The LM8 Main install was working fine, but when I tried to boot it today, it couldn't get very far into the boot procedure.
It gets to the LM logo on the black screen, then times out.
I have checked the hard drive and it seems to be fine (I can boot from an old LM6 install on the same drive), so I presume the problem is partition-related.
I tried to repair grub, but it reported the grub command wasn't available.
Hmmm... now what?
[Resolved] LM8 just stopped working
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[Resolved] LM8 just stopped working
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Re: LM8 just stopped working
Does anyone have any idea of how to recover this install?
Re: LM8 just stopped working
I'm in way over my head and I am getting no responses here.
At the moment, this hard drive still has two LM installs (LM6 and LM8) but no boot partitions and when I try to reinstall GRUB 2, all I get is the "sh: grub" shell. The LM8 install doesn't even show up with a sudo blkid.
If someone who knows what they are doing could help me, I'd really appreciate it.
At the moment, this hard drive still has two LM installs (LM6 and LM8) but no boot partitions and when I try to reinstall GRUB 2, all I get is the "sh: grub" shell. The LM8 install doesn't even show up with a sudo blkid.
If someone who knows what they are doing could help me, I'd really appreciate it.
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beefstu
Re: LM8 just stopped working
Hi, have you tried to see if you can boot using the super grub disk? http://www.supergrubdisk.org/
Can you get into LM6 still or is that broken now too?
Can you see your LM8 files from LM6 or from the live CD?
Can you get into LM6 still or is that broken now too?
Can you see your LM8 files from LM6 or from the live CD?
Re: LM8 just stopped working
I made a SuperGRUB disk, but it is older and may not work with GRUB 2 (not sure, I don't know what to do with it).
First, LM8 just stopped working, then, after trying to fix it, the LM6 install wouldn't boot. The files in both partitions are still there, but when I tried to use mintBackup, only 1 in 5 files were actually backed up because of permission or other conflicts. No partition is marked as bootable, right now.
First, LM8 just stopped working, then, after trying to fix it, the LM6 install wouldn't boot. The files in both partitions are still there, but when I tried to use mintBackup, only 1 in 5 files were actually backed up because of permission or other conflicts. No partition is marked as bootable, right now.
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eclee25
Re: LM8 just stopped working
I believe I had a similar problem to yours, but I fixed it. You can read my post here: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 26#p274526
Hope that helps!
Hope that helps!
Re: LM8 just stopped working
I wish I could see that screen again.
Things have gotten much more serious than with what you had to deal.
Things have gotten much more serious than with what you had to deal.
Re: LM8 just stopped working
I just found some GRUB 2 shell commands, but before I try to use them, should I try to recover my LM6 install first?
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beefstu
Re: LM8 just stopped working
AKAIK if you boot from the supergrub disk, you should be able to use it too see your disotros and boot them if they are ok. How do you mean recover LM6?
Re: LM8 just stopped working
When I tried to recover my LM8 install, I inadvertently took out my LM6 install, too.
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beefstu
Re: LM8 just stopped working
Could you load a live CD and post the results of the boot info script? http://sourceforge.net/projects/bootinfoscript/
Re: LM8 just stopped working
That is an interesting/useful looking script!
Thanks!
I ran this from a USB stick running an older Ubuntu and I haven't scrutinized the results myself yet.
I will do that after I return home.
Disk /dev/sda: 91201 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0
No boot partition is marked.
Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 0+ 24 25- 200781 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 25 2456 2432 19535040 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 2457 91200 88744 712836180 5 Extended
/dev/sda4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/sda5 2457+ 2699 243- 1951866 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 2700+ 54285 51586- 414364513+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 54286+ 90449 36164- 290487298+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 90450+ 91200 751- 6032376 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Thanks!
I ran this from a USB stick running an older Ubuntu and I haven't scrutinized the results myself yet.
I will do that after I return home.
Disk /dev/sda: 91201 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0
No boot partition is marked.
Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 0+ 24 25- 200781 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 25 2456 2432 19535040 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 2457 91200 88744 712836180 5 Extended
/dev/sda4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/sda5 2457+ 2699 243- 1951866 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 2700+ 54285 51586- 414364513+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 54286+ 90449 36164- 290487298+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 90450+ 91200 751- 6032376 82 Linux swap / Solaris
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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 #2 for /boot/grub.
=> Grub 0.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb and looks on the same drive
in partition #1 for /boot/grub/stage2 and /boot/grub/menu.lst.
sda1: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext2
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sda2: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Linux Mint 6 Felicia
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/menu.lst /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
sda3: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda6: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/core.img
sda7: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Linux Mint 8 Helena - Main
Edition
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
sda8: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb1: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext2
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 9.04
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/menu.lst /etc/fstab
sdb2: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb5: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb6: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext2
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ _____________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sda: 750.1 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000bd440
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 63 401,624 401,562 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 401,625 39,471,704 39,070,080 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 39,471,705 1,465,144,064 1,425,672,360 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 39,471,768 43,375,499 3,903,732 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 43,375,563 872,104,589 828,729,027 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 872,104,653 1,453,079,249 580,974,597 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 1,453,079,313 1,465,144,064 12,064,752 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Drive: sdb ___________________ _____________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sdb: 4126 MB, 4126670848 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 501 cylinders, total 8059904 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0634f27c
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 63 6,249,284 6,249,222 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 6,249,285 8,048,564 1,799,280 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 6,249,348 6,442,064 192,717 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb6 6,442,128 8,048,564 1,606,437 83 Linux
blkid -c /dev/null: ____________________________________________________________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/sda1 ca391d55-20b5-4a44-87f6-07291b66c3fd ext2 Fedora12 Gnome
/dev/sda2 2e75831d-b9ba-46a3-97b3-6e29a764526f ext3
/dev/sda5 e04a8030-adfa-4b8e-b68f-6dcdfbebb655 swap
/dev/sda6 9069df1f-6c54-43be-b56b-0b52e03c953f ext3
/dev/sda7 d692126d-d69a-49cd-8043-36ccfbe5b25c ext4
/dev/sda8 6a75072d-021e-4dbc-8a89-1026147b89cb swap
/dev/sdb1 e2f14fb7-495b-48c2-9e57-6c661c156c3c ext2
/dev/sdb5 2ab8d6cc-6495-43f7-a296-6999d068eded swap
/dev/sdb6 4b85ee90-0d2a-414a-b820-dc7189dde856 ext2
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sdb1 / ext2 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sdb6 /home ext2 (rw,relatime)
/dev/sda6 /media/disk ext3 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal)
/dev/sr0 /media/cdrom0 iso9660 (ro,nosuid,nodev,utf8,user=donald)
=========================== sda2/boot/grub/menu.lst: ===========================
# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/doc/grub-legacy-doc/.
## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to 'saved' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default 2
## Graphical boot menu location
gfxmenu=/boot/gfxmenu/default.message
## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 5
# Pretty colours
color cyan/blue white/blue
## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
# password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret
#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#
#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST
### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below
## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs
## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=/dev/sda2 ro
## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,1)
## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true
## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false
## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash
## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false
## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=
## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0
## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(single-user) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single
## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all
## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true
## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false
## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false
## ## End Default Options ##
## THIS IS THE BIG LINUX HDD -- DON"T EDIT THIS! ##
title Linux Mint 6, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=/dev/sda2 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
quiet
title Linux Mint 6, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=/dev/sda2 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
title Linux Mint 6, kernel Last successful boot
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/last-good-boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 ro quiet splash last-good-boot
quiet
title Linux Mint 6, memtest86+
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
=============================== sda2/etc/fstab: ===============================
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda2
UUID=2e75831d-b9ba-46a3-97b3-6e29a764526f / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda6
UUID=9069df1f-6c54-43be-b56b-0b52e03c953f /home ext3 relatime 0 2
# /dev/sda5
UUID=e04a8030-adfa-4b8e-b68f-6dcdfbebb655 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sda2: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
18.4GB: boot/grub/core.img
18.3GB: boot/grub/menu.lst
18.4GB: boot/grub/stage2
18.4GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
18.3GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic
18.4GB: initrd.img
18.3GB: vmlinuz
=================== sda6: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
232.8GB: boot/grub/core.img
=========================== sda7/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=(hd0,7)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d692126d-d69a-49cd-8043-36ccfbe5b25c
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/06_mint_theme ###
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,7)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d692126d-d69a-49cd-8043-36ccfbe5b25c
insmod png
if background_image /boot/grub/linuxmint.png ; then
set color_normal=white/black
set color_highlight=white/light-gray
else
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=white/light-gray
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/06_mint_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Linux Mint 8 Helena, linux 2.6.31-14-generic (/dev/sda7)" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
set quiet=1
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,7)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d692126d-d69a-49cd-8043-36ccfbe5b25c
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=d692126d-d69a-49cd-8043-36ccfbe5b25c ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
menuentry "Linux Mint 8 Helena, linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode)" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,7)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d692126d-d69a-49cd-8043-36ccfbe5b25c
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=d692126d-d69a-49cd-8043-36ccfbe5b25c 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 ###
menuentry "Linux Mint 6, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (on /dev/sda2)" {
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,2)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2e75831d-b9ba-46a3-97b3-6e29a764526f
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=/dev/sda2 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
}
menuentry "Linux Mint 6, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda2)" {
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,2)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2e75831d-b9ba-46a3-97b3-6e29a764526f
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=/dev/sda2 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
}
menuentry "Linux Mint 6, memtest86+ (on /dev/sda2)" {
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,2)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2e75831d-b9ba-46a3-97b3-6e29a764526f
linux /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
### 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 ###
=============================== sda7/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/sda7 during installation
UUID=d692126d-d69a-49cd-8043-36ccfbe5b25c / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda8 during installation
UUID=6a75072d-021e-4dbc-8a89-1026147b89cb none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sda7: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
453.6GB: boot/grub/core.img
463.9GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
447.3GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
447.1GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
447.3GB: initrd.img
447.1GB: vmlinuz
=========================== sdb1/boot/grub/menu.lst: ===========================
# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.
## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default 0
## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 10
## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
#hiddenmenu
# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue
## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
# password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret
#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#
#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST
### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below
## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs
## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=e2f14fb7-495b-48c2-9e57-6c661c156c3c ro
## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=e2f14fb7-495b-48c2-9e57-6c661c156c3c
## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true
## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false
## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash
## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false
## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=
## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0
## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single
## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all
## specify if running in Xen domU or have grub detect automatically
## update-grub will ignore non-xen kernels when running in domU and vice versa
## e.g. indomU=detect
## indomU=true
## indomU=false
# indomU=detect
## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true
## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false
## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false
## ## End Default Options ##
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-17-generic
uuid e2f14fb7-495b-48c2-9e57-6c661c156c3c
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-17-generic root=UUID=e2f14fb7-495b-48c2-9e57-6c661c156c3c ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-17-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-17-generic (recovery mode)
uuid e2f14fb7-495b-48c2-9e57-6c661c156c3c
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-17-generic root=UUID=e2f14fb7-495b-48c2-9e57-6c661c156c3c ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-17-generic
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-16-generic
uuid e2f14fb7-495b-48c2-9e57-6c661c156c3c
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-16-generic root=UUID=e2f14fb7-495b-48c2-9e57-6c661c156c3c ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-16-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-16-generic (recovery mode)
uuid e2f14fb7-495b-48c2-9e57-6c661c156c3c
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-16-generic root=UUID=e2f14fb7-495b-48c2-9e57-6c661c156c3c ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-16-generic
title Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
uuid e2f14fb7-495b-48c2-9e57-6c661c156c3c
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Windows Vista (loader)
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
savedefault
chainloader +1
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda2
title Windows Vista (loader)
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
savedefault
chainloader +1
=============================== sdb1/etc/fstab: ===============================
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'vol_id --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/sdb1 during installation
UUID=e2f14fb7-495b-48c2-9e57-6c661c156c3c / ext2 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sdb6 during installation
UUID=4b85ee90-0d2a-414a-b820-dc7189dde856 /home ext2 relatime 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sdb5 during installation
UUID=2ab8d6cc-6495-43f7-a296-6999d068eded none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sdb1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
1.0GB: boot/grub/menu.lst
.8GB: boot/grub/stage2
1.1GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-16-generic
2.1GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-17-generic
.9GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-16-generic
1.7GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-17-generic
2.1GB: initrd.img
1.1GB: initrd.img.old
1.7GB: vmlinuz
.9GB: vmlinuz.old
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================
Unknown BootLoader on sdb1
00000000 a4 81 00 00 1f 6c 00 00 71 72 bf 49 49 8e 00 4a |.....l..qr.II..J|
00000010 71 72 bf 49 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 3a 00 00 00 |qr.I........:...|
00000020 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d8 02 00 00 d9 02 00 00 |................|
00000030 da 02 00 00 db 02 00 00 dc 02 00 00 dd 02 00 00 |................|
00000040 de 02 00 00 df 02 00 00 e0 02 00 00 e1 02 00 00 |................|
00000050 e2 02 00 00 e3 02 00 00 e4 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000060 00 00 00 00 65 d9 9f ae 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |....e...........|
00000070 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000080 a4 81 00 00 1f 6c 00 00 71 72 bf 49 49 8e 00 4a |.....l..qr.II..J|
00000090 71 72 bf 49 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 3a 00 00 00 |qr.I........:...|
000000a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f5 02 00 00 f6 02 00 00 |................|
000000b0 f7 02 00 00 f8 02 00 00 f9 02 00 00 fa 02 00 00 |................|
000000c0 fb 02 00 00 fc 02 00 00 fd 02 00 00 fe 02 00 00 |................|
000000d0 ff 02 00 00 00 03 00 00 01 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000000e0 00 00 00 00 66 d9 9f ae 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |....f...........|
000000f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000100 a4 81 00 00 21 6c 00 00 71 72 bf 49 49 8e 00 4a |....!l..qr.II..J|
00000110 71 72 bf 49 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 3a 00 00 00 |qr.I........:...|
00000120 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 03 00 00 13 03 00 00 |................|
00000130 14 03 00 00 15 03 00 00 16 03 00 00 17 03 00 00 |................|
00000140 18 03 00 00 19 03 00 00 1a 03 00 00 1b 03 00 00 |................|
00000150 1c 03 00 00 1d 03 00 00 1e 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000160 00 00 00 00 67 d9 9f ae 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |....g...........|
00000170 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000180 a4 81 00 00 74 1d 00 00 71 72 bf 49 49 8e 00 4a |....t...qr.II..J|
00000190 71 72 bf 49 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 10 00 00 00 |qr.I............|
000001a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2f 03 00 00 30 03 00 00 |......../...0...|
000001b0 31 03 00 00 32 03 00 00 33 03 00 00 34 03 00 00 |1...2...3...4...|
000001c0 35 03 00 00 36 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |5...6...........|
000001d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001e0 00 00 00 00 68 d9 9f ae 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |....h...........|
000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000200
Unknown BootLoader on sdb6
00000000 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |................|
*
00000200
Re: LM8 just stopped working
OK, I got GRUB 2 reinstalled, by the looks of things.
I have no idea why it didn't work earlier and I still have no idea why LM8 just stopped working, in the first place.
The update also seems to have found the LM6, so I will test that later, with a reboot.
I have no idea why it didn't work earlier and I still have no idea why LM8 just stopped working, in the first place.
The update also seems to have found the LM6, so I will test that later, with a reboot.
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sudo update-grub
[sudo] password for donald:
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found Debian background: linuxmint.png
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Found Linux Mint 6 Felicia - Main Edition (6) on /dev/sda2
done
-
beefstu
Re: LM8 just stopped working
IF that has worked and you can now boot into Felicia, can you do another boot info script?
There are a few confusing things on there, Do you have Windows Vista installed? At the bottom of your menu.lst from your Ubuntu partition, it seems to say Vista is on sda1 or 2 but thats where Mint 8 is.
I think (assuming Vista doesn't exist) you have Mint 8 and 6 on one hdd and ubuntu 9.04 on another?
The grub.cfg seems to still reference mint 8 but i'd assume that has now disappeared. When you boot, what version of grub do you see? it should say version 0.97 or 1.97 or similar on the screen.
There are a few confusing things on there, Do you have Windows Vista installed? At the bottom of your menu.lst from your Ubuntu partition, it seems to say Vista is on sda1 or 2 but thats where Mint 8 is.
I think (assuming Vista doesn't exist) you have Mint 8 and 6 on one hdd and ubuntu 9.04 on another?
The grub.cfg seems to still reference mint 8 but i'd assume that has now disappeared. When you boot, what version of grub do you see? it should say version 0.97 or 1.97 or similar on the screen.
Re: LM8 just stopped working
Don't worry too much about what systems were shown before.
You may even shake your head over sda1 now, too (I know I would).
Both LM6 and LM8 seem to be booting OK now, at least so far, and that is the important thing.
You may even shake your head over sda1 now, too (I know I would).
Both LM6 and LM8 seem to be booting OK now, at least so far, and that is the important thing.
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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 #7 for /boot/grub.
sda1: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext2
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sda2: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Linux Mint 6 Felicia
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/menu.lst /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
sda3: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda6: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/core.img
sda7: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Mounting failed:
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ext4'
sda8: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ _____________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sda: 750.1 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000bd440
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 63 401,624 401,562 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 401,625 39,471,704 39,070,080 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 39,471,705 1,465,144,064 1,425,672,360 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 39,471,768 43,375,499 3,903,732 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 43,375,563 872,104,589 828,729,027 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 872,104,653 1,453,079,249 580,974,597 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 1,453,079,313 1,465,144,064 12,064,752 82 Linux swap / Solaris
blkid -c /dev/null: ____________________________________________________________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/sda1 ca391d55-20b5-4a44-87f6-07291b66c3fd ext2 Fedora12 Gnome
/dev/sda2 2e75831d-b9ba-46a3-97b3-6e29a764526f ext3
/dev/sda5 e04a8030-adfa-4b8e-b68f-6dcdfbebb655 swap
/dev/sda6 9069df1f-6c54-43be-b56b-0b52e03c953f ext3
/dev/sda7 d692126d-d69a-49cd-8043-36ccfbe5b25c ext4
/dev/sda8 6a75072d-021e-4dbc-8a89-1026147b89cb swap
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sda2 / ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sda6 /home ext3 (rw,relatime)
=========================== sda2/boot/grub/menu.lst: ===========================
# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/doc/grub-legacy-doc/.
## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to 'saved' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default 2
## Graphical boot menu location
gfxmenu=/boot/gfxmenu/default.message
## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 5
# Pretty colours
color cyan/blue white/blue
## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
# password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret
#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#
#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST
### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below
## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs
## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=/dev/sda2 ro
## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,1)
## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true
## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false
## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash
## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false
## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=
## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0
## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(single-user) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single
## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all
## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true
## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false
## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false
## ## End Default Options ##
## THIS IS THE BIG LINUX HDD -- DON"T EDIT THIS! ##
title Linux Mint 6, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=/dev/sda2 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
quiet
title Linux Mint 6, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=/dev/sda2 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
title Linux Mint 6, kernel Last successful boot
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/last-good-boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 ro quiet splash last-good-boot
quiet
title Linux Mint 6, memtest86+
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
=============================== sda2/etc/fstab: ===============================
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda2
UUID=2e75831d-b9ba-46a3-97b3-6e29a764526f / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda6
UUID=9069df1f-6c54-43be-b56b-0b52e03c953f /home ext3 relatime 0 2
# /dev/sda5
UUID=e04a8030-adfa-4b8e-b68f-6dcdfbebb655 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sda2: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
18.4GB: boot/grub/core.img
18.3GB: boot/grub/menu.lst
18.4GB: boot/grub/stage2
18.4GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
18.3GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic
18.4GB: initrd.img
18.3GB: vmlinuz
=================== sda6: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
232.8GB: boot/grub/core.img
=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================
mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically