First of all - I know that I'm probably a bit wrong talking about Grub doing the booting, but for lack of better expressions I'll head right to the problem...
First - the computer in question:
Desktop rig with a Core i7 860 on an Asus P7P55D motherboard and 8GB's of RAM. I have various drives connected to it, but the two drives that are involved here are two similar 500GB WD's connected to SATA1 & SATA3.
The Problem:
My install of Linux Mint 13 (Cinnamon version) resides on SATA1 - "/dev/sda" and my install of Windows 7 resides on SATA3 - "/dev/sdb" (See screenshots on how it looks in Gparted below) The computer is set - in BIOS - to boot from the drive with Linux Mint.
Now - Up until recently I haven't had any problems at all adding the Windows disk to Grub and just choose "Windows 7 loader on /dev/sdb1" in grub boot menu, but after I erased my Windows drive the other day to start over with a new install all I get is a black screen when making the same choice (I've updated grub after). It's like grub never "calls" the Windows install even though it's supposed to do that. On the other hand - if I make changes in BIOS to boot directly from my windows drive everything works like it's supposed to.
I've checked my Windows disk both from within Windows - or well... by running chkdsk at boot and from my Mint install. I've also tried the startup repair from the Windows 7 dvd with no errors found.
So - how can I move on? Is there any way to try to figure out what goes wrong? I know that when booting a Linux install I can change the corresponding line in grub to show everything that happens by removing the "quiet" part, but is there any way I can do this with the line handing over to Windows?
Here's my grub:
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#
# 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 "${boot_once}" ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
function load_video {
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
}
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ece60858-78b5-4acc-978b-3f8564743974
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=auto
load_video
insmod gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ece60858-78b5-4acc-978b-3f8564743974
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en_US
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
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/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/06_mint_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=white/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/06_mint_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 'Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon 32-bit, 3.4.0-030400-generic-pae (/dev/sda2)' --class linuxmint --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ece60858-78b5-4acc-978b-3f8564743974
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.4.0-030400-generic-pae root=UUID=ece60858-78b5-4acc-978b-3f8564743974 ro quiet splash nomodeset nouveau.modeset=0 $vt_handoff
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.4.0-030400-generic-pae
}
menuentry 'Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon 32-bit, 3.4.0-030400-generic-pae (/dev/sda2) -- recovery mode' --class linuxmint --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ece60858-78b5-4acc-978b-3f8564743974
echo 'Loading Linux 3.4.0-030400-generic-pae ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.4.0-030400-generic-pae root=UUID=ece60858-78b5-4acc-978b-3f8564743974 ro recovery nomodeset
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.4.0-030400-generic-pae
}
submenu "Previous Linux versions" {
menuentry 'Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon 32-bit, 3.2.0-31-generic (/dev/sda2)' --class linuxmint --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ece60858-78b5-4acc-978b-3f8564743974
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-31-generic root=UUID=ece60858-78b5-4acc-978b-3f8564743974 ro quiet splash nomodeset nouveau.modeset=0 $vt_handoff
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-31-generic
}
menuentry 'Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon 32-bit, 3.2.0-31-generic (/dev/sda2) -- recovery mode' --class linuxmint --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ece60858-78b5-4acc-978b-3f8564743974
echo 'Loading Linux 3.2.0-31-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-31-generic root=UUID=ece60858-78b5-4acc-978b-3f8564743974 ro recovery nomodeset
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-31-generic
}
menuentry 'Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon 32-bit, 3.2.0-23-generic (/dev/sda2)' --class linuxmint --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ece60858-78b5-4acc-978b-3f8564743974
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic root=UUID=ece60858-78b5-4acc-978b-3f8564743974 ro quiet splash nomodeset nouveau.modeset=0 $vt_handoff
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-23-generic
}
menuentry 'Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon 32-bit, 3.2.0-23-generic (/dev/sda2) -- recovery mode' --class linuxmint --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ece60858-78b5-4acc-978b-3f8564743974
echo 'Loading Linux 3.2.0-23-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic root=UUID=ece60858-78b5-4acc-978b-3f8564743974 ro recovery nomodeset
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-23-generic
}
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_lupin ###
### END /etc/grub.d/10_lupin ###
### 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,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ece60858-78b5-4acc-978b-3f8564743974
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ece60858-78b5-4acc-978b-3f8564743974
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/sdb1)" --class windows --class os {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd1,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 2868F8AA68F877C0
chainloader +1
}
### 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 ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
And here is how it looks in Gparted - The Linux Mint install:
- Linux Mint 13
- LM13.png (46.38 KiB) Viewed 97 times
And the Windows 7 install:
- Windows 7
- Win7.png (42.28 KiB) Viewed 97 times
Ideas, anyone?
Thanks in advance,
/gosa
