I have installed RHEL in HP workstation in 4th partition having 72 GB space and window 7 installed there. Installation went fine but while rebooting the system hangs with GRUB written with cursor blinking
I booted system with linux rescue mode and have output of bootinfoscript-0.61
Thanking you all in advance
Boot Info Script 0.61 [1 April 2012]
============================= Boot Info Summary: ===============================
=> Grub Legacy is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks at sector 26491
on boot drive #4 for the stage2 file, but no stage2 files can be found at
this location..
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb.
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdc.
=> Grub Legacy0.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdd and looks at sector
309824 on boot drive #1 for the stage2 file. A stage2 file is at this
location on /dev/sdd. Stage2 looks on partition #1 for /grub/grub.conf..
=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sde.
sda1: ______________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Mounting failed: mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
sda2: ______________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Mounting failed: mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
sda3: ______________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7: NTFS
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Mounting failed: mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
sdb1: ______________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP: NTFS
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Mounting failed: mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
sdc1: ______________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP: NTFS
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Mounting failed: mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
release 6.1 (Santiago) Kernel on an
Boot files: /etc/fstab
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP: NTFS
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Mounting failed: mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
sde2: ______________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Windows XP: FAT32
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files:
The Grub legacy installation of /dev/sda is corrupt. This is the disk where you have Windows 7 installed. When you boot from the Windows 7 installation CD, you can let Windows restore the Windows MBR. You can also install testdisk and use the write MBR option to fix that problem.
For booting RedHat (installed on /dev/sdd), go to the BIOS and change the hard drive order. On most recent BIOSes, you can also press a special key(e.g. F8, F12) to change the booting drive. Grub Legacy seems to be installed fine on /dev/sdd.
Ask more specific help at RedHat.
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I have installed RHEL in HP workstation in 4th partition having 72 GB space and window 7 installed there. Installation went fine but while rebooting the system hangs with GRUB written with cursor blinking
I booted system with linux rescue mode and have output of bootinfoscript-0.61
Thanking you all in advance
============================= Boot Info Summary: ===============================
=> Grub Legacy is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks at sector 26491
on boot drive #4 for the stage2 file, but no stage2 files can be found at
this location..
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb.
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdc.
=> Grub Legacy0.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdd and looks at sector
309824 on boot drive #1 for the stage2 file. A stage2 file is at this
location on /dev/sdd. Stage2 looks on partition #1 for /grub/grub.conf..
=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sde.
sda1: ______________
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
sda2: ______________
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
sda3: ______________
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
sdb1: ______________
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
sdc1: ______________
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
sdd1: ______________
sdd2: ______________
sdd3: ______________
sdd4: ______________
sdd5: ______________
sde1: ______________
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'
./bootinfoscript-061/bootinfoscript: line 2376: ntfs-3g: command not found
sde2: ______________
============================ Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________
Disk /dev/sda: 73.4 GB, 73407865856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 8924 cylinders, total 143374738 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/sda1 * 2,048 113,981,174 113,979,127 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sda2 113,981,175 139,251,990 25,270,816 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sda3 139,253,760 143,372,287 4,118,528 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
Drive: sdb ___________
Disk /dev/sdb: 73.4 GB, 73407865856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 8924 cylinders, total 143374738 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 * 2,048 143,372,689 143,370,642 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
Drive: sdc ___________
Disk /dev/sdc: 73.4 GB, 73407865856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 8924 cylinders, total 143374738 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/sdc1 * 2,048 143,372,689 143,370,642 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
Drive: sdd ___________
Disk /dev/sdd: 73.4 GB, 73407865856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 8924 cylinders, total 143374738 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 * 2,048 1,050,623 1,048,576 83 Linux
/dev/sdd2 1,050,624 63,965,183 62,914,560 83 Linux
/dev/sdd3 63,965,184 84,936,703 20,971,520 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdd4 84,936,704 143,374,335 58,437,632 5 Extended
/dev/sdd5 84,938,752 143,374,335 58,435,584 83 Linux
Drive: sde ___________
Disk /dev/sde: 500.1 GB, 500107861504 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773167 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/sde1 63 567,168,118 567,168,056 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sde2 567,169,024 632,705,023 65,536,000 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
"blkid" output: __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 2450166812E8327F ntfs
/dev/sda2 3EA153ED5A0776E8 ntfs HP_RECOVERY
/dev/sda3 981CA2271CA1FFFC ntfs OS_TOOLS
/dev/sdb1 57EDA5925A909BEA ntfs
/dev/sdc1 4696C792100F6D0C ntfs
/dev/sdd1 043c2cbf-910e-4959-950c-782d76487073 ext4
/dev/sdd2 d722d210-6ce8-49e9-919e-e77ee1d506b6 ext4
/dev/sdd3 78017c95-5a7f-447c-a17f-95b4274e7c7c swap
/dev/sdd5 15120d10-2992-46a7-99c8-8b817de36f7d ext4
/dev/sde1 AE94CD3B94CD0735 ntfs
/dev/sde2 9427-CB24 vfat GISG
================================ Mount points: =================================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sdd1 /boot ext4 (rw)
/dev/sdd2 / ext4 (rw)
/dev/sdd5 /home ext4 (rw)
/dev/sde2 /media vfat (rw)
============================= sdd1/grub/grub.conf: =============================
grub.conf generated by anaconda
Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sdd2
initrd /initrd-[generic-]version.img
boot=/dev/sdd
default=1
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux (2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64 ro root=UUID=d722d210-6ce8-49e9-919e-e77ee1d506b6 rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet
initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64.img
title Other
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
chainloader +1
=================== sdd1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================
0.132339478 = 0.142098432 grub/grub.conf 1
0.132339478 = 0.142098432 grub/menu.lst 1
0.147853851 = 0.158756864 grub/stage2 1
0.147731781 = 0.158625792 initramfs-2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64.img 1
0.132102966 = 0.141844480 vmlinuz-2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64 1
=============================== sdd2/etc/fstab: ================================
/etc/fstab
Created by anaconda on Thu Oct 18 16:26:43 2012
Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk'
See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or blkid(8) for more info
UUID=d722d210-6ce8-49e9-919e-e77ee1d506b6 / ext4 defaults 1 1
UUID=043c2cbf-910e-4959-950c-782d76487073 /boot ext4 defaults 1 2
UUID=15120d10-2992-46a7-99c8-8b817de36f7d /home ext4 defaults 1 2
UUID=78017c95-5a7f-447c-a17f-95b4274e7c7c swap swap defaults 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
======================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc: ========================
Unknown BootLoader on sda1
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 f6 2e cb 06 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000030 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000040 f6 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 7f 32 e8 12 68 16 50 24 |.........2..h.P$|
00000050 00 00 00 00 fa 33 c0 8e d0 bc 00 7c fb b8 c0 07 |.....3.....|....|
00000060 8e d8 1e 68 67 00 cb 88 16 0e 00 66 81 3e 03 00 |...hg......f.>..|
00000070 4e 54 46 53 75 15 b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 72 0c 81 |NTFSu..A..U..r..|
00000080 fb 55 aa 75 06 f7 c1 01 00 75 03 e9 d8 00 1e 83 |.U.u.....u......|
00000090 ec 18 68 1a 00 b4 48 8a 16 0e 00 8b f4 16 1f cd |..h...H.........|
000000a0 13 9f 83 c4 18 9e 58 1f 72 e1 3b 06 0b 00 75 db |......X.r.;...u.|
000000b0 a3 0f 00 c1 2e 0f 00 04 1e 5a 33 db b9 00 20 2b |.........Z3... +|
000000c0 c8 66 ff 06 11 00 03 16 0f 00 8e c2 ff 06 16 00 |.f..............|
000000d0 e8 46 00 2b c8 77 ef b8 00 bb cd 1a 66 23 c0 0f |.F.+.w......f#..|
000000e0 85 31 00 66 81 fb 54 43 50 41 0f 85 26 00 81 f9 |.1.f..TCPA..&...|
000000f0 02 01 0f 82 1e 00 16 68 07 bb 16 68 48 16 16 68 |.......h...hH..h|
00000100 09 00 66 53 66 53 66 55 16 16 16 68 b8 01 66 61 |..fSfSfU...h..fa|
00000110 0e 07 cd 1a e9 57 01 90 90 66 60 1e 06 66 a1 11 |.....W...f`..f..|
00000120 00 66 03 06 1c 00 1e 66 68 00 00 00 00 66 50 06 |.f.....fh....fP.|
00000130 53 68 01 00 68 10 00 b4 42 8a 16 0e 00 16 1f 8b |Sh..h...B.......|
00000140 f4 cd 13 66 59 5b 5a 66 59 66 59 1f 0f 82 16 00 |...fY[ZfYfY.....|
00000150 66 ff 06 11 00 03 16 0f 00 8e c2 ff 0e 16 00 75 |f..............u|
00000160 bc 07 1f 66 61 c3 a0 f8 01 e8 08 00 a0 fb 01 e8 |...fa...........|
00000170 02 00 eb fe b4 01 8b f0 ac 3c 00 74 09 b4 0e bb |.........<.t....|
00000180 07 00 cd 10 eb f2 c3 0d 0a 41 20 64 69 73 6b 20 |.........A disk |
00000190 72 65 61 64 20 65 72 72 6f 72 20 6f 63 63 75 72 |read error occur|
000001a0 72 65 64 00 0d 0a 42 4f 4f 54 4d 47 52 20 69 73 |red...BOOTMGR is|
000001b0 20 6d 69 73 73 69 6e 67 00 0d 0a 42 4f 4f 54 4d | missing...BOOTM|
000001c0 47 52 20 69 73 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 |GR is compressed|
000001d0 00 0d 0a 50 72 65 73 73 20 43 74 72 6c 2b 41 6c |...Press Ctrl+Al|
000001e0 74 2b 44 65 6c 20 74 6f 20 72 65 73 74 61 72 74 |t+Del to restart|
000001f0 0d 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 87 a4 b9 d1 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|
00000200
Unknown BootLoader on sda2
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 f7 36 cb 06 |........?....6..|
00000020 00 00 00 00 80 00 80 00 1f 9a 81 01 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000030 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b6 b8 06 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000040 f6 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 e8 76 07 5a ed 53 a1 3e |.........v.Z.S.>|
00000050 00 00 00 00 fa 33 c0 8e d0 bc 00 7c fb b8 c0 07 |.....3.....|....|
00000060 8e d8 1e 68 67 00 cb 88 16 0e 00 66 81 3e 03 00 |...hg......f.>..|
00000070 4e 54 46 53 75 15 b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 72 0c 81 |NTFSu..A..U..r..|
00000080 fb 55 aa 75 06 f7 c1 01 00 75 03 e9 d8 00 1e 83 |.U.u.....u......|
00000090 ec 18 68 1a 00 b4 48 8a 16 0e 00 8b f4 16 1f cd |..h...H.........|
000000a0 13 9f 83 c4 18 9e 58 1f 72 e1 3b 06 0b 00 75 db |......X.r.;...u.|
000000b0 a3 0f 00 c1 2e 0f 00 04 1e 5a 33 db b9 00 20 2b |.........Z3... +|
000000c0 c8 66 ff 06 11 00 03 16 0f 00 8e c2 ff 06 16 00 |.f..............|
000000d0 e8 46 00 2b c8 77 ef b8 00 bb cd 1a 66 23 c0 0f |.F.+.w......f#..|
000000e0 85 31 00 66 81 fb 54 43 50 41 0f 85 26 00 81 f9 |.1.f..TCPA..&...|
000000f0 02 01 0f 82 1e 00 16 68 07 bb 16 68 48 16 16 68 |.......h...hH..h|
00000100 09 00 66 53 66 53 66 55 16 16 16 68 b8 01 66 61 |..fSfSfU...h..fa|
00000110 0e 07 cd 1a e9 57 01 90 90 66 60 1e 06 66 a1 11 |.....W...f`..f..|
00000120 00 66 03 06 1c 00 1e 66 68 00 00 00 00 66 50 06 |.f.....fh....fP.|
00000130 53 68 01 00 68 10 00 b4 42 8a 16 0e 00 16 1f 8b |Sh..h...B.......|
00000140 f4 cd 13 66 59 5b 5a 66 59 66 59 1f 0f 82 16 00 |...fY[ZfYfY.....|
00000150 66 ff 06 11 00 03 16 0f 00 8e c2 ff 0e 16 00 75 |f..............u|
00000160 bc 07 1f 66 61 c3 a0 f8 01 e8 08 00 a0 fb 01 e8 |...fa...........|
00000170 02 00 eb fe b4 01 8b f0 ac 3c 00 74 09 b4 0e bb |.........<.t....|
00000180 07 00 cd 10 eb f2 c3 0d 0a 41 20 64 69 73 6b 20 |.........A disk |
00000190 72 65 61 64 20 65 72 72 6f 72 20 6f 63 63 75 72 |read error occur|
000001a0 72 65 64 00 0d 0a 42 4f 4f 54 4d 47 52 20 69 73 |red...BOOTMGR is|
000001b0 20 6d 69 73 73 69 6e 67 00 0d 0a 42 4f 4f 54 4d | missing...BOOTM|
000001c0 47 52 20 69 73 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 |GR is compressed|
000001d0 00 0d 0a 50 72 65 73 73 20 43 74 72 6c 2b 41 6c |...Press Ctrl+Al|
000001e0 74 2b 44 65 6c 20 74 6f 20 72 65 73 74 61 72 74 |t+Del to restart|
000001f0 52 45 43 4f 56 45 52 59 87 a4 b9 d1 00 00 55 aa |RECOVERY......U.|
00000200
=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================
No volume groups found
mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically
The Grub legacy installation of /dev/sda is corrupt. This is the disk where you have Windows 7 installed. When you boot from the Windows 7 installation CD, you can let Windows restore the Windows MBR. You can also install testdisk and use the write MBR option to fix that problem.
For booting RedHat (installed on /dev/sdd), go to the BIOS and change the hard drive order. On most recent BIOSes, you can also press a special key(e.g. F8, F12) to change the booting drive. Grub Legacy seems to be installed fine on /dev/sdd.
Ask more specific help at RedHat.