A Carafe of Ubuntu
I can't seem to get into my ubuntu install after well installing it. Grub just loads up and says some thing like
"error cant find device " then has a really long string after it.
This is a single 80 gig hard drive with a swap partition and an ext4 partition on it.
I am at a loss as to how to fix whats happening here. If any one could help out that would be great.
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Let's get a better look at your setup & boot process. Boot the Ubuntu Live CD/USB. Choose "try ubuntu without any changes", when the desktop loads come back here and use the link in my signature to download the Boot Info Script to the desktop. Once on desktop open a terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) and run this commandThis will create a RESULTS.txt file on the desktop. Paste the entire contents of that file back here. Once pasted highlight all text and click the # sign on the toolbar to place code tags around the text.Code:sudo bash ~/Desktop/boot_info_script*.sh
Multi-boot: Arch linux, Ubuntu 12.04, Windows 7 & Windows 8
A Carafe of Ubuntu
Thanks I will post the results when I get home. Just for more info I have tried 3 times to format and install with the same results. The only thing I can think that might be causing this is that I had ubuntu 7.10 on the drive before I formated to install 9.10
A Carafe of Ubuntu
Here is the resulting info. After i get this fixed up I have 4 1tb hard drives to plug in and get set up so I hope that wont effect any thing
Code:============================= Boot Info Summary: ============================== => Grub 1.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in partition #1 for /boot/grub. sda1: _________________________________________________________________________ File system: ext4 Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: Operating System: Ubuntu 9.10 Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img sda2: _________________________________________________________________________ File system: Extended Partition Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: sda5: _________________________________________________________________________ File system: swap Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: =========================== Drive/Partition Info: ============================= Drive: sda ___________________ _____________________________________________________ Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders, total 156301488 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00095377 Partition Boot Start End Size Id System /dev/sda1 * 63 151,075,259 151,075,197 83 Linux /dev/sda2 151,075,260 156,296,384 5,221,125 5 Extended /dev/sda5 151,075,323 156,296,384 5,221,062 82 Linux swap / Solaris blkid -c /dev/null: ____________________________________________________________ sda1: UUID="4971f651-2efa-44a5-8a91-996542fb2fbf" TYPE="ext4" sda5: UUID="31e1438e-f227-4fa7-b8e8-3d0d0e5c3fdf" TYPE="swap" =============================== "mount" output: =============================== aufs on / type aufs (rw) none on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755) /dev/sr0 on /cdrom type iso9660 (rw) /dev/loop0 on /rofs type squashfs (rw) 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 /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620) none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) none on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755) none on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) none on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755) binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/ubuntu/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=ubuntu) =========================== sda1/boot/grub/grub.cfg: =========================== # # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### if [ -s /boot/grub/grubenv ]; then have_grubenv=true load_env fi set default="0" if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry} save_env saved_entry prev_saved_entry= save_env prev_saved_entry fi insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,1) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4971f651-2efa-44a5-8a91-996542fb2fbf if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then set gfxmode=640x480 insmod gfxterm insmod vbe if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't # understand terminal_output terminal gfxterm fi fi if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then set timeout=-1 else set timeout=10 fi ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### set menu_color_normal=white/black set menu_color_highlight=black/white ### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic" { recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi set quiet=1 insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,1) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4971f651-2efa-44a5-8a91-996542fb2fbf linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=4971f651-2efa-44a5-8a91-996542fb2fbf ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic } menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode)" { recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,1) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4971f651-2efa-44a5-8a91-996542fb2fbf linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=4971f651-2efa-44a5-8a91-996542fb2fbf ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic } ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" { linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin } menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" { linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8 } ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### if [ ${timeout} != -1 ]; then if keystatus; then if keystatus --shift; then set timeout=-1 else set timeout=0 fi else if sleep --interruptible 3 ; then set timeout=0 fi fi fi ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change # the 'exec tail' line above. ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### =============================== sda1/etc/fstab: =============================== # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' 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 defaults 0 0 # / was on /dev/sda1 during installation UUID=4971f651-2efa-44a5-8a91-996542fb2fbf / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1 # swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation UUID=31e1438e-f227-4fa7-b8e8-3d0d0e5c3fdf none swap sw 0 0 /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0 =================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub: =================== .0GB: boot/grub/core.img .0GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg .0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic .0GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic .0GB: initrd.img .0GB: vmlinuz
Last edited by hcker2000; January 7th, 2010 at 12:54 AM.
Ubuntu addict and loving it
I did some research on that error and the problem seems to be the --no-floppy line in /usr/lib/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib. The solution proposed is to remove the --no-floppy line.
You are going to have to fix it via the Live CD. Boot the Live CD and choose "try ubuntu without any changes...", when the desktop loads open a file browser by going Places > Computer. In the left pane mount your Ubuntu root partition (sda1) by clicking it. Do not use Filesystem as that is the Live CD root partition. Once mounted you will see directories on the right.
Now open a terminal and runClick on the Ubuntu root partition again on the left pane and then navigate to /usr/lib/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib.Code:gksu nautilus
Open the grub-mkconfig_lib file. Scroll down to the red line below (it won't be red in your file) and remove ONLY --no-floppy:
After removing --no-floppy ONLY click Save on top toolbar & close file. Close both file browsers and reboot without the Live CD.Code:# Helper library for grub-mkconfig # Copyright (C) 2007,2008,2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # # GRUB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # GRUB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with GRUB. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. transform="s,x,x," prefix=/usr exec_prefix=${prefix} datarootdir=${prefix}/share datadir=${datarootdir} sbindir=${exec_prefix}/sbin pkgdatadir=${datadir}/`echo grub | sed "${transform}"` grub_probe=${sbindir}/`echo grub-probe | sed ${transform}` grub_warn () { echo "Warning: $@" >&2 } make_system_path_relative_to_its_root () { path=$1 # abort if file doesn't exist if test -e $path ; then : ;else return 1 fi # canonicalize if path=`readlink -f $path` ; then : ; else return 1 fi # if not a directory, climb up to the directory containing it if test -d $path ; then dir=$path else dir=`echo $path | sed -e "s,/[^/]*$,,g"` fi num=`stat -c %d $dir` # this loop sets $dir to the root directory of the filesystem we're inspecting while : ; do parent=`readlink -f $dir/..` if [ "x`stat -c %d $parent`" = "x$num" ] ; then : ; else # $parent is another filesystem; we found it. break fi if [ "x$dir" = "x/" ] ; then # / is our root. break fi dir=$parent done # This function never prints trailing slashes (so that its output can be # appended a slash unconditionally). Each slash in $dir is considered a # preceding slash, and therefore the root directory is an empty string. if [ "$dir" = "/" ] ; then dir="" fi # XXX: This fails if $dir contains ','. path=`echo "$path" | sed -e "s,^$dir,,g"` || return 1 case "`uname 2>/dev/null`" in CYGWIN*) # Cygwin: Check if regular or emulated mount. if [ -z "$dir" ] || [ "`stat -c %D "$dir/.."`" != 620000 ] ; then # Reached some mount point not below /cygdrive. # GRUB does not know Cygwin's emulated mounts, # convert to Win32 path and remove drive letter. path=`cygpath -m "$path" | sed -n 's,^[A-Za-z]:,,p'` test ! -z "$path" || return 1 fi ;; esac echo "$path" } is_path_readable_by_grub () { path=$1 # abort if path doesn't exist if test -e $path ; then : ;else return 1 fi # abort if file is in a filesystem we can't read if ${grub_probe} -t fs $path > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then : ; else return 1 fi return 0 } convert_system_path_to_grub_path () { path=$1 grub_warn "convert_system_path_to_grub_path() is deprecated. Use prepare_grub_to_access_device() instead." # abort if GRUB can't access the path if is_path_readable_by_grub ${path} ; then : ; else return 1 fi if drive=`${grub_probe} -t drive $path` ; then : ; else return 1 fi if relative_path=`make_system_path_relative_to_its_root $path` ; then : ; else return 1 fi echo ${drive}${relative_path} } save_default_entry () { if [ "x${GRUB_DEFAULT}" = "xsaved" ] ; then echo 'saved_entry=${chosen}' echo 'save_env saved_entry' fi } prepare_grub_to_access_device () { device=$1 loop_file= case ${device} in /dev/loop/*|/dev/loop[0-9]) loop_file=`losetup ${device} | sed -e "s/^[^(]*(\([^)]\+\)).*/\1/"` case $loop_file in /dev/*) ;; *) loop_device=${device} device=`${grub_probe} --target=device "${loop_file}"` ;; esac ;; esac # Abstraction modules aren't auto-loaded. abstraction="`${grub_probe} --device ${device} --target=abstraction`" for module in ${abstraction} ; do echo "insmod ${module}" done fs="`${grub_probe} --device ${device} --target=fs`" for module in ${fs} ; do echo "insmod ${module}" done # If there's a filesystem UUID that GRUB is capable of identifying, use it; # otherwise set root as per value in device.map. echo "set root=`${grub_probe} --device ${device} --target=drive`" if fs_uuid="`${grub_probe} --device ${device} --target=fs_uuid 2> /dev/null`" ; then echo "search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ${fs_uuid}" fi if [ "x${loop_file}" != x ]; then loop_mountpoint="$(awk '"'${loop_file}'" ~ "^"$2 && $2 != "/" { print $2 }' /proc/mounts | tail -n1)" if [ "x${loop_mountpoint}" != x ]; then echo "loopback loop0 ${loop_file#$loop_mountpoint}" echo "set root=(loop0)" fi fi } grub_file_is_not_garbage () { if test -f "$1" ; then case "$1" in *.dpkg-*) return 1 ;; # debian dpkg esac else return 1 fi return 0 } version_test_numeric () { local a=$1 local cmp=$2 local b=$3 if [ "$a" = "$b" ] ; then case $cmp in ge|eq|le) return 0 ;; gt|lt) return 1 ;; esac fi if [ "$cmp" = "lt" ] ; then c=$a a=$b b=$c fi if (echo $a ; echo $b) | sort -n | head -n 1 | grep -qx $b ; then return 0 else return 1 fi } version_test_gt () { local a=`echo $1 | sed -e "s/[^-]*-//;s/[._-]\(pre\|rc\|test\|git\|old\)/~\1/g"` local b=`echo $2 | sed -e "s/[^-]*-//;s/[._-]\(pre\|rc\|test\|git\|old\)/~\1/g"` local cmp=gt if [ "x$b" = "x" ] ; then return 0 fi case $a:$b in *.old:*.old) ;; *.old:*) a=`echo -n $a | sed -e s/\.old$//` ; cmp=gt ;; *:*.old) b=`echo -n $b | sed -e s/\.old$//` ; cmp=ge ;; esac dpkg --compare-versions "$a" $cmp "$b" return $? } version_find_latest () { local a="" for i in $@ ; do if version_test_gt "$i" "$a" ; then a="$i" fi done echo "$a" }
When the GRUB menu comes up select the Ubuntu kernel and hit "e" to edit. Use your arrow keys to navigate to the --no-floppy line and remove ONLY that. Then hit Ctrl + x to boot. Once into ubuntu open a terminal and runThis will make the change you made from the Live CD a permanent part of grub.cfgCode:sudo update-grub
Last edited by presence1960; January 7th, 2010 at 04:39 AM.
Multi-boot: Arch linux, Ubuntu 12.04, Windows 7 & Windows 8
First Cup of Ubuntu
I am not sure if u r running wubi on windows etc, but if u r, this may help:
Re: Wubi 9.10 + upgrade ubuntu = sh:grub>
I had the same problem after performing a ubuntu update today. I am running wubi on Windows 7.
Once you login to windows, performing the following should suffice (from https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lupin/+bug/477169?comments=all) :-
**(note that in my case, I did not need to perform the steps indicated in B) below )
Agostino Russo wrote on 2009-12-23: #210 For a patch/workaround:
A) get the wubildr in https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubun...04/comments/90 and copy it over C:\wubildr
B) ensure that when you boot there is no command "insmod ntfs". Press "e" at the grub boot menu to edit the relevant entry and remove "insmod ntfs" before proceeding
New ubuntu/wubi installations do not contain the patch yet. The patch will only be applied once there is a clear confirmation (from you) that it actually solves the problem. Hence your feedback is appreciated.
Last edited by centaure; 1 Hour Ago at 10:07 PM..
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The OP is not running wubi, I guess you need to go over the results of the script output that are posted in post #4. The OP does not even have windows on the machine!Originally Posted by centaure
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centaure I want to apologize for the way I said things in my last post. What I meant to say is you can see what the OP has on his machine by reading the output from the boot info script, which will show he/she doesn't have wubi or windows. If you need help understanding what that output means I would be glad to help. The boot info script is a great tool for diagnosing setup & boot problems. I suggest running it and looking at your results since you know how your rig is setup. It can be a great learning tool also.
Multi-boot: Arch linux, Ubuntu 12.04, Windows 7 & Windows 8
A Carafe of Ubuntu
Just fyi this does not fix the issue. Once I am home I can post the only fix I can get to work and its only a temp fix tell there is a new kernal and then grub updates and breaks it.
Ubuntu addict and loving it
Sorry it did not work. I researched your problem and that is the only fix I could find. Maybe someone else knows a fix for this.
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