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by **cornleader** on Sat Mar 02, 2013 12:14 am

First post!!

I recently bought an inspiron 7720. I removed Windows 8 and installed Windows 7. I wanted to dual boot Win 7 and Mint however this whole uefi technology is new to me. The laptop has a 1TB HDD and a 32GB SSD set up raid 0. Windows boots in seconds. I created 3 partitions, one for windows, one for linux install and a 3rd partition for sharing stuff between both OSs. Problem, you guessed it, I booted fro the live CD and it would not recognize my windows install.

After 3 days of research I finally realized that uefi is a conspiracy against Win/Linux dual booters!

So i have been searching and tried many different workarounds to no avail. so here is my question.

I have been searching but my search criteria is returning too many results, (about 10K). If I have 2 physical hard drives, can I install windows 7 to one hard drive and mint to the other hard drive in a dual boot environment without jumping through uefi workaround hoops? If I install windows 7 to HDD1, will the live CD recognize my windows install and allow me to install Mint to HDD2?

by **srs5694** on Sat Mar 02, 2013 12:35 pm

cornleader wrote:I recently bought an inspiron 7720. I removed Windows 8 and installed Windows 7. I wanted to dual boot Win 7 and Mint however this whole uefi technology is new to me. The laptop has a 1TB HDD and a 32GB SSD set up raid 0. Windows boots in seconds. I created 3 partitions, one for windows, one for linux install and a 3rd partition for sharing stuff between both OSs. Problem, you guessed it, I booted fro the live CD and it would not recognize my windows install.

If you mean that you can't see any partitions on your disk, then the problem has nothing to do with EFI: This is a symptom of a damaged partition table. My suspicion in this case is that you've actually done a BIOS-mode install of Windows, which has created a new MBR partition scheme but left some unused GPT data on the hard disk. If this suspicion is correct, you can fix the problem with my FixParts program. Once this is done, you should boot the Mint installer in BIOS mode (by disabling EFI support in your firmware or selecting a non-EFI boot option for the installation medium). If I'm wrong in any of my suppositions in this line of reasoning, you'll need to be more precise: Describe the exact symptoms you're seeing and post the RESULTS.txt file you get when you run the Boot Info Script from a Linux emergency disc. This will enable a better diagnosis of what's happening with your system.

I have been searching but my search criteria is returning too many results, (about 10K). If I have 2 physical hard drives, can I install windows 7 to one hard drive and mint to the other hard drive in a dual boot environment without jumping through uefi workaround hoops? If I install windows 7 to HDD1, will the live CD recognize my windows install and allow me to install Mint to HDD2?

Installing on two physical disks is certainly possible, but my suspicion is that you've jumped to an incorrect conclusion and that pursuing the solution you suggest will leave you with lingering problems at best or create new problems at worst. (This is not to say that you can't install on two disks, though; I'm just saying that attempting to install on two disks without fixing any problem you already have, and without understanding the BIOS- vs. EFI-mode boot of your current Windows 7 setup, is likely to cause additional problems.)

by **cornleader** on Sat Mar 02, 2013 10:43 pm

EDIT:
Yea it gives me no partiton data to install to.

I ran your program but I might have messed it up. I'm not really sure how to run it. I did however boot to a live cd, download and ran bootinfoscript and here are my results. One thing I will mention is that my SSD deive seems to be GPT partitioned.

Code: Select all: Boot Info Script 0.61 [1 April 2012] ============================= Boot Info Summary: =============================== => Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda. => No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb. sda1: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: ntfs Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7: NTFS Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block. Operating System: Boot files: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD sda2: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: ntfs Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7: NTFS Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block. Operating System: Windows 7 Boot files: /Windows/System32/winload.exe sda3: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: ntfs Boot sector type: Windows XP: NTFS Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block. Operating System: Boot files: sda4: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: Extended Partition Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: sda5: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: ntfs Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7: NTFS Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda5 starts at sector 2048. Operating System: Boot files: sdb1: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: Mounting failed: mount: unknown filesystem type '' ============================ Drive/Partition Info: ============================= Drive: sda _____________________________________________________________________ Disk /dev/sda: 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 / 4096 bytes Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System /dev/sda1 * 2,048 206,847 204,800 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS /dev/sda2 206,848 512,002,047 511,795,200 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS /dev/sda3 512,007,615 1,036,288,889 524,281,275 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS /dev/sda4 1,036,292,033 1,953,521,663 917,229,631 f W95 Extended (LBA) /dev/sda5 1,036,292,096 1,953,521,663 917,229,568 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS GUID Partition Table detected, but does not seem to be used. Partition Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors System Drive: sdb _____________________________________________________________________ Disk /dev/sdb: 32.0 GB, 32017047552 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3892 cylinders, total 62533296 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System /dev/sdb1 1 62,533,295 62,533,295 ee GPT GUID Partition Table detected. Partition Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors System /dev/sdb1 2,048 16,775,167 16,773,120 - "blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________ Device UUID TYPE LABEL /dev/loop0 squashfs /dev/sda1 E8003ED8003EAD86 ntfs System Reserved /dev/sda2 F4E44B15E44AD98E ntfs /dev/sda3 01CDF68215C13F60 ntfs /dev/sda5 6C6E48636E482862 ntfs /dev/sr0 iso9660 Linux Mint 14 MATE 64-bit ================================ Mount points: ================================= Device Mount_Point Type Options /dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime) /dev/sda5 /media/mint/6C6E48636E482862 fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096) /dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime) ======================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc: ======================== Unknown GPT Partiton Type dee2bfd3af3ddf11ba40e3a556d89593 ========= Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive: ========= sdc =============================== StdErr Messages: =============================== No volume groups found

by **srs5694** on Sun Mar 03, 2013 12:31 pm

You may have run FixParts, but you didn't use it correctly, as evidenced by the following in the Boot Info Script output:

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GUID Partition Table detected, but does not seem to be used.

That's one of the problems that FixParts will fix; it will ask you if you want to delete the old GPT data, and you must reply in the affirmative. Once you do this you should be able to install Mint, but be sure to do it in BIOS mode, not in EFI mode.

by **cornleader** on Sun Mar 03, 2013 1:42 pm

Now when I run fixparts i get this in the console

Code: Select all: FixParts 0.8.4 Loading MBR data from /dev/sda MBR command (? for help):

Before it was saying I had a problem. Now it justs asks for a command.

I ran boot info script and the output is different. Still no partitions to install mint to. Windows still boots though.

Code: Select all: Boot Info Script 0.61 [1 April 2012] ============================= Boot Info Summary: =============================== => Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda. => No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb. => Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/mapper/isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M7529. sda1: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: ntfs Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7: NTFS Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block. Mounting failed: fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy sda2: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: ntfs Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7: NTFS Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block. Mounting failed: fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy sda3: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: ntfs Boot sector type: Windows XP: NTFS Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block. Mounting failed: fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy sda4: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: Extended Partition Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: sda5: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: ntfs Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7: NTFS Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda5 starts at sector 2048. Mounting failed: fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy sdb1: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: Mounting failed: fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy mount: unknown filesystem type '' isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M75291: __________________________________________________ File system: Boot sector type: Unknown Boot sector info: Mounting failed: fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy mount: unknown filesystem type '' mount: unknown filesystem type '' isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M75292: __________________________________________________ File system: Boot sector type: Unknown Boot sector info: Mounting failed: fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy mount: unknown filesystem type '' mount: unknown filesystem type '' mount: unknown filesystem type '' isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M75293: __________________________________________________ File system: Boot sector type: Unknown Boot sector info: Mounting failed: fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy mount: unknown filesystem type '' mount: unknown filesystem type '' mount: unknown filesystem type '' mount: unknown filesystem type '' isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M75294: __________________________________________________ File system: Extended Partition Boot sector type: Unknown Boot sector info: isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M75295: __________________________________________________ File system: Boot sector type: Unknown Boot sector info: Mounting failed: fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy fuse: mount failed: Device or resource busy mount: unknown filesystem type '' mount: unknown filesystem type '' mount: unknown filesystem type '' mount: unknown filesystem type '' mount: unknown filesystem type '' ============================ Drive/Partition Info: ============================= Drive: sda _____________________________________________________________________ Disk /dev/sda: 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 / 4096 bytes Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System /dev/sda1 * 2,048 206,847 204,800 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS /dev/sda2 206,848 512,002,047 511,795,200 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS /dev/sda3 512,007,615 1,036,288,889 524,281,275 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS /dev/sda4 1,036,292,033 1,953,521,663 917,229,631 f W95 Extended (LBA) /dev/sda5 1,036,292,096 1,953,521,663 917,229,568 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS Drive: sdb _____________________________________________________________________ Disk /dev/sdb: 32.0 GB, 32017047552 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3892 cylinders, total 62533296 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System /dev/sdb1 1 62,533,295 62,533,295 ee GPT GUID Partition Table detected. Partition Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors System /dev/sdb1 2,048 16,775,167 16,773,120 - Drive: isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M7529 _____________________________________________________________________ Disk /dev/mapper/isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M7529: 1000.2 GB, 1000203223040 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953521920 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System /dev/mapper/isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M75291 * 2,048 206,847 204,800 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS /dev/mapper/isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M75292 206,848 512,002,047 511,795,200 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS /dev/mapper/isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M75293 512,007,615 1,036,288,889 524,281,275 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS /dev/mapper/isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M75294 1,036,292,033 1,953,521,663 917,229,631 f W95 Extended (LBA) /dev/mapper/isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M75295 1,036,292,096 1,953,521,663 917,229,568 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS "blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________ Device UUID TYPE LABEL /dev/loop0 squashfs /dev/sda1 E8003ED8003EAD86 ntfs System Reserved /dev/sda2 F4E44B15E44AD98E ntfs /dev/sda3 01CDF68215C13F60 ntfs /dev/sda5 6C6E48636E482862 ntfs /dev/sr0 iso9660 Linux Mint 14 MATE 64-bit ========================= "ls -R /dev/mapper/" output: ========================= /dev/mapper: control isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M7529 isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M7529p4 ================================ Mount points: ================================= Device Mount_Point Type Options /dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime) /dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime) ======================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc: ======================== Unknown GPT Partiton Type dee2bfd3af3ddf11ba40e3a556d89593 Unknown BootLoader on isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M75291 Unknown BootLoader on isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M75292 Unknown BootLoader on isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M75293 Unknown BootLoader on isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M75294 Unknown BootLoader on isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M75295 ========= Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive: ========= sdc =============================== StdErr Messages: =============================== hexdump: /dev/mapper/isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M75291: No such file or directory hexdump: /dev/mapper/isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M75291: No such file or directory hexdump: /dev/mapper/isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M75292: No such file or directory hexdump: /dev/mapper/isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M75292: No such file or directory hexdump: /dev/mapper/isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M75293: No such file or directory hexdump: /dev/mapper/isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M75293: No such file or directory hexdump: /dev/mapper/isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M75294: No such file or directory hexdump: /dev/mapper/isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M75294: No such file or directory hexdump: /dev/mapper/isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M75295: No such file or directory hexdump: /dev/mapper/isw_bbcdhefafg_WX81A72M75295: No such file or directory No volume groups found

by **srs5694** on Sun Mar 03, 2013 8:20 pm

It looks like you may have some stray RAID data on your hard disk. You can usually remove this with the following command:

Code: Select all: sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sda

If the problem recurs, you should check your firmware settings for hard disk access modes and disable RAID as an option there.

by **cornleader** on Mon Mar 04, 2013 3:07 am

srs5694 wrote:It looks like you may have some stray RAID data on your hard disk. You can usually remove this with the following command:

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sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sda

If the problem recurs, you should check your firmware settings for hard disk access modes and disable RAID as an option there.

Is there a way I can disable this? I'm about t o give up.

This DID allow me to install mint however i screwed up. I use fixparts to change a logical partition to a primary, don't ask, then divided another partition for swap, / and home. But when I installed mint, i selected the wrong partition, hda1 i think and it put grub on the wrong partition. When I selected windows from grub it went black then back to grub screen. I had to run fixmbr and another windows boot utility to get into windows. Then a checkdisk, probably from changing logical drive to primary. Also I think I messup the partitions on my SSD. I know nothing about this stuff. SSD, UEFI, rapid start is all new to me.

When I was able to get back into windows only, because I disabled the raid info on hda, i lost my rapid start in win 7, so it takes forever to boot and all my programs are missing dll's, probably once again from messing with the partitions that had data on them. So I think I'm really screwed and looks like a full reinstall of windows. I'm not sacrificing the speed of the windows ssd drive for a dual boot system.

Is there anyway I can recover from this? without a full reinstall? Its all because of boot partitions, boot installers and MBR.

sigh.................

by **srs5694** on Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:21 am

It's unclear from your description what your computer's current state is. Please run Boot Info Script again (from a Linux emergency disc like Parted Magic, if necessary) and post its RESULTS.txt output. Also, to the extent that your Windows problems are Windows-specific (missing DLLs, etc.), you're likely to get better help on a Windows forum than here.

by **cornleader** on Mon Mar 04, 2013 12:03 pm

Sorry last post was at 3am. Getting frustrated. I appreciate all your help.

Code: Select all: Boot Info Script 0.61 [1 April 2012] ============================= Boot Info Summary: =============================== => Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda. => No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb. => Syslinux MBR (4.04 and higher) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdd. sda1: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: ntfs Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7: NTFS Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block. Operating System: Boot files: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD sda2:3a __________________________________________________________________________ File system: ntfs Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7: NTFS Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block. Operating System: Windows 7 Boot files: /Windows/System32/winload.exe sda3: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: ntfs Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7: NTFS Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda3 starts at sector 2048. But according to the info from fdisk, sda3 starts at sector 1036292096. Operating System: Boot files: sda4: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: Extended Partition Boot sector type: Unknown Boot sector info: sda5: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: ext4 Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: Operating System: Boot files: sda6: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: swap Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: sda7: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: ext4 Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: Operating System: Linux Mint 14 Nadia Boot files: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab sdb1: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: Mounting failed: mount: unknown filesystem type '' sdd1: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: ntfs Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7: NTFS Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block. Operating System: Boot files: ============================ Drive/Partition Info: ============================= Drive: sda _____________________________________________________________________ Disk /dev/sda: 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 / 4096 bytes Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System /dev/sda1 * 2,048 206,847 204,800 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS /dev/sda2 206,848 512,002,047 511,795,200 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS /dev/sda3 1,036,292,096 1,953,521,663 917,229,568 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS /dev/sda4 512,004,094 1,036,292,095 524,288,002 5 Extended /dev/sda5 512,004,096 712,001,535 199,997,440 83 Linux /dev/sda6 712,003,584 714,002,431 1,998,848 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda7 714,004,480 1,036,292,095 322,287,616 83 Linux Drive: sdb _____________________________________________________________________ Disk /dev/sdb: 32.0 GB, 32017047552 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3892 cylinders, total 62533296 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System /dev/sdb1 1 62,533,295 62,533,295 ee GPT GUID Partition Table detected. Partition Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors System /dev/sdb1 2,048 16,775,167 16,773,120 - Drive: sdd _____________________________________________________________________ Disk /dev/sdd: 8235 MB, 8235515904 bytes 63 heads, 21 sectors/track, 12157 cylinders, total 16084992 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System /dev/sdd1 * 5,472 16,084,991 16,079,520 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS "blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________ Device UUID TYPE LABEL /dev/loop0 squashfs /dev/sda1 E8003ED8003EAD86 ntfs System Reserved /dev/sda2 F4E44B15E44AD98E ntfs /dev/sda3 6C6E48636E482862 ntfs /dev/sda5 d29a71b5-3761-49cc-b6e4-c04457eaab02 ext4 /dev/sda6 fd637281-b574-412e-82de-c71f11aa7710 swap /dev/sda7 b90ac1ab-658b-4f8b-98d3-bec5f10d87a6 ext4 /dev/sdd1 F88A89FE8A89B9A0 ntfs /dev/sr0 iso9660 Linux Mint 14 MATE 64-bit ================================ Mount points: ================================= Device Mount_Point Type Options /dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime) /dev/sda2 /media/mint/F4E44B15E44AD98E fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096) /dev/sda5 /media/mint/d29a71b5-3761-49cc-b6e4-c04457eaab02 ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks2) /dev/sda7 /media/mint/b90ac1ab-658b-4f8b-98d3-bec5f10d87a6 ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks2) /dev/sdd1 /media/mint/F88A89FE8A89B9A0 fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096) /dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime) =========================== sda7/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 $prefix/grubenv ]; then set have_grubenv=true load_env fi set default="0" if [ x"${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='hd0,msdos7' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos7 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos7 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos7 b90ac1ab-658b-4f8b-98d3-bec5f10d87a6 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b90ac1ab-658b-4f8b-98d3-bec5f10d87a6 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_CA 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 14 MATE 64-bit, 3.5.0-17-generic (/dev/sda7)' --class linuxmint --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos7' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos7 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos7 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos7 b90ac1ab-658b-4f8b-98d3-bec5f10d87a6 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b90ac1ab-658b-4f8b-98d3-bec5f10d87a6 fi linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=b90ac1ab-658b-4f8b-98d3-bec5f10d87a6 ro quiet splash $vt_handoff initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-17-generic } menuentry 'Linux Mint 14 MATE 64-bit, 3.5.0-17-generic (/dev/sda7) -- recovery mode' --class linuxmint --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos7' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos7 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos7 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos7 b90ac1ab-658b-4f8b-98d3-bec5f10d87a6 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b90ac1ab-658b-4f8b-98d3-bec5f10d87a6 fi echo 'Loading Linux 3.5.0-17-generic ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=b90ac1ab-658b-4f8b-98d3-bec5f10d87a6 ro recovery nomodeset echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-17-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,msdos7' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos7 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos7 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos7 b90ac1ab-658b-4f8b-98d3-bec5f10d87a6 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b90ac1ab-658b-4f8b-98d3-bec5f10d87a6 fi linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin } menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" { insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos7' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos7 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos7 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos7 b90ac1ab-658b-4f8b-98d3-bec5f10d87a6 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b90ac1ab-658b-4f8b-98d3-bec5f10d87a6 fi 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)' --class windows --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-chain-E8003ED8003EAD86' { insmod part_msdos insmod ntfs set root='hd0,msdos1' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 E8003ED8003EAD86 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root E8003ED8003EAD86 fi chainloader +1 } ### 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 ### -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================== sda7/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> proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0 # / was on /dev/sda7 during installation UUID=b90ac1ab-658b-4f8b-98d3-bec5f10d87a6 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1 # /home was on /dev/sda5 during installation UUID=d29a71b5-3761-49cc-b6e4-c04457eaab02 /home ext4 defaults 0 2 # swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation UUID=fd637281-b574-412e-82de-c71f11aa7710 none swap sw 0 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =================== sda7: Location of files loaded by Grub: ==================== GiB - GB File Fragment(s) 426.733451843 = 458.201554944 boot/grub/grub.cfg 1 341.368682861 = 366.541832192 boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-17-generic 2 382.597618103 = 410.811064320 boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic 1 341.368682861 = 366.541832192 initrd.img 2 ?? = ?? initrd.img.old 1 382.597618103 = 410.811064320 vmlinuz 1 ======================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc: ======================== Unknown GPT Partiton Type dee2bfd3af3ddf11ba40e3a556d89593 Unknown BootLoader on sda4 00000000 2c 3c 35 76 a5 4a b7 b8 f2 28 3d 7c 8c b1 12 52 |,<5v.J...(=|...R| 00000010 36 05 d1 d2 d0 b9 89 2d 2f 3a 74 ce 21 4f b6 5b |6......-/:t.!O.[| 00000020 d3 ec 69 76 b5 63 61 e3 ee 90 eb e4 87 33 70 dd |..iv.ca......3p.| 00000030 85 ec 5d ad 3d 0b e7 e0 e3 56 db 65 77 71 bc 79 |..].=....V.ewq.y| 00000040 4e c0 42 40 81 11 35 fb 90 b1 7e db ff 1c 10 ac |N.B@..5...~.....| 00000050 b6 33 14 af 17 ce db 33 58 72 ba e2 72 be c7 12 |.3.....3Xr..r...| 00000060 2b 7e c9 1f 57 4b 10 1b ff 03 6d 8e 08 11 c9 f2 |+~..WK....m.....| 00000070 41 81 8a 55 fa b1 69 01 dd ef 2e b8 8b 02 67 2c |A..U..i.......g,| 00000080 e8 75 31 2c ad a3 93 30 f5 30 05 d8 44 1f a6 49 |.u1,...0.0..D..I| 00000090 35 45 31 95 e9 3b 8a 03 35 a1 af a9 bd 72 aa 5a |5E1..;..5....r.Z| 000000a0 5f 59 c4 f6 d6 c3 91 88 41 96 6f ee 41 1c a5 a3 |_Y......A.o.A...| 000000b0 90 cb c9 c1 d7 08 86 30 2c 8f 3c 24 f9 87 c3 5d |.......0,.<$...]| 000000c0 2e 25 7a 5a 7a f3 f4 f9 fa 6a d2 89 79 f6 11 e0 |.%zZz....j..y...| 000000d0 b4 e4 eb b8 8e 82 58 d6 5b 57 87 9c ef c1 e0 b7 |......X.[W......| 000000e0 2f 09 e2 29 b7 9f 15 3c 64 36 3e 7e 8f 6c f4 1f |/..)...<d6>~.l..| 000000f0 57 ca 64 bd a3 f2 8d bc fd 28 dd eb 42 da 24 88 |W.d......(..B.$.| 00000100 68 06 90 39 62 3e 65 37 98 e3 96 93 78 da b9 38 |h..9b>e7....x..8| 00000110 16 10 10 82 70 6f 7e a7 d2 a4 a0 7e 84 45 23 da |....po~....~.E#.| 00000120 89 36 04 92 70 13 c7 84 9f b3 56 85 7f bc bc 3d |.6..p.....V....=| 00000130 8f 90 29 5c 77 2e dd 45 7d 92 f7 e6 80 cb 8a 4a |..)\w..E}......J| 00000140 2c 19 da f0 4f 60 77 a2 05 87 2d 9a cf 90 67 fb |,...O`w...-...g.| 00000150 f3 c4 63 f4 a1 b7 a2 2d 08 db c8 a1 90 5d 91 04 |..c....-.....]..| 00000160 13 0d 5a 30 3f 12 e8 66 17 09 b8 ad 9c 24 f6 76 |..Z0?..f.....$.v| 00000170 2a d7 ff f6 61 58 e3 be 63 d6 09 a1 0a 3d 25 8a |*...aX..c....=%.| 00000180 03 8f 7f 61 52 9d 92 6d 9d a9 c5 d4 f0 cb 24 14 |...aR..m......$.| 00000190 9a 29 3a e1 1a 4d 7d e1 c6 8c 2a 4d 0e fb df e0 |.):..M}...*M....| 000001a0 52 00 49 72 5a fc d2 4d 60 a7 ce 00 8d 89 ad 5f |R.IrZ..M`......_| 000001b0 27 12 a5 c4 7d 0e 3e eb e1 6f c0 ca b3 56 00 fe |'...}.>..o...V..| 000001c0 ff ff 83 fe ff ff 02 00 00 00 00 b8 eb 0b 00 fe |................| 000001d0 ff ff 05 fe ff ff 02 b8 eb 0b 00 88 1e 00 00 00 |................| 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: ========= sdc =============================== StdErr Messages: =============================== FIBMAP: Invalid argument FIBMAP: Invalid argument

And last error continues forever.

by **srs5694** on Mon Mar 04, 2013 7:15 pm

Based on your new thread, I suspect you intend to start fresh and my reply may be irrelevant; but your system seems to be configured to boot directly to Windows. You can re-install GRUB to get the computer to boot either OS. There are various ways to do this, but the easiest is most likely to run the Ubuntu Boot Repair tool, which I'm told works fine with Mint, too. That won't help you with your Windows-specific problems, but there's a good chance that it will get Linux booting again.

by **cornleader** on Mon Mar 04, 2013 7:36 pm

I really appreciate all your help but I think I really messed it up. Unfortunately I have no choice but to have Windows as my primary OS and linux is for, well no need to explain that on a linux forum.

Looks like I installed the MBR to the wrong partition and formated my SSD out of pure stupidity, (one of my windows issues), and for some bright idea changed a logical or extended partition to a primary that had windows data on it. So I figured my best bet is to give in and start fresh. Wipe the whole drive clean. As you can see from my results things just kept getting worse lol.

I started a new thread HERE.

I'm sure I could fix this with lots of help but in my case it might be faster if I started from scratch.

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