing to assist newbies, but only if they show they are prepared to help themselves. Don't expect someone to talk you dumbly through the way to get it working, you will never learn anything that way, and you will pretty much alienate everyone if you don't try and work stuff out for yourself too. There is no such thing as a dumb question, don't be embarrassed to ask.

Cheers, Tony.

[oldfred]

If it were me, I would back up all data you want to save, which you should have already done as backups are always required.
And erase drive, convert to gpt with ESP - efi system partition which is FAT32 with boot flag, / (root), /home & swap partitions and install 14.04.4. Newer hardware needs newer UEFI.
And check that you have latest UEFI/BIOS from HP as vendors also are updating to fix UEFI issues.

But if you just want to get system working, this may work. Only issue I do not know about is UEFI on MBR. The installer often is on a single FAT32 ESP with MBR. But some UEFI have to have gpt as that is the real standard.

Did you try this from live installer and see if 'Windows' entry boots Ubuntu?
sudo efibootmgr -c -L "Windows Boot Manager" -l "\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi"

You may have to press escape right after or end of UEFI screen to get grub menu. With one install, grub menu is not normally shown.

[amol7]

If it were me, I would back up all data you want to save, which you should have already done as backups are always required.
And erase drive, convert to gpt with ESP - efi system partition which is FAT32 with boot flag, / (root), /home & swap partitions and install 14.04.4. Newer hardware needs newer UEFI.
And check that you have latest UEFI/BIOS from HP as vendors also are updating to fix UEFI issues.

But if you just want to get system working, this may work. Only issue I do not know about is UEFI on MBR. The installer often is on a single FAT32 ESP with MBR. But some UEFI have to have gpt as that is the real standard.

Did you try this from live installer and see if 'Windows' entry boots Ubuntu?
sudo efibootmgr -c -L "Windows Boot Manager" -l "\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi"

You may have to press escape right after or end of UEFI screen to get grub menu. With one install, grub menu is not normally shown.

Oldfred, you have been truely forthcoming. Although I don't think I'm worth this much knowledge.
Thank You though

Ok I just want the system working. Sorry, but I'm just an End User.
So for that will " sudo efibootmgr -c -L "Windows Boot Manager" -l "\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi" work?

Or what else can I do? To get it do just start working?

Thanks
~a

[amol7]

If it were me, I would back up all data you want to save, which you should have already done as backups are always required.
And erase drive, convert to gpt with ESP - efi system partition which is FAT32 with boot flag, / (root), /home & swap partitions and install 14.04.4. Newer hardware needs newer UEFI.
And check that you have latest UEFI/BIOS from HP as vendors also are updating to fix UEFI issues.

But if you just want to get system working, this may work. Only issue I do not know about is UEFI on MBR. The installer often is on a single FAT32 ESP with MBR. But some UEFI have to have gpt as that is the real standard.

Did you try this from live installer and see if 'Windows' entry boots Ubuntu?
sudo efibootmgr -c -L "Windows Boot Manager" -l "\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi"

You may have to press escape right after or end of UEFI screen to get grub menu. With one install, grub menu is not normally shown.

OK I tried this code, sudo efibootmgr -c -L "Windows Boot Manager" -l "\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi"

So i restarted the system and yet nothing.
Of course I'm not sure what I should do next.....

Please guide me

Thank You

~a

EDIT1: I do not get a UEFI screen. All I get is 'Press Esc to get Startup options" and they if the CD is in then, it boots from the Live CD or if there's isn't one, goes to 'FreeDOS and HP Documents option.

EDIT2: I do not have any OS installed. Fresh NEW machine with FreeDOS. No Windows at all

[oldfred]

In UEFI do you now have a "Windows" entry?
And are you now choosing that to boot in UEFI mode. You must have UEFI on, and CSM/BIOS/Legacy off.

Or from live installer post this to see if new "Windows" entry is there.
sudo efibootmgr -v

[amol7]

In UEFI do you now have a "Windows" entry?
And are you now choosing that to boot in UEFI mode. You must have UEFI on, and CSM/BIOS/Legacy off.

Or from live installer post this to see if new "Windows" entry is there.
sudo efibootmgr -v


Here are a few screen shots of whats happening.

The commands don't exist as per the Live CD terminal session (Live DVD of 12.04.5)
And UEFI Mode is always ON I think (No feature to disable it) I can only turn off Legacy mode (Disable it)
Gonna try with 14.04.03 now.

Thanks

~a

[amol7]

In UEFI do you now have a "Windows" entry?
And are you now choosing that to boot in UEFI mode. You must have UEFI on, and CSM/BIOS/Legacy off.

Or from live installer post this to see if new "Windows" entry is there.
sudo efibootmgr -v


OK Live DVD of 14.04 also doesn't work. It gives the same reply as the one above.
Ok now please find attached the folder structure of the Installation and what was already existing. Also, the partitions. Don;t know how this could help.

Thanks

~a

[amol7]

In UEFI do you now have a "Windows" entry?
And are you now choosing that to boot in UEFI mode. You must have UEFI on, and CSM/BIOS/Legacy off.

Or from live installer post this to see if new "Windows" entry is there.
sudo efibootmgr -v

Ok Oldfred, now I got what you told, I guess you meant running the code to check "Windows Entry" was when I had installed Boot-Repair after the download.
Ok!

So I reinstalled Boot-repair, and the first thing I did was to run the code"sudo efibootmgr -v" and the result of that is the first screen shot.
I then ran the other code "sudo efibootmgr -c -L "Windows Boot Manger" -l "\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi" and the result of that is the that is the second screen shot.
I then restarted the system and no, back to booting the FreeDOS and HP Documents screen :confused:

EDIT : I then switched off Legacy in the BIOS settings and restarted the system and the result is as in the third screen shot (or which ever has the black screen that says "Boot Device not found"


How should I proceed?

Thanks

~a

PS: I did refer "https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI" and the settings are spot on as described in the link. I've made no changes.

[oldfred]

Is ESP - efi system partition not sda1? The command to add Windows entry defaults to sda1 and you have to add extra parameters to tell it a different partition (or different drive).
Best to see all details on where you are at now.
Post the link to the Create BootInfo summary report. Is part of Boot-Repair:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Info

[amol7]

Is ESP - efi system partition not sda1? The command to add Windows entry defaults to sda1 and you have to add extra parameters to tell it a different partition (or different drive).
Best to see all details on where you are at now.
Post the link to the Create BootInfo summary report. Is part of Boot-Repair:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Info


Here's the link
http://paste.ubuntu.com/15308964/

Thanks

~a

[oldfred]

Your ESP is sda2. So you need the extra -p 2 for second partition.

sudo efibootmgr -c -L "Windows Boot Manager" -p 2 -l "\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi"

[amol7]

Your ESP is sda2. So you need the extra -p 2 for second partition.

sudo efibootmgr -c -L "Windows Boot Manager" -p 2 -l "\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi"

Ok I've done that.
Then what ? Do I restart it or do I do something else?

Thanks

~a
EDIT: http://paste.ubuntu.com/15310280/

[oldfred]

Did entry show up?
sudo efibootmgr -v

And does it look like the default Ubuntu entry but with "Windows Boot Manager" description?

Then you should be able to reboot and in UEFI or one time boot key boot Windows entry. Be sure UEFI is on.

[amol7]

Did entry show up?
sudo efibootmgr -v

And does it look like the default Ubuntu entry but with "Windows Boot Manager" description?

Then you should be able to reboot and in UEFI or one time boot key boot Windows entry. Be sure UEFI is on.


Well did you take a look at the "Create BootInfo summary report" ?
I did a restart but it doesn't work. Still boots to FreeDOS.

I do not get any other screen after re-starting.

Thanks

~a

EDIT: I ran the code "sudo efibootmgr -v" and no it doesn't show up anywhere as Windows Boot Manager

[oldfred]

I need to see commands you ran.
Be sure to boot live installer in UEFI mode.

Rerun these, copy terminal commands and post here in code tags.
Code tags are easy to add with forum advanced editor and # icon.

sudo efibootmgr -c -L "Windows Boot Manager" -p 2 -l "\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi"
sudo efibootmgr -v

[amol7]

I need to see commands you ran.
Be sure to boot live installer in UEFI mode.

Rerun these, copy terminal commands and post here in code tags.
Code tags are easy to add with forum advanced editor and # icon.

sudo efibootmgr -c -L "Windows Boot Manager" -p 2 -l "\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi"
sudo efibootmgr -v



Oldfred. my machine runs on UEFI mode by default. And there is no option to disable it.

Here's the code I ran...


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo efibootmgr -c -L "Windows Boot Manager" -p 2 -l "\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi"
BootCurrent: 0003
Timeout: 10 seconds
BootOrder: 0004,0000,2002,2001,2004
Boot0000* ubuntu
Boot0001* Notebook Hard Drive - TOSHIBA MQ01ABF050
Boot0002* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive
Boot0003* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive (UEFI)
Boot2001* EFI USB Device
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM
Boot3000* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk
Boot0004* Windows Boot Manager
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo efibootmgr -v
4BootCurrent: 0003
Timeout: 10 seconds
BootOrder: 0004,0000,2002,2001,2004
Boot0000* ubuntu HD(2,f9d000,f9c800,d2db0800)File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx 64.efi)RC
Boot0001* Notebook Hard Drive - TOSHIBA MQ01ABF050 BIOS(2,500,4e6f7465626f6f6b20486172642044726976652 02d20544f5348494241204d51303141424630353000)...... ..........-.N.......N.A.N...................................v .........A.........................
Boot0002* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive BIOS(3,500,496e7465726e616c2043442f44564420524f4d2 0447269766500)................-.U.......U.A.U.................................... .........A.........................
Boot0003* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive (UEFI) ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(1f,2)03120a00010000000000CD-ROM(1,5dfd3,1100)RC
Boot0004* Windows Boot Manager HD(2,f9d000,f9c800,d2db0800)File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx 64.efi)
Boot2001* EFI USB Device RC
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM RC
Boot3000* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk RC



here's info from Boot-info after the above code
http://paste.ubuntu.com/15325408/

[oldfred]

If this entry does not work from UEFI or one time boot key then something about using MBR with UEFI must be issue.

Boot0004* Windows Boot Manager HD(2,f9d000,f9c800,d2db0800)File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx 64.efi)

Converting to or from GPT
http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/mbr2gpt.html (http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/mbr2gpt.html)
gdisk to convert from gpt to MBR
http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/mbr2gpt.html#gpt2mbr (http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/mbr2gpt.html#gpt2mbr)

[amol7]

If this entry does not work from UEFI or one time boot key then something about using MBR with UEFI must be issue.

Boot0004* Windows Boot Manager HD(2,f9d000,f9c800,d2db0800)File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx 64.efi)

Converting to or from GPT
http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/mbr2gpt.html (http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/mbr2gpt.html)
gdisk to convert from gpt to MBR
http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/mbr2gpt.html#gpt2mbr (http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/mbr2gpt.html#gpt2mbr)


oh ok.
I think I will just go ahead and remove FreeDOS.
So if I reinstall Ubuntu, 14.04 this time, will it solve the issue?
Or how am I supposed to go ahead with that?

Thanks

~a

[oldfred]

Since install looks ok, I might first just try converting partitions to gpt with gdisk.

And backup all your data.

If installing in UEFI mode, best to review link below in my signature. But it is a lot and we can help you.
Just be sure to boot live installer flash drive in UEFI mode. How you boot installer UEFI or BIOS is then how it installs.

You can just install from an UEFI boot of installer and get gpt partitioning with ESP (FAT32), / (root -ext4) and swap.
But often better to add /home or /mnt/data or other partitions, but that depends on each user and what he wants.

I do prefer to partition in advance with gparted.
I used gparted and selected gpt under device, advanced & select gpt over msdos(MBR) default partitioning....

UEFI/gpt partitioning in Advance:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/743095/how-to-prepare-a-disk-on-an-efi-based-pc-for-ubuntu


It is recommended to use always GPT for UEFI boot as some UEFI firmwares do not allow UEFI-MBR boot.
For the Total space you want for Ubuntu:
Ubuntu's standard install is just / (root) & swap, but it is better to add another partition for /home if allocating over 30GB.:
Only if gpt - all partitions in gpt are primary (no logicals):
gpt: 300 MB efi FAT32 w/boot flag (for UEFI boot or future use for UEFI, you only can have one per drive, so if already existing do not attempt another)
gpt: 1 or 2 MB No Format w/bios_grub flag (for BIOS boot not required for UEFI)
for gpt(GUID) or MBR(msdos) partitioning
Ubuntu partitions - smaller root only where hard drive space is limited.
If total space less than about 30GB just use / not separate /home or standard install.



20-25 GB Mountpoint / primary or logical beginning ext4
all but 2 GB Mountpoint /home logical beginning ext4
2 GB Mountpoint swap logical

Depending on how much memory you have you may not absolutely need swap but having some is still recommended. I do not hibernate (boots fast enough for me) but if hibernating then you need swap equal to RAM in GiB not GB. And if dual booting with windows a shared NTFS partition is also recommended. But you usually cannot create that as part of the install, just leave some space. Or partition in advance (recommended).
One advantage of partitioning in advance is that the installer will use the swap space to speed up the install. Thanks Herman for the tip.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DiskSpace
suggested partitions for just Ubuntu on 3TB drive.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/336439/any-problems-with-this-partition-scheme
Another advanced suggestion from TheFu with Multiple / (root) - Post #5 similar to what I actually do
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2170308

[amol7]

Since install looks ok, I might first just try converting partitions to gpt with gdisk.

And backup all your data.

If installing in UEFI mode, best to review link below in my signature. But it is a lot and we can help you.
Just be sure to boot live installer flash drive in UEFI mode. How you boot installer UEFI or BIOS is then how it installs.

You can just install from an UEFI boot of installer and get gpt partitioning with ESP (FAT32), / (root -ext4) and swap.
But often better to add /home or /mnt/data or other partitions, but that depends on each user and what he wants.

I do prefer to partition in advance with gparted.
I used gparted and selected gpt under device, advanced & select gpt over msdos(MBR) default partitioning....

UEFI/gpt partitioning in Advance:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/743095/how-to-prepare-a-disk-on-an-efi-based-pc-for-ubuntu


It is recommended to use always GPT for UEFI boot as some UEFI firmwares do not allow UEFI-MBR boot.
For the Total space you want for Ubuntu:
Ubuntu's standard install is just / (root) & swap, but it is better to add another partition for /home if allocating over 30GB.:
Only if gpt - all partitions in gpt are primary (no logicals):
gpt: 300 MB efi FAT32 w/boot flag (for UEFI boot or future use for UEFI, you only can have one per drive, so if already existing do not attempt another)
gpt: 1 or 2 MB No Format w/bios_grub flag (for BIOS boot not required for UEFI)
for gpt(GUID) or MBR(msdos) partitioning
Ubuntu partitions - smaller root only where hard drive space is limited.
If total space less than about 30GB just use / not separate /home or standard install.



20-25 GB Mountpoint / primary or logical beginning ext4
all but 2 GB Mountpoint /home logical beginning ext4
2 GB Mountpoint swap logical

Depending on how much memory you have you may not absolutely need swap but having some is still recommended. I do not hibernate (boots fast enough for me) but if hibernating then you need swap equal to RAM in GiB not GB. And if dual booting with windows a shared NTFS partition is also recommended. But you usually cannot create that as part of the install, just leave some space. Or partition in advance (recommended).
One advantage of partitioning in advance is that the installer will use the swap space to speed up the install. Thanks Herman for the tip.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DiskSpace
suggested partitions for just Ubuntu on 3TB drive.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/336439/any-problems-with-this-partition-scheme
Another advanced suggestion from TheFu with Multiple / (root) - Post #5 similar to what I actually do
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2170308

that's just about it for me Oldfred.
I went ahead and installed 14.04.03 using the option "Erase entire disk"
Now it runs.

I know I could have gone ahead wit your guidelines and your support but I kinda needed a system immeadiately. So had to take a final call.

Oldfred, thanks so much for your support and time.

Best Regards,

~a

[oldfred]

Whatever works best for you. Glad its working. :)