The video card is an Intel Integrated Graphics Controller. I can look into the chipset info, if that is needed.
None of the options available from GRUB will boot, because GRUB never loads sufficiently to give me any options.
I am installing Ubuntu, from a Live CD image on USB Flash. The install set is: ubuntu-17.04-desktop-amd64.iso
I was able to get boot-info installed and running, but I wasn't able to get it to give me an online URL, despite being online at the time. So pasted below is the output. I don't see anything that looks out of the ordinary to me, but then I don't know *nix so something out of the ordinary might not be obvious to me. It should be noted that I have replaced the failed primary hard drive with an SSD drive, and I'm going to install Windows 10 and possibly Ubuntu onto that drive. But I do still want to get the USB install running, in case something happens and I need a bootable system that I can use for day to day work while I fix the next problem...
Boot Info Script cfd9efe + Boot-Repair extra info [Boot-Info 26Apr2016]
============================= Boot Info Summary: ===============================
=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda.
=> Grub2 (v2.00) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb and looks at sector 1 of
the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks
for /boot/grub. It also embeds following components:
modules
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
fshelp ext2 part_msdos biosdisk search_fs_uuid
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
config script
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
search.fs_uuid 8269207f-8723-4632-9933-dd3d30d899c7 root hd3,msdos1
set prefix=($root)'/boot/grub'
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
=> Syslinux MBR (5.00 and higher) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdc.
=> Grub2 (v2.00) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdd and looks at sector 1 of
the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks
for (,msdos1)/boot/grub. It also embeds following components:
modules
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
fshelp ext2 part_msdos biosdisk
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
sdb1: __________________________________________________ ________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows 7/2008: NTFS
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files:
sdc1: __________________________________________________ ________________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: SYSLINUX 6.03
Boot sector info: Syslinux looks at sector 32792 of /dev/sdc1 for its
second stage. The integrity check of Syslinux failed.
No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /syslinux.cfg /casper/vmlinuz.efi
/EFI/BOOT/grubx64.efi /ldlinux.sys
sdd1: __________________________________________________ ________________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 17.04
Boot files: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab
/boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img
============================ Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda __________________________________________________ ___________________
Disk /dev/sda: 978.1 GiB, 1050214588416 bytes, 2051200368 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System
Invalid MBR Signature found.
Drive: sdb __________________________________________________ ___________________
Disk /dev/sdb: 698.7 GiB, 750156374016 bytes, 1465149168 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
Disklabel type: dos
Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System
/dev/sdb1 2,048 1,465,145,343 1,465,143,296 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
Drive: sdc __________________________________________________ ___________________
Disk /dev/sdc: 7.5 GiB, 8004304896 bytes, 15633408 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System
/dev/sdc1 * 2,048 15,633,407 15,631,360 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
Drive: sdd __________________________________________________ ___________________
Disk /dev/sdd: 28.9 GiB, 31024349184 bytes, 60594432 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System
/dev/sdd1 * 2,048 19,531,775 19,529,728 83 Linux
"blkid" output: __________________________________________________ ______________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sdb1 0CA0E4B7A0E4A902 ntfs Drive_2
/dev/sdc1 B6AB-BB7C vfat UBUNTU 17_0
/dev/sdd1 55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330 ext4
========================= "ls -l /dev/disk/by-id" output: ======================
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 20 01:30 ata-Crucial_CT1050MX300SSD1_1712166374B3 -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 20 01:30 ata-Hitachi_HTS727575A9E364_J3740084HE64BE -> ../../sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 20 01:30 ata-Hitachi_HTS727575A9E364_J3740084HE64BE-part1 -> ../../sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 20 01:28 ata-hp_BDDVDRW_CT30K_KVAB7BF1856 -> ../../sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 20 01:30 usb-SanDisk_Cruzer_U_20052845220C8D627E1E-0:0 -> ../../sdc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 20 01:30 usb-SanDisk_Cruzer_U_20052845220C8D627E1E-0:0-part1 -> ../../sdc1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 20 01:30 usb-TOSHIBA_TransMemory_73D60857E828CEB0FC19E22D-0:0 -> ../../sdd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 20 01:30 usb-TOSHIBA_TransMemory_73D60857E828CEB0FC19E22D-0:0-part1 -> ../../sdd1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 20 01:30 wwn-0x5000cca68cd41761 -> ../../sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 20 01:30 wwn-0x5000cca68cd41761-part1 -> ../../sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 20 01:30 wwn-0x500a0751166374b3 -> ../../sda
================================ Mount points: =================================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)
/dev/sdc1 /cdrom vfat (ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,ioc harset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sdd1 /media/ubuntu/55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330 ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,data=ordered,uhelper=udi sks2)
=========================== sdc1/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
if loadfont /boot/grub/font.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=auto
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod gfxterm
terminal_output gfxterm
fi
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
menuentry "Try Ubuntu without installing" {
set gfxpayload=keep
linux /casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
initrd /casper/initrd.lz
}
menuentry "Install Ubuntu" {
set gfxpayload=keep
linux /casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
initrd /casper/initrd.lz
}
menuentry "OEM install (for manufacturers)" {
set gfxpayload=keep
linux /casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash oem-config/enable=true ---
initrd /casper/initrd.lz
}
menuentry "Check disc for defects" {
set gfxpayload=keep
linux /casper/vmlinuz.efi boot=casper integrity-check quiet splash ---
initrd /casper/initrd.lz
}
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
============================== sdc1/syslinux.cfg: ==============================
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DEFAULT loadconfig
LABEL loadconfig
CONFIG /isolinux/isolinux.cfg
APPEND /isolinux/
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
=================== sdc1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================
GiB - GB File Fragment(s)
?? = ?? boot/grub/grub.cfg 1
================= sdc1: Location of files loaded by Syslinux: ==================
GiB - GB File Fragment(s)
?? = ?? syslinux.cfg 1
?? = ?? ldlinux.sys 1
=========================== sdd1/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 $prefix/grubenv ]; then
set have_grubenv=true
load_env
fi
if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
set default="${next_entry}"
set next_entry=
save_env next_entry
set boot_once=true
else
set default="0"
fi
if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
menuentry_id_option=""
fi
export menuentry_id_option
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 {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
else
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod ieee1275_fb
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
fi
}
if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
font=unicode
else
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd3,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd3,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd3,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci3,msdos1 55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330
fi
font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi
if loadfont $font ; then
set gfxmode=auto
load_video
insmod gfxterm
set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
set lang=en_US
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then
set timeout=30
else
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=hidden
set timeout=0
# Fallback hidden-timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
# unavailable.
elif sleep --interruptible 0 ; then
set timeout=0
fi
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 44,0,30,0; 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
menuentry 'Ubuntu' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330' {
recordfail
load_video
gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd3,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd3,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd3,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci3,msdos1 55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330
fi
linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-19-generic root=UUID=55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330 ro quiet splash $vt_handoff
initrd /boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-19-generic
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Ubuntu' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330' {
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 4.10.0-19-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-4.10.0-19-generic-advanced-55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330' {
recordfail
load_video
gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd3,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd3,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd3,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci3,msdos1 55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 4.10.0-19-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-19-generic root=UUID=55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330 ro quiet splash $vt_handoff
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-19-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 4.10.0-19-generic (upstart)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-4.10.0-19-generic-init-upstart-55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330' {
recordfail
load_video
gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd3,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd3,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd3,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci3,msdos1 55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 4.10.0-19-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-19-generic root=UUID=55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330 ro quiet splash $vt_handoff init=/sbin/upstart
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-19-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 4.10.0-19-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-4.10.0-19-generic-recovery-55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330' {
recordfail
load_video
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd3,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd3,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd3,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci3,msdos1 55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 4.10.0-19-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-19-generic root=UUID=55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330 ro recovery nomodeset
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-19-generic
}
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry 'Memory test (memtest86+)' {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd3,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd3,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd3,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci3,msdos1 55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330
fi
knetbsd /boot/memtest86+.elf
}
menuentry 'Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)' {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd3,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd3,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd3,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci3,msdos1 55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330
fi
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
### 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 ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
=============================== sdd1/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>
# / was on /dev/sdd1 during installation
UUID=55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
/swapfile none swap sw 0 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
=================== sdd1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================
GiB - GB File Fragment(s)
4.409400940 = 4.734558208 boot/grub/grub.cfg 3
4.402061462 = 4.726677504 boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img 1
1.707241058 = 1.833136128 boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-19-generic 2
1.707241058 = 1.833136128 vmlinuz 2
3.790981293 = 4.070535168 boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-19-generic 2
3.790981293 = 4.070535168 initrd.img 2
=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================
File descriptor 9 (/proc/2689/mountinfo) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 9695: bash
File descriptor 63 (pipe:[205625]) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 9695: bash
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :
=================== log of boot-info 2017-05-20__01h30 ===================
boot-info version : 4ppa40
boot-sav version : 4ppa40
glade2script version : 3.2.3~ppa1
boot-sav-extra version : 4ppa40
Error: /dev/sda: unrecognised disk label
Error: /dev/sda: unrecognised disk label
boot-info is executed in live-session (Ubuntu 17.04, zesty, Ubuntu, x86_64)
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
ls: cannot access '/home/usr/.config': No such file or directory
=================== os-prober:
/dev/sdd1:Ubuntu 17.04 (17.04):Ubuntu:linux
=================== blkid:
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="Drive_2" UUID="0CA0E4B7A0E4A902" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="80578057-01"
/dev/sdc1: LABEL="UBUNTU 17_0" UUID="B6AB-BB7C" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="1f7cc1f4-01"
/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/sdd1: UUID="55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="86375b90-01"
1 disks with OS, 1 OS : 1 Linux, 0 MacOS, 0 Windows, 0 unknown type OS.
=================== /media/ubuntu/55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330/etc/grub.d/ :
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 12 03:14 grub.d
total 80
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9783 Mar 30 21:45 00_header
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6258 Nov 1 2016 05_debian_theme
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12676 Mar 30 21:45 10_linux
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11281 Mar 30 21:45 20_linux_xen
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1992 Jan 28 2016 20_memtest86+
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12059 Mar 30 21:45 30_os-prober
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1418 Mar 30 21:45 30_uefi-firmware
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 214 Mar 30 21:45 40_custom
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 216 Mar 30 21:45 41_custom
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 483 Mar 30 21:45 README
=================== /media/ubuntu/55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330/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=""
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=false
GRUB_TIMEOUT=20
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"
=================== UEFI/Legacy mode:
This live-session is not in EFI-mode.
SecureBoot maybe enabled.
=================== PARTITIONS & DISKS:
sdb1 : sdb, not-sepboot, 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/sdb1.
sdd1 : sdd, not-sepboot, grubenv-ok grub2, signed grub-pc , update-grub, 64, with-boot, is-os, not--efi--part, fstab-without-boot, fstab-without-efi, 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, /media/ubuntu/55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330.
sdb : not-GPT, BIOSboot-not-needed, has-no-EFIpart, not-usb, no-os, 2048 sectors * 512 bytes
sdd : not-GPT, BIOSboot-not-needed, has-no-EFIpart, usb-disk, has-os, 2048 sectors * 512 bytes
=================== parted -l:
Model: ATA Crucial_CT1050MX (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1050GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: unknown
Disk Flags:
Model: ATA Hitachi HTS72757 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 750GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 750GB 750GB primary ntfs
Model: SanDisk Cruzer U (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 8004MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 8004MB 8003MB primary fat32 boot, lba
Model: TOSHIBA TransMemory (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdd: 31.0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 10.0GB 9999MB primary ext4 boot
=================== parted -lm:
BYT;
/dev/sda:1050GB:scsi:512:512:unknown:ATA Crucial_CT1050MX:;
BYT;
/dev/sdb:750GB:scsi:512:4096:msdos:ATA Hitachi HTS72757:;
1:1049kB:750GB:750GB:ntfs::;
BYT;
/dev/sdc:8004MB:scsi:512:512:msdos:SanDisk Cruzer U:;
1:1049kB:8004MB:8003MB:fat32::boot, lba;
BYT;
/dev/sdd:31.0GB:scsi:512:512:msdos:TOSHIBA TransMemory:;
1:1049kB:10.0GB:9999MB:ext4::boot;
=================== lsblk:
KNAME TYPE FSTYPE SIZE LABEL
loop0 loop squashfs 1.5G
sda disk 978.1G
sdb disk 698.7G
sdb1 part ntfs 698.7G Drive_2
sdc disk 7.5G
sdc1 part vfat 7.5G UBUNTU 17_0
sdd disk 28.9G
sdd1 part ext4 9.3G
sr0 rom 1024M
KNAME ROTA RO RM STATE MOUNTPOINT
loop0 1 1 0 /rofs
sda 0 0 0 running
sdb 1 0 0 running
sdb1 1 0 0 /mnt/boot-sav/sdb1
sdc 1 0 0 running
sdc1 1 0 0 /cdrom
sdd 1 0 1 running
sdd1 1 0 1 /media/ubuntu/55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330
sr0 1 0 1 running
=================== mount:
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,size=4043104k,nr_inodes=101077 6,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode =000)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,size=811920k,mode=755)
/dev/sdc1 on /cdrom type vfat (ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,ioc harset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/loop0 on /rofs type squashfs (ro,noatime)
aufs on / type aufs (rw,noatime,si=510388380dd034de)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
tmpfs on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=5120k)
tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,release_age nt=/lib/systemd/systemd-cgroups-agent,name=systemd)
pstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls,net_prio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls,net_prio)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/hugetlb type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,hugetlb)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/memory type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpu,cpuacct)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,perf_event)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/pids type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,pids)
systemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=30,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,max proto=5,direct,pipe_ino=819)
mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,relatime)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime)
hugetlbfs on /dev/hugepages type hugetlbfs (rw,relatime)
tracefs on /sys/kernel/debug/tracing type tracefs (rw,relatime)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime)
tmpfs on /run/user/999 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=811916k,mode=700,ui d=999,gid=999)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/999/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=999,group_id=999 )
/dev/sdd1 on /media/ubuntu/55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330 type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,data=ordered,uhelper=udi sks2)
/dev/sdb1 on /mnt/boot-sav/sdb1 type fuseblk (rw,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blks ize=4096)
=================== ls:
/sys/block/sda (filtered): alignment_offset badblocks bdi capability dev device discard_alignment events events_async events_poll_msecs ext_range holders inflight integrity power queue range removable ro size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/sys/block/sdb (filtered): alignment_offset badblocks bdi capability dev device discard_alignment events events_async events_poll_msecs ext_range holders inflight integrity power queue range removable ro sdb1 size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/sys/block/sdc (filtered): alignment_offset badblocks bdi capability dev device discard_alignment events events_async events_poll_msecs ext_range holders inflight integrity power queue range removable ro sdc1 size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/sys/block/sdd (filtered): alignment_offset badblocks bdi capability dev device discard_alignment events events_async events_poll_msecs ext_range holders inflight integrity power queue range removable ro sdd1 size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/sys/block/sr0 (filtered): alignment_offset badblocks bdi capability dev device discard_alignment events events_async events_poll_msecs ext_range holders inflight integrity 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 drm_dp_aux0 dvd dvdrw ecryptfs fb0 fd freefall full fuse hpet hugepages hwrng i2c-0 i2c-1 i2c-10 i2c-11 i2c-12 i2c-13 i2c-14 i2c-2 i2c-3 i2c-4 i2c-5 i2c-6 i2c-7 i2c-8 i2c-9 initctl input kfd kmsg lightnvm log mapper mcelog media0 mei0 mem memory_bandwidth mqueue net network_latency network_throughput null port ppp psaux ptmx pts random rfkill rtc rtc0 sda sdb sdb1 sdc sdc1 sdd sdd1 sg0 sg1 sg2 sg3 sg4 shm snapshot snd sr0 stderr stdin stdout uhid uinput urandom userio v4l vfio vga_arbiter vhci vhost-net video0 zero
ls /dev/mapper: control
=================== hexdump -n512 -C /dev/sdb1
00000000 eb 52 90 4e 54 46 53 20 20 20 20 00 02 08 00 00 |.R.NTFS .....|
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00 3f 00 ff 00 00 08 00 00 |........?.......|
00000020 00 00 00 00 80 00 80 00 ff 4f 54 57 00 00 00 00 |.........OTW....|
00000030 00 00 0c 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000040 f6 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 02 a9 e4 a0 b7 e4 a0 0c |................|
00000050 00 00 00 00 fa 33 c0 8e d0 bc 00 7c fb 68 c0 07 |.....3.....|.h..|
00000060 1f 1e 68 66 00 cb 88 16 0e 00 66 81 3e 03 00 4e |..hf......f.>..N|
00000070 54 46 53 75 15 b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 72 0c 81 fb |TFSu..A..U..r...|
00000080 55 aa 75 06 f7 c1 01 00 75 03 e9 dd 00 1e 83 ec |U.u.....u.......|
00000090 18 68 1a 00 b4 48 8a 16 0e 00 8b f4 16 1f cd 13 |.h...H..........|
000000a0 9f 83 c4 18 9e 58 1f 72 e1 3b 06 0b 00 75 db a3 |.....X.r.;...u..|
000000b0 0f 00 c1 2e 0f 00 04 1e 5a 33 db b9 00 20 2b c8 |........Z3... +.|
000000c0 66 ff 06 11 00 03 16 0f 00 8e c2 ff 06 16 00 e8 |f...............|
000000d0 4b 00 2b c8 77 ef b8 00 bb cd 1a 66 23 c0 75 2d |K.+.w......f#.u-|
000000e0 66 81 fb 54 43 50 41 75 24 81 f9 02 01 72 1e 16 |f..TCPAu$....r..|
000000f0 68 07 bb 16 68 70 0e 16 68 09 00 66 53 66 53 66 |h...hp..h..fSfSf|
00000100 55 16 16 16 68 b8 01 66 61 0e 07 cd 1a 33 c0 bf |U...h..fa....3..|
00000110 28 10 b9 d8 0f fc f3 aa e9 5f 01 90 90 66 60 1e |(........_...f`.|
00000120 06 66 a1 11 00 66 03 06 1c 00 1e 66 68 00 00 00 |.f...f.....fh...|
00000130 00 66 50 06 53 68 01 00 68 10 00 b4 42 8a 16 0e |.fP.Sh..h...B...|
00000140 00 16 1f 8b f4 cd 13 66 59 5b 5a 66 59 66 59 1f |.......fY[ZfYfY.|
00000150 0f 82 16 00 66 ff 06 11 00 03 16 0f 00 8e c2 ff |....f...........|
00000160 0e 16 00 75 bc 07 1f 66 61 c3 a0 f8 01 e8 09 00 |...u...fa.......|
00000170 a0 fb 01 e8 03 00 f4 eb fd b4 01 8b f0 ac 3c 00 |..............<.|
00000180 74 09 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd 10 eb f2 c3 0d 0a 41 20 |t.............A |
00000190 64 69 73 6b 20 72 65 61 64 20 65 72 72 6f 72 20 |disk read error |
000001a0 6f 63 63 75 72 72 65 64 00 0d 0a 42 4f 4f 54 4d |occurred...BOOTM|
000001b0 47 52 20 69 73 20 6d 69 73 73 69 6e 67 00 0d 0a |GR is missing...|
000001c0 42 4f 4f 54 4d 47 52 20 69 73 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 |BOOTMGR is compr|
000001d0 65 73 73 65 64 00 0d 0a 50 72 65 73 73 20 43 74 |essed...Press Ct|
000001e0 72 6c 2b 41 6c 74 2b 44 65 6c 20 74 6f 20 72 65 |rl+Alt+Del to re|
000001f0 73 74 61 72 74 0d 0a 00 8c a9 be d6 00 00 55 aa |start.........U.|
00000200
=================== df -Th:
Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev devtmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 793M 20M 774M 3% /run
/dev/sdc1 vfat 7.5G 1.5G 6.0G 21% /cdrom
/dev/loop0 squashfs 1.5G 1.5G 0 100% /rofs
aufs aufs 3.9G 298M 3.6G 8% /
tmpfs tmpfs 3.9G 25M 3.9G 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs tmpfs 5.0M 8.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
tmpfs tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs tmpfs 3.9G 3.2M 3.9G 1% /tmp
tmpfs tmpfs 793M 208K 793M 1% /run/user/999
/dev/sdd1 ext4 9.2G 4.6G 4.1G 53% /media/ubuntu/55d7266e-85d5-4686-ab20-73d74b6ed330
/dev/sdb1 fuseblk 699G 562G 138G 81% /mnt/boot-sav/sdb1
=================== fdisk -l:
Disk /dev/loop0: 1.5 GiB, 1553670144 bytes, 3034512 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/sda: 978.1 GiB, 1050214588416 bytes, 2051200368 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/sdb: 698.7 GiB, 750156374016 bytes, 1465149168 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
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x80578057
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1 2048 1465145343 1465143296 698.7G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
Disk /dev/sdc: 7.5 GiB, 8004304896 bytes, 15633408 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x1f7cc1f4
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdc1 * 2048 15633407 15631360 7.5G c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
Disk /dev/sdd: 28.9 GiB, 31024349184 bytes, 60594432 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x86375b90
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdd1 * 2048 19531775 19529728 9.3G 83 Linux
=================== Suggested repair
The default repair of the Boot-Repair utility would purge (in order to) and reinstall the grub2 of sdd1 into the MBRs of all disks (except USB without OS).
Additional repair would be performed: unhide-bootmenu-10s
=================== Final advice in case of suggested repair
Please do not forget to make your BIOS boot on sdd (31.0GB) disk!
=================== User settings
The settings chosen by the user will not act on the boot.
Additionally, I tried (using an 8G Sandisk Cruiser USB pendrive) to install a Live CD with persistence, but it also puts GRUB as the boot manager, and hence won't boot, with same symptoms as the full install that I'm currently troubleshooting.