New Install / Boot Question

[flagshipone]

I am taking an old file server that I would like to use as a media server. I would like to use the Plex Media Server software as it works with my TV but it requires either Windows 10 or some form of Linux.

I decided to upgrade from Windows Vista to ubuntu 16.04. I went through that process but upon reboot the machine would not boot from the local disk (hd0). After several attempts at correction from online research I decided to switch gears and try Mint. Upon installation I got this error:

Error: attempt to read or write outside disk 'hd0'
Entering rescue mode...
grub rescue>

any thoughts on how I can make this machine boot from the local disk on its own?

[WharfRat]

Hello flagshipone

Welcome to Linux Mint and the Linux Mint forum

It's difficult to work from the grub rescue prompt, but lets try to boot the kernel.

I'm assuming you're posting from another computer so you'll have to type the responses here when I ask you to paste the results.

At that prompt enter ls and paste back the results here.

[flagshipone]

apologies for taking so long to respond:

grub rescue> ls
(hd0) (hd1) (hd1,msdos1) (hd2) (hd3) (hd3,msdos3)

[flagshipone]

Boot Info Script 8f991e4 + Boot-Repair extra info [Boot-Info 25oct2017]


============================= Boot Info Summary: ===============================

=> Grub2 (v2.00) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb and looks at sector 1 of
the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks
for (,msdos1)/boot/grub. It also embeds following components:

modules
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
fshelp ext2 part_msdos biosdisk
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
=> Grub2 (v2.00) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdd and looks at sector 1 of
the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks
for /boot/grub. It also embeds following components:

modules
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
fshelp ext2 part_msdos biosdisk search_fs_uuid
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

config script
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
search.fs_uuid dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1 root hd1,msdos1
set prefix=($root)'/boot/grub'

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

sdb1: __________________________________________________________________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Linux Mint 18.3
Boot files: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab
/boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img

sdb2: __________________________________________________________________________

File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:

sdb5: __________________________________________________________________________

File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:

sdd1: __________________________________________________________________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista: NTFS
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files:

sda: ___________________________________________________________________________

File system:
Boot sector type: Grub2 (v1.99-2.00)
Boot sector info: Grub2 (v2.00) is installed in the boot sector of sda
and looks at sector 1 of the same hard drive for
core.img. core.img is at this location and looks for
/boot/grub. It also embeds following components:

modules
-------------------------------------------------------
fshelp ext2 part_msdos biosdisk search_fs_uuid
-------------------------------------------------------

config script
-------------------------------------------------------
search.fs_uuid dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1
root hd1,msdos1
set prefix=($root)'/boot/grub'

-------------------------------------------------------
Mounting failed: mount: /mnt/BootInfo/FD/sda: unknown filesystem type ''.

sdc: ___________________________________________________________________________

File system:
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Mounting failed: mount: /mnt/BootInfo/FD/sda: unknown filesystem type ''.
mount: /mnt/BootInfo/FD/sdc: unknown filesystem type ''.

============================ Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sdb _____________________________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sdb: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos

Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System

/dev/sdb1 * 2,048 968,388,607 968,386,560 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 968,390,654 976,771,071 8,380,418 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 968,390,656 976,771,071 8,380,416 82 Linux swap / Solaris


Drive: sdd _____________________________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sdd: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos

Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System

/dev/sdd1 2,048 976,769,023 976,766,976 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS


"blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda
/dev/sdb1 dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1 ext4
/dev/sdb5 7852ecc7-9318-4701-afe0-44bc33123999 swap
/dev/sdc
/dev/sdd1 C8E25351E253433C ntfs ServerDrive0A
/dev/sr0 2017-10-29-00-56-18-00 iso9660 Boot-Repair-Disk 64bit
/dev/zram0 5b307fac-7fd5-43ad-9ab8-2e6e1eded8c2 swap
/dev/zram1 9c33f3da-517a-4f0c-b5d6-a18acc4691fc swap

========================= "ls -l /dev/disk/by-id" output: ======================

total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 19 16:49 ata-HL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_GH24NS50_K0021V02452 -> ../../sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 19 16:50 ata-ST31500341AS_9VS1C3F7 -> ../../sdc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 19 16:50 ata-ST31500341AS_9VS4Y31A -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 19 16:51 ata-ST500DM002-1BC142_W2A018PV -> ../../sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 19 16:51 ata-ST500DM002-1BC142_W2A018PV-part1 -> ../../sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 19 16:51 ata-ST500DM002-1BC142_W2A018PV-part2 -> ../../sdb2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 19 16:51 ata-ST500DM002-1BC142_W2A018PV-part5 -> ../../sdb5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 19 16:51 ata-WDC_WD5000AAJS-32YFA0_WD-WCAS80611354 -> ../../sdd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 19 16:51 ata-WDC_WD5000AAJS-32YFA0_WD-WCAS80611354-part1 -> ../../sdd1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 19 16:50 wwn-0x5000c500111323e9 -> ../../sdc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 19 16:50 wwn-0x5000c5002d81c3fa -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 19 16:51 wwn-0x5000c5003d3b16bb -> ../../sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 19 16:51 wwn-0x5000c5003d3b16bb-part1 -> ../../sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 19 16:51 wwn-0x5000c5003d3b16bb-part2 -> ../../sdb2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 19 16:51 wwn-0x5000c5003d3b16bb-part5 -> ../../sdb5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 19 16:49 wwn-0x5001480000000000 -> ../../sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 19 16:51 wwn-0x50014ee255d99287 -> ../../sdd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 19 16:51 wwn-0x50014ee255d99287-part1 -> ../../sdd1

================================ Mount points: =================================

Device Mount_Point Type Options

/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime,nojoliet,check=s,map=n,blocksize=2048)


=========================== sdb1/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 $prefix/grubenv ]; then
set have_grubenv=true
load_env
fi
if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
set default="${next_entry}"
set next_entry=
save_env next_entry
set boot_once=true
else
set default="0"
fi

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$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
font=unicode
else
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd1,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd1,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos1 dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1
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=C
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then
set timeout=10
else
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=menu
set timeout=10
# Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
# unavailable.
else
set timeout=10
fi
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
menuentry 'Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon 64-bit' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1' {
recordfail
load_video
gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd1,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd1,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos1 dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1
fi
linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-38-generic root=UUID=dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1 ro quiet splash $vt_handoff
initrd /boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-38-generic
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon 64-bit' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1' {
menuentry 'Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon 64-bit, with Linux 4.10.0-38-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-4.10.0-38-generic-advanced-dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1' {
recordfail
load_video
gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd1,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd1,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos1 dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 4.10.0-38-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-38-generic root=UUID=dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1 ro quiet splash $vt_handoff
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-38-generic
}
menuentry 'Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon 64-bit, with Linux 4.10.0-38-generic (upstart)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-4.10.0-38-generic-init-upstart-dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1' {
recordfail
load_video
gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd1,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd1,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos1 dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 4.10.0-38-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-38-generic root=UUID=dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1 ro quiet splash $vt_handoff init=/sbin/upstart
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-38-generic
}
menuentry 'Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon 64-bit, with Linux 4.10.0-38-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-4.10.0-38-generic-recovery-dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1' {
recordfail
load_video
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd1,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd1,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos1 dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 4.10.0-38-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-38-generic root=UUID=dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1 ro recovery nomodeset
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-38-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='hd1,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd1,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos1 dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1
fi
knetbsd /boot/memtest86+.elf
}
menuentry 'Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)' {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd1,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd1,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos1 dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1
fi
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### 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 ###
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

=============================== sdb1/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>
# / was on /dev/sdb1 during installation
UUID=dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sdb5 during installation
UUID=7852ecc7-9318-4701-afe0-44bc33123999 none swap sw 0 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

=================== sdb1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================

GiB - GB File Fragment(s)

336.142005920 = 360.929730560 boot/grub/grub.cfg 1
336.145168304 = 360.933126144 boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img 1
336.140644073 = 360.928268288 boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-38-generic 1
336.140644073 = 360.928268288 vmlinuz 1
328.761085510 = 353.004527616 boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-38-generic 3
328.761085510 = 353.004527616 initrd.img 3


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :
=================== log of boot-repair 20180119_1650 ===================
boot-repair version : 4ppa62
boot-sav version : 4ppa62
boot-sav-extra version : 4ppa62
glade2script version : 3.2.3~ppa4
Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/sr0 has been opened read-only.
Error: Invalid partition table - recursive partition on /dev/sr0.
boot-repair is executed in live-session (Boot-Repair-Disk 64bit 1oct2017, zesty, Ubuntu, x86_64)
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
ls: cannot access '/home/usr/.config': No such file or directory
sda may have broken partition table.
sdc may have broken partition table.

=================== os-prober:
/dev/sdb1:Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia (18.3):LinuxMint:linux

=================== blkid:
/dev/sdb1: UUID="dbd70916-5269-46d1-9acf-125ed509a2b1" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="21de03c0-01"
/dev/sdd1: LABEL="ServerDrive0A" UUID="C8E25351E253433C" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="000c2aa6-01"
/dev/sr0: UUID="2017-10-29-00-56-18-00" LABEL="Boot-Repair-Disk 64bit" TYPE="iso9660" PTUUID="6b8b4567" PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/sdb5: UUID="7852ecc7-9318-4701-afe0-44bc33123999" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="21de03c0-05"
/dev/zram0: UUID="5b307fac-7fd5-43ad-9ab8-2e6e1eded8c2" TYPE="swap"
/dev/zram1: UUID="9c33f3da-517a-4f0c-b5d6-a18acc4691fc" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sda: PTUUID="945d6ef2" PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdc: PTUUID="000a5b5e" PTTYPE="dos"


1 disks with OS, 1 OS : 1 Linux, 0 MacOS, 0 Windows, 0 unknown type OS.


=================== sdb1/etc/grub.d/ :
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 24 13:10 grub.d
total 96
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9791 Nov 5 15:01 00_header
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6258 Nov 5 14:05 05_debian_theme
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1180 Oct 25 2014 06_mint_theme
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12552 Nov 5 15:01 10_linux
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10634 Oct 1 2012 10_lupin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11082 Nov 5 15:01 20_linux_xen
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1992 Jan 28 2016 20_memtest86+
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11692 Nov 5 15:01 30_os-prober
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1418 Nov 5 15:01 30_uefi-firmware
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 214 Nov 5 15:01 40_custom
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 216 Nov 5 15:01 41_custom
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 483 Nov 5 15:01 README




=================== sdb1/etc/default/grub :

# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
# info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"




=================== UEFI/Legacy mode:
This live-session is not in EFI-mode.
SecureBoot maybe enabled.


=================== PARTITIONS & DISKS:
sdb1 : sdb, not-sepboot, grubenv-ok grub2, grub-pc , update-grub, 64, with-boot, is-os, not--efi--part, fstab-without-boot, fstab-without-efi, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, notwinboot, apt-get, grub-install, with--usr, fstab-without-usr, not-sep-usr, standard, farbios, notbiosboot, /mnt/boot-sav/sdb1.
sdd1 : sdd, not-sepboot, no-grubenv nogrub, no-docgrub, no-update-grub, 32, no-boot, no-os, not--efi--part, part-has-no-fstab, part-has-no-fstab, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, notwinboot, nopakmgr, nogrubinstall, no---usr, part-has-no-fstab, not-sep-usr, standard, farbios, notbiosboot, /mnt/boot-sav/sdd1.

sdb : not-GPT, BIOSboot-not-needed, has-no-EFIpart, not-usb, not-mmc, has-os, 2048 sectors * 512 bytes
sdd : not-GPT, BIOSboot-not-needed, has-no-EFIpart, not-usb, not-mmc, no-os, 2048 sectors * 512 bytes


=================== parted -lm:

BYT;
/dev/sda:1500GB:scsi:512:512:msdos:ATA ST31500341AS:;

BYT;
/dev/sdb:500GB:scsi:512:512:msdos:ATA ST500DM002-1BC14:;
1:1049kB:496GB:496GB:ext4::boot;
2:496GB:500GB:4291MB:::;
5:496GB:500GB:4291MB:linux-swap(v1)::;

BYT;
/dev/sdc:1500GB:scsi:512:512:msdos:ATA ST31500341AS:;

BYT;
/dev/sdd:500GB:scsi:512:512:msdos:ATA WDC WD5000AAJS-3:;
1:1049kB:500GB:500GB:ntfs::;

BYT;
/dev/zram1:1035MB:unknown:4096:4096Unknown:;
1:0.00B:1035MB:1035MB:linux-swap(v1)::;

BYT;
/dev/sr0:742MB:scsi:2048:2048:unknown:HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24NS50:;

BYT;
/dev/zram0:1035MB:unknown:4096:4096Unknown:;
1:0.00B:1035MB:1035MB:linux-swap(v1)::;

=================== lsblk:
KNAME TYPE FSTYPE SIZE LABEL
loop0 loop squashfs 629.3M
sda disk 1.4T
sdb disk 465.8G
sdb1 part ext4 461.8G
sdb2 part 1K
sdb5 part swap 4G
sdc disk 1.4T
sdd disk 465.8G
sdd1 part ntfs 465.8G ServerDrive0A
sr0 rom iso9660 708M Boot-Repair-Disk 64bit
zram0 disk 986.7M
zram1 disk 986.7M

KNAME ROTA RO RM STATE MOUNTPOINT
loop0 1 1 0 /rofs
sda 1 0 0 running
sdb 1 0 0 running
sdb1 1 0 0 /mnt/boot-sav/sdb1
sdb2 1 0 0
sdb5 1 0 0 [SWAP]
sdc 1 0 0 running
sdd 1 0 0 running
sdd1 1 0 0 /mnt/boot-sav/sdd1
sr0 1 0 1 running /cdrom
zram0 0 0 0 [SWAP]
zram1 0 0 0 [SWAP]


=================== mount:
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,size=1960564k,nr_inodes=490141,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,size=404148k,mode=755)
/dev/sr0 on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro,noatime,nojoliet,check=s,map=n,blocksize=2048)
/dev/loop0 on /rofs type squashfs (ro,noatime)
/cow on / type overlay (rw,relatime,lowerdir=//filesystem.squashfs,upperdir=/cow/upper,workdir=/cow/work)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
tmpfs on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=5120k)
tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/unified type cgroup2 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,name=systemd)
pstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpu,cpuacct)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/pids type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,pids)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,perf_event)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/hugetlb type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,hugetlb)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/memory type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls,net_prio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls,net_prio)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/rdma type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,rdma)
systemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=32,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct,pipe_ino=13007)
mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,relatime)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,relatime)
configfs on /sys/kernel/config type configfs (rw,relatime)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime)
hugetlbfs on /dev/hugepages type hugetlbfs (rw,relatime,pagesize=2M)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime)
tmpfs on /run/user/999 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=404144k,mode=700,uid=999,gid=999)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/999/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=999,group_id=999)
/dev/sdb1 on /mnt/boot-sav/sdb1 type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)
/dev/sdd1 on /mnt/boot-sav/sdd1 type fuseblk (rw,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096)


=================== ls:
/sys/block/sda (filtered): alignment_offset bdi capability dev device discard_alignment events events_async events_poll_msecs ext_range holders inflight integrity power queue range removable ro size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/sys/block/sdb (filtered): alignment_offset bdi capability dev device discard_alignment events events_async events_poll_msecs ext_range holders inflight integrity power queue range removable ro sdb1 sdb2 sdb5 size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/sys/block/sdc (filtered): alignment_offset bdi capability dev device discard_alignment events events_async events_poll_msecs ext_range holders inflight integrity power queue range removable ro size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/sys/block/sdd (filtered): alignment_offset bdi capability dev device discard_alignment events events_async events_poll_msecs ext_range holders inflight integrity power queue range removable ro sdd1 size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/sys/block/sr0 (filtered): alignment_offset bdi capability dev device discard_alignment events events_async events_poll_msecs ext_range holders inflight integrity power queue range removable ro size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/dev (filtered): autofs block bsg btrfs-control bus cdrom cdrw char console core cpu_dma_latency cuse disk dri dvd dvdrw ecryptfs fb0 fd full fuse hidraw0 hidraw1 hidraw2 hpet hugepages hwrng i2c-0 i2c-1 i2c-10 i2c-11 i2c-12 i2c-13 i2c-2 i2c-3 i2c-4 i2c-5 i2c-6 i2c-7 i2c-8 i2c-9 initctl input kmsg kvm lightnvm log mapper mcelog mem memory_bandwidth mqueue net network_latency network_throughput null parport0 port ppp psaux ptmx pts random rfkill rtc rtc0 sda sdb sdb1 sdb2 sdb5 sdc sdd sdd1 sg0 sg1 sg2 sg3 sg4 shm snapshot snd sr0 stderr stdin stdout uhid uinput urandom userio vfio vga_arbiter vhci vhost-net vhost-vsock zero
ls /dev/mapper: control

=================== hexdump -n512 -C /dev/sdd1
00000000 eb 52 90 4e 54 46 53 20 20 20 20 00 02 08 00 00 |.R.NTFS .....|
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00 3f 00 ff 00 00 08 00 00 |........?.......|
00000020 00 00 00 00 80 00 80 00 ff 47 38 3a 00 00 00 00 |.........G8:....|
00000030 00 00 0c 00 00 00 00 00 7f 84 a3 03 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000040 f6 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 3c 43 53 e2 51 53 e2 c8 |........<CS.QS..|
00000050 00 00 00 00 fa 33 c0 8e d0 bc 00 7c fb 68 c0 07 |.....3.....|.h..|
00000060 1f 1e 68 66 00 cb 88 16 0e 00 66 81 3e 03 00 4e |..hf......f.>..N|
00000070 54 46 53 75 15 b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 72 0c 81 fb |TFSu..A..U..r...|
00000080 55 aa 75 06 f7 c1 01 00 75 03 e9 d2 00 1e 83 ec |U.u.....u.......|
00000090 18 68 1a 00 b4 48 8a 16 0e 00 8b f4 16 1f cd 13 |.h...H..........|
000000a0 9f 83 c4 18 9e 58 1f 72 e1 3b 06 0b 00 75 db a3 |.....X.r.;...u..|
000000b0 0f 00 c1 2e 0f 00 04 1e 5a 33 db b9 00 20 2b c8 |........Z3... +.|
000000c0 66 ff 06 11 00 03 16 0f 00 8e c2 ff 06 16 00 e8 |f...............|
000000d0 40 00 2b c8 77 ef b8 00 bb cd 1a 66 23 c0 75 2d |@.+.w......f#.u-|
000000e0 66 81 fb 54 43 50 41 75 24 81 f9 02 01 72 1e 16 |f..TCPAu$....r..|
000000f0 68 07 bb 16 68 70 0e 16 68 09 00 66 53 66 53 66 |h...hp..h..fSfSf|
00000100 55 16 16 16 68 b8 01 66 61 0e 07 cd 1a e9 6a 01 |U...h..fa.....j.|
00000110 90 90 66 60 1e 06 66 a1 11 00 66 03 06 1c 00 1e |..f`..f...f.....|
00000120 66 68 00 00 00 00 66 50 06 53 68 01 00 68 10 00 |fh....fP.Sh..h..|
00000130 b4 42 8a 16 0e 00 16 1f 8b f4 cd 13 66 59 5b 5a |.B..........fY[Z|
00000140 66 59 66 59 1f 0f 82 16 00 66 ff 06 11 00 03 16 |fYfY.....f......|
00000150 0f 00 8e c2 ff 0e 16 00 75 bc 07 1f 66 61 c3 a0 |........u...fa..|
00000160 f8 01 e8 08 00 a0 fb 01 e8 02 00 eb fe b4 01 8b |................|
00000170 f0 ac 3c 00 74 09 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd 10 eb f2 c3 |..<.t...........|
00000180 0d 0a 41 20 64 69 73 6b 20 72 65 61 64 20 65 72 |..A disk read er|
00000190 72 6f 72 20 6f 63 63 75 72 72 65 64 00 0d 0a 42 |ror occurred...B|
000001a0 4f 4f 54 4d 47 52 20 69 73 20 6d 69 73 73 69 6e |OOTMGR is missin|
000001b0 67 00 0d 0a 42 4f 4f 54 4d 47 52 20 69 73 20 63 |g...BOOTMGR is c|
000001c0 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 00 0d 0a 50 72 65 73 |ompressed...Pres|
000001d0 73 20 43 74 72 6c 2b 41 6c 74 2b 44 65 6c 20 74 |s Ctrl+Alt+Del t|
000001e0 6f 20 72 65 73 74 61 72 74 0d 0a 00 00 00 00 00 |o restart.......|
000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 9d b2 ca 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|
00000200

=================== df -Th:

Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev devtmpfs 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 395M 6.2M 389M 2% /run
/dev/sr0 iso9660 708M 708M 0 100% /cdrom
/dev/loop0 squashfs 630M 630M 0 100% /rofs
/cow overlay 2.0G 6.0M 2.0G 1% /
tmpfs tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
tmpfs tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs tmpfs 2.0G 4.0K 2.0G 1% /tmp
tmpfs tmpfs 395M 4.0K 395M 1% /run/user/999
/dev/sdb1 ext4 455G 5.4G 426G 2% /mnt/boot-sav/sdb1
/dev/sdd1 fuseblk 466G 148G 318G 32% /mnt/boot-sav/sdd1

=================== fdisk -l:
Disk /dev/loop0: 629.3 MiB, 659873792 bytes, 1288816 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/sda: 1.4 TiB, 1500301910016 bytes, 2930277168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x945d6ef2


Disk /dev/sdb: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x21de03c0

Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1 * 2048 968388607 968386560 461.8G 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 968390654 976771071 8380418 4G 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 968390656 976771071 8380416 4G 82 Linux swap / Solaris


Disk /dev/sdc: 1.4 TiB, 1500300828160 bytes, 2930275055 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x000a5b5e


Disk /dev/sdd: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x000c2aa6

Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdd1 2048 976769023 976766976 465.8G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT


Disk /dev/zram0: 986.7 MiB, 1034612736 bytes, 252591 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/zram1: 986.7 MiB, 1034612736 bytes, 252591 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes



=================== Recommended repair
The default repair of the Boot-Repair utility will reinstall the grub2 of sdb1 into the MBRs of all disks (except live-disks and removable disks without OS).
Additional repair will be performed: unhide-bootmenu-10s



Reinstall the GRUB of sdb1 into MBRs of all disks (except live-disks and removable disks without OS)
lspci: Unable to load libkmod resources: error -12

*******lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 vga
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [GeForce GT 610] [10de:104a] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Device [196e:104a]
Kernel driver in use: nouveau
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 HDMI Audio Controller [10de:0e08] (rev a1)
*******

grub-install --version
grub-install.real (GRUB) 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.14+linuxmint1,grub-install.

Reinstall the GRUB of sdb1 into the MBR of sdd
Installing for i386-pc platform.
Installation finished. No error reported.
grub-install /dev/sdd: exit code of grub-install /dev/sdd:0
lspci: Unable to load libkmod resources: error -12

*******lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 vga
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [GeForce GT 610] [10de:104a] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Device [196e:104a]
Kernel driver in use: nouveau
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 HDMI Audio Controller [10de:0e08] (rev a1)
*******

grub-install --version
grub-install.real (GRUB) 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.14+linuxmint1,grub-install.

Reinstall the GRUB of sdb1 into the MBR of sdb
Installing for i386-pc platform.
Installation finished. No error reported.
grub-install /dev/sdb: exit code of grub-install /dev/sdb:0

chroot /mnt/boot-sav/sdb1 update-grub
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-38-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-38-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.elf
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
File descriptor 8 (/proc/1464/mountinfo) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 9112: /bin/sh
File descriptor 63 (pipe:[44310]) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 9112: /bin/sh
/run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory
WARNING: Failed to connect to lvmetad. Falling back to internal scanning.
Unhide GRUB boot menu in sdb1/boot/grub/grub.cfg

Boot successfully repaired.

You can now reboot your computer.
Please do not forget to make your BIOS boot on sdb (ATA ST500DM002-1BC14) disk!

The boot files of [Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia] are far from the start of the disk. Your BIOS may not detect them. You may want to retry after creating a /boot partition (EXT4, >200MB, start of the disk). This can be performed via tools such as gParted. Then select this partition via the [Separate /boot partition:] option of [Boot Repair]. (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootPartition)

[flagshipone]

the above is the result after running the Boot Repair CD.

still no joy on it booting correctly

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[michael louwe]

@ flagshipone, .......

...

.
From the Boot Repair output, looks like you have 4 internal hard-drives, ie sda/1.5TB, sdb/500GB, sdc/1.5TB and sdd/500GB in ms-dos/MBR mode.
... sdb has LM 18.3 installed and sdd still has Win Vista installed.

Normally, for a non-mainstream multi-drives setup, the manual "Something else" install method has to be used. If you intended to install LM on drive /sdd, then manually partition /sdd ( viewtopic.php?f=42&t=122276 ) and ensure that the "Device for boot loader installation" is /sdd. After installation, select "Continue testing" and Shutdown the computer. Remove the Live LM USB/DVD, boot the computer into BIOS setup and change the 1st boot device to /sdd.
... So, how did you install Ubuntu and then LM.?

What is the brand, model and specifications of your computer.? Or from the Live LM USB/DVD, provide the Terminal output for inxi -Fxz and sudo parted -l

[flagshipone]

the computer originally had windows vista installed on sdb rather than on sdd. not really sure how anything but data files got installed on sdd but none the less sdb is where I wanted the Ubuntu install to happen.

appreciate the info and will give the "Something else" install method a try.

[flagshipone]

didnt work. I have since wiped all 4 drives and reformatted them back to zero

Is there a version of this ( viewtopic.php?f=42&t=122276 ) that works with the current version of Mint? I ask because the screen shots are somewhat different from what I am seeing here.