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Thread: LiVE USB xHDD

  1. #11
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    Re: LiVE USB xHDD

    this is with the xHDD
    ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -lu

    Disk /dev/sda: 4001 MB, 4001292288 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 486 cylinders, total 7815024 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 identifier: 0x000db119

    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/sda1 * 2048 7358463 3678208 83 Linux
    Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
    /dev/sda2 7360510 7813119 226305 5 Extended
    Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
    /dev/sda5 7360512 7813119 226304 82 Linux swap / Solaris

    Disk /dev/sdb: 8021 MB, 8021606400 bytes
    5 heads, 32 sectors/track, 97920 cylinders, total 15667200 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 identifier: 0x00000000

    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/sdb1 * 8064 15667199 7829568 b W95 FAT32

    Disk /dev/sdd: 1015 MB, 1015021568 bytes
    32 heads, 61 sectors/track, 1015 cylinders, total 1982464 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 identifier: 0x6f20736b

    This doesn't look like a partition table
    Probably you selected the wrong device.

    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/sdd1 ? 778135908 1919645538 570754815+ 72 Unknown
    Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
    phys=(357, 116, 40) logical=(398635, 6, 23)
    Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
    phys=(357, 32, 45) logical=(983424, 30, 61)
    Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
    /dev/sdd2 ? 168689522 2104717761 968014120 65 Novell Netware 386
    Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
    phys=(288, 115, 43) logical=(86418, 26, 1)
    Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
    phys=(367, 114, 50) logical=(1078236, 17, 53)
    Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
    /dev/sdd3 ? 1869881465 3805909656 968014096 79 Unknown
    Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
    phys=(366, 32, 33) logical=(957931, 2, 32)
    Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings:
    phys=(357, 32, 43) logical=(1949748, 25, 36)
    Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
    /dev/sdd4 ? 0 3637226495 1818613248 d Unknown
    Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
    phys=(372, 97, 50) logical=(0, 0, 1)
    Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings:
    phys=(0, 10, 0) logical=(1863333, 7, 53)
    Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.

    Partition table entries are not in disk order

    Disk /dev/sde: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
    Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x000b4446

    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/sde1 * 2048 964743167 482370560 83 Linux
    /dev/sde2 964745214 976773119 6013953 5 Extended
    /dev/sde5 964745216 976773119 6013952 82 Linux swap / Solaris
    ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

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    Re: LiVE USB xHDD

    You have a linux partition in sde1, so I assume that is your Ubuntu install. Lets try reinstalling grub first. But do have have a lot of removeable devices that are sda thru sdd?

    I did have trouble getting Ubuntu to boot when I installed from one USB (sde) to another (sdf) and then removed the install USB. I did not have sdd and the install remounted at sde. So the settings were not correct and I think the search by UUID that grub does must stop looking after it finds gaps in drive letters (In my case missing sdd).

    If you have unplugged any devices it may not be sde, so run fdisk and check that it shows linux on sde1.

    Install MBR from LiveCD, Ubuntu install on sde1 and want grub2 in drive sde's MBR:

    sudo mount /dev/sde1 /mnt
    sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sde
    If that returns any errors run:
    sudo grub-install --recheck --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sde

    And to get grub to remember where to reinstall on updates:
    to get grub to remember where to reinstall on updates:
    sudo dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc
    spacebar to choose drive, enter to accept, do not choose partitions
    UEFI boot install & repair info - Regularly Updated :
    https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2147295
    Please use Thread Tools above first post to change to [Solved] when/if answered completely.

  3. #13
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    Re: LiVE USB xHDD

    this is what I did in Terminal
    ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount /dev/sde1 /mnt
    ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sde
    Installation finished. No error reported.
    ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc
    debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
    ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
    the drive I did the full install with is the 500GB
    I am running the Live USB off my 8GB
    and there is a 4GB internal drive that had Ubuntu installed but I am currently waiting to see if anyone has a solution to my problem over @ http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1545125 (I originally had this question on the same page but thought it might be better to move it here)

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