2010-10-09, 02:03 PM
It would appear as though I broke my computer.
Or the booting, at least. I installed Linux Mint out of curiosity. I preferred Ubuntu, so I formatted the partition Mint was on and what I think was it's Linux-swap. The computer functioned just fine until I tried to reboot.
It starts out with normal BIOS(?) stuff, "Loading Operating System..." for a bit... and then breaks. It says something about not being able to find device, list a long UUID, then goes into grub rescue. I spent around an hour or so Googling about this and have come up with nothing. Internet tells me to do this, I do, nothing happens. Internet tells me to do that, the file does not exist, nothing happens. I was Googling via my mom's laptop, and I am currently posting this from Firefox on the LiveCD (demo).
How do I fix my booting issue?
sudo fdisk -l
Boot Info Script
I have to be somewhere soon, so I apologize for not being able to provide more information. When I get back, I will register on the Ubuntu forums to see how they can help. SP has techy people and I do not have to deal with registering and finding the right forum and all that. Thanks
Or the booting, at least. I installed Linux Mint out of curiosity. I preferred Ubuntu, so I formatted the partition Mint was on and what I think was it's Linux-swap. The computer functioned just fine until I tried to reboot.
It starts out with normal BIOS(?) stuff, "Loading Operating System..." for a bit... and then breaks. It says something about not being able to find device, list a long UUID, then goes into grub rescue. I spent around an hour or so Googling about this and have come up with nothing. Internet tells me to do this, I do, nothing happens. Internet tells me to do that, the file does not exist, nothing happens. I was Googling via my mom's laptop, and I am currently posting this from Firefox on the LiveCD (demo).
How do I fix my booting issue?
sudo fdisk -l
Spoiler
Code:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x916be406
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 13 60802 488282112 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
Disk /dev/sdb: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x916be41e
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 18194 146140077+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 18194 38914 166429697 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 25101 31916 54744536 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 38347 38914 4552704 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb7 18194 24813 53165056 83 Linux
/dev/sdb8 24813 25100 2308096 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Disk /dev/sdd: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x44fdfe06
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 1 121601 976760001 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)Boot Info Script
Spoiler
Code:
Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in
partition #9 for /boot/grub.
=> Grub 0.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb and looks on the same drive
in partition #5 for /boot/grub/stage2 and /boot/grub/menu.lst.
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdd
sda1: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD
sda2: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows 7
Boot files/dirs: /Windows/System32/winload.exe
sdb1: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows 7
Boot files/dirs: /Windows/System32/winload.exe
sdb2: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info:
sdb5: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/core.img
sdb6: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb7: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
sdb8: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdd1: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: MSWIN4.1: Fat 32
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
=========================== 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 / 512 bytes
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2,048 206,847 204,800 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 206,848 976,771,071 976,564,224 7 HPFS/NTFS
Drive: sdb ___________________ _____________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sdb: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdb1 2,048 292,282,202 292,280,155 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 292,282,366 625,141,759 332,859,394 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 403,238,912 512,727,983 109,489,072 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 616,036,352 625,141,759 9,105,408 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb7 292,282,368 398,612,479 106,330,112 83 Linux
/dev/sdb8 398,614,528 403,230,719 4,616,192 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Drive: sdd ___________________ _____________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sdd: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdd1 63 1,953,520,064 1,953,520,002 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
blkid -c /dev/null: ____________________________________________________________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 DAEE43A6EE4379B1 ntfs System Reserved
/dev/sda2 086445BA6445AB70 ntfs
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1 FC60C91B60C8DE10 ntfs
/dev/sdb2: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb5 1b780186-310c-4f08-a33d-f2b3332dc88c ext4
/dev/sdb6 34b5a898-f4e1-4ab0-8de4-baf21af2b1bc swap
/dev/sdb7 6c15b8d5-d0bf-4ec6-943e-6bd15656e525 ext4
/dev/sdb8 4f2cc65f-a8c2-40ae-8e15-62e22e8a2e52 swap
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdd1 9389-61CD vfat My Book
/dev/sdd: PTTYPE="dos"
error: /dev/sdc: No medium found
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
aufs / aufs (rw)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime)
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)
=================== sdb5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
213.0GB: boot/grub/core.img
213.0GB: boot/grub/stage2
=========================== sdb7/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 $prefix/grubenv ]; then
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 ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,7)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 6c15b8d5-d0bf-4ec6-943e-6bd15656e525
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=1024x768
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,7)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 6c15b8d5-d0bf-4ec6-943e-6bd15656e525
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=3
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
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-25-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,7)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 6c15b8d5-d0bf-4ec6-943e-6bd15656e525
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic root=UUID=6c15b8d5-d0bf-4ec6-943e-6bd15656e525 ro splash vga=795 quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-25-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,7)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 6c15b8d5-d0bf-4ec6-943e-6bd15656e525
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-25-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic root=UUID=6c15b8d5-d0bf-4ec6-943e-6bd15656e525 ro single splash vga=795
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,7)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 6c15b8d5-d0bf-4ec6-943e-6bd15656e525
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=6c15b8d5-d0bf-4ec6-943e-6bd15656e525 ro splash vga=795 quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,7)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 6c15b8d5-d0bf-4ec6-943e-6bd15656e525
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-24-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=6c15b8d5-d0bf-4ec6-943e-6bd15656e525 ro single splash vga=795
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,7)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 6c15b8d5-d0bf-4ec6-943e-6bd15656e525
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,7)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 6c15b8d5-d0bf-4ec6-943e-6bd15656e525
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set daee43a6ee4379b1
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-25-generic (on /dev/sdb5)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e302aa9b-9b4d-45c1-b27f-f57bb0c8dbf8
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic root=UUID=e302aa9b-9b4d-45c1-b27f-f57bb0c8dbf8 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-25-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sdb5)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e302aa9b-9b4d-45c1-b27f-f57bb0c8dbf8
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic root=UUID=e302aa9b-9b4d-45c1-b27f-f57bb0c8dbf8 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic (on /dev/sdb5)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e302aa9b-9b4d-45c1-b27f-f57bb0c8dbf8
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=e302aa9b-9b4d-45c1-b27f-f57bb0c8dbf8 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sdb5)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e302aa9b-9b4d-45c1-b27f-f57bb0c8dbf8
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=e302aa9b-9b4d-45c1-b27f-f57bb0c8dbf8 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
}
menuentry "Linux Mint 9, 2.6.32-21-generic (/dev/sdb9) (on /dev/sdb9)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,9)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f1fa46b2-fe30-4d00-ac70-1d7beac61d48
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=f1fa46b2-fe30-4d00-ac70-1d7beac61d48 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
}
menuentry "Linux Mint 9, 2.6.32-21-generic (/dev/sdb9) -- recovery mode (on /dev/sdb9)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,9)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f1fa46b2-fe30-4d00-ac70-1d7beac61d48
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=f1fa46b2-fe30-4d00-ac70-1d7beac61d48 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
}
### 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 ###
=============================== sdb7/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 nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
# / was on /dev/sdb7 during installation
UUID=6c15b8d5-d0bf-4ec6-943e-6bd15656e525 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sdb8 during installation
UUID=4f2cc65f-a8c2-40ae-8e15-62e22e8a2e52 none swap sw 0 0
=================== sdb7: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
201.3GB: boot/grub/core.img
152.2GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
201.4GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
201.5GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic
201.4GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic
201.4GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic
201.5GB: initrd.img
201.4GB: initrd.img.old
201.4GB: vmlinuz
201.4GB: vmlinuz.old
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================
Unknown BootLoader on sdb2
00000000 93 70 68 86 25 cd e7 39 ae 90 ee 4e cc 77 20 9f |.ph.%..9...N.w .|
00000010 61 d4 a2 8c 1a 77 4b fe 55 e0 69 15 8e e8 5e e4 |a....wK.U.i...^.|
00000020 ce c0 32 72 ea 56 f8 35 ca 3d b0 92 38 39 db f7 |..2r.V.5.=..89..|
00000030 c6 7c 68 9a 98 a8 09 4f 53 26 ba c9 78 74 8b b1 |.|h....OS&..xt..|
00000040 17 1f 06 e1 bc d1 cf 1d 21 70 35 44 4e 4a 44 2d |........!p5DNJD-|
00000050 aa c6 bd bf 70 3f 34 a3 11 1c 33 bb 84 8d 78 ce |....p?4...3...x.|
00000060 15 8e 94 86 1d ea 7f d1 57 e3 f5 6e 81 97 65 71 |........W..n..eq|
00000070 4a 5c 9b af a4 e9 62 a1 86 89 24 50 7e ee b8 d2 |J\....b...$P~...|
00000080 b7 f1 68 5c c4 28 3b 75 1e 33 54 ae 5a eb 93 7d |..h\.(;u.3T.Z..}|
00000090 47 83 3c a6 ce ae 9c 9d d3 04 5b 8f fe 2a ff 47 |G.<.......[..*.G|
000000a0 1e 6a 3d 7e 8c f4 bf d8 4c 7c 6f 6e 4f 9b 0e 7e |.j=~....L|onO..~|
000000b0 61 bf 62 b4 60 8e c7 49 93 f1 a3 ce c2 49 9f c2 |a.b.`..I.....I..|
000000c0 54 c6 49 63 6d 7e 93 d4 6e cb 4a e3 73 2d d6 92 |T.Icm~..n.J.s-..|
000000d0 0b 4e 80 55 bc a8 59 1e 73 0c 02 33 63 21 c2 f8 |.N.U..Y.s..3c!..|
000000e0 16 1d 9d 40 86 40 7c ba d8 03 fe 36 95 12 3d 11 |...@.@|....6..=.|
000000f0 68 c5 29 bd 6d a3 d7 9e 1e 9e 2a c8 34 a1 d3 03 |h.).m.....*.4...|
00000100 d4 c8 3b 40 42 32 fc ee 72 09 78 b1 a7 85 c8 9c |..;@B2..r.x.....|
00000110 37 61 c0 ba 09 3f 9c f2 7f 98 19 a3 15 2e 81 a3 |7a...?..........|
00000120 65 f2 40 b8 3c 7b a3 66 d5 72 00 80 db ab f4 e8 |e.@.<{.f.r......|
00000130 a5 5d f0 9a 80 f0 0f cc 5f 49 9c 9e 0a 80 14 a7 |.]......_I......|
00000140 dc 76 2b ca 34 ca 5a 28 34 80 fe a3 63 69 3b f9 |.v+.4.Z(4...ci;.|
00000150 de ef 85 a1 ab 47 26 61 ce 18 7a 32 a8 b0 1e 1e |.....G&a..z2....|
00000160 f8 3a 88 3a d0 88 91 00 2a 26 f0 ea d6 cc fc 12 |.:.:....*&......|
00000170 20 fe 82 8d de 33 6c 48 bb 63 fb c4 0a df 2a 89 | ....3lH.c....*.|
00000180 10 43 d0 dd f0 5f 4e 9e 38 96 eb bb ad a9 0c 74 |.C..._N.8......t|
00000190 f1 a5 6c 35 24 a8 49 61 4a 49 17 b4 ed 78 30 e6 |..l5$.IaJI...x0.|
000001a0 71 11 49 b8 f3 f9 4a 60 e9 66 c0 c4 12 e4 49 25 |q.I...J`.f....I%|
000001b0 ef 01 e2 00 c1 b3 2e 6e 79 d7 f3 c6 03 33 00 fe |.......ny....3..|
000001c0 ff ff 83 fe ff ff 02 10 9d 06 b0 ab 86 06 00 fe |................|
000001d0 ff ff 05 fe ff ff 4c f9 4b 13 b6 0e 8b 00 00 00 |......L.K.......|
000001e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|
00000200
=======Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive==============
sdcI have to be somewhere soon, so I apologize for not being able to provide more information. When I get back, I will register on the Ubuntu forums to see how they can help. SP has techy people and I do not have to deal with registering and finding the right forum and all that. Thanks