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mike
2011-02-21
2012-08-23

  • mike

    mike - 2011-02-21

    I upgraded ubuntu and "accidently" added grub to my windows xp partition. The
    option to boot windows xp shows when first turning on the computer but then
    goes to a endless black screen with a blinking cursor. I really hope someone
    can help me out. My partitions are: Windows Xp, which I believe has ubuntu
    installed inside of it on a virtual machine. The other partition is my Ubuntu
    partition on sda2, which i can boot into and use command line. I think I need
    to remove mbr/grub from the windows xp partition to get it working again?

                    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 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb and looks on the same drive in 
    partition #2 for /boot/grub.

sda1: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  Grub 2
    Boot sector info:  Grub 2 is installed in the boot sector of sda1 and 
                       looks at sector 455288989 of the same hard drive for 
                       core.img, but core.img can not be found at this 
                       location. No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  Windows XP
    Boot files/dirs:   /boot.ini /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM /wubildr.mbr 
                       /ubuntu/winboot/wubildr.mbr /wubildr 
                       /ubuntu/winboot/wubildr /ubuntu/disks/root.disk 
                       /ubuntu/disks/swap.disk

sda1/Wubi: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ext4
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:  
    Operating System:  Ubuntu 9.10
    Boot files/dirs:   /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab

sda2: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ext3
    Boot sector type:  Grub 2
    Boot sector info:  Grub 2 is installed in the boot sector of sda2 and 
                       looks at sector 443406741 of the same hard drive for 
                       core.img, but core.img can not be found at this 
                       location.
    Operating System:  Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
    Boot files/dirs:   /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab 
                       /boot/grub/core.img

sdb1: _________________________________________________________________________

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

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

Drive: sda ___________________ _____________________________________________________

Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition  Boot         Start           End          Size  Id System

/dev/sda1    *             63   245,762,369   245,762,307   7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2         262,261,125   488,392,064   226,130,940  83 Linux

Drive: sdb ___________________ _____________________________________________________

Disk /dev/sdb: 122.9 GB, 122942324736 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14946 cylinders, total 240121728 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition  Boot         Start           End          Size  Id System

/dev/sdb1                  63   240,107,489   240,107,427   7 HPFS/NTFS

blkid -c /dev/null: ____________________________________________________________

Device           UUID                                   TYPE       LABEL

/dev/loop0       a0515cea-f70f-46d6-a9ae-5e7063e03659   ext4                                     
/dev/sda1        F688DD2888DCE7DF                       ntfs                                     
/dev/sda2        8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61   ext3                                     
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos" 
/dev/sdb1        72D86348D8630A25                       ntfs       StoreB                        
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"

============================ "mount | grep ^/dev  output: ===========================

Device           Mount_Point              Type       Options

/dev/sda2        /                        ext3       (rw,errors=remount-ro)

================================ sda1/boot.ini: ================================

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
C:\wubildr.mbr = "Ubuntu"

======================== sda1/Wubi/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
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/10_linux ###
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_lupin ###
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic" {
    insmod ntfs
    set root=(hd0,1)
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f688dd2888dce7df
    loopback loop0 /ubuntu/disks/root.disk
    set root=(loop0)
    linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=/dev/sda1 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro   quiet splash
    initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode)" {
    insmod ntfs
    set root=(hd0,1)
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f688dd2888dce7df
    loopback loop0 /ubuntu/disks/root.disk
    set root=(loop0)
    linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=/dev/sda1 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro single 
    initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_lupin ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Microsoft Windows XP Professional (on /dev/sda1)" {
    insmod ntfs
    set root=(hd0,1)
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f688dd2888dce7df
    drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
    chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

============================= sda1/Wubi/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
/host/ubuntu/disks/root.disk /               ext4    loop,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/host/ubuntu/disks/swap.disk none            swap    loop,sw         0       0
/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0       0

================= sda1/Wubi: Location of files loaded by Grub: =================

   2.5GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
    .7GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
   2.1GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
    .7GB: initrd.img
   2.1GB: vmlinuz

=========================== sda2/boot/grub/menu.lst: ===========================

#
# 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 $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
  set saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
  save_env saved_entry
  set prev_saved_entry=
  save_env prev_saved_entry
  set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
  if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then
    saved_entry=${chosen}
    save_env saved_entry
  fi
}

function recordfail {
  set recordfail=1
  if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  insmod gfxterm
  insmod vbe
  if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
    # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
    # understand terminal_output
    terminal gfxterm
  fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then
  set timeout=-1
else
  set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    recordfail
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,2)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61
    linux   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61 ro   quiet splash
    initrd  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    recordfail
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,2)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61
    echo    'Loading Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ...'
    linux   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61 ro single 
    echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
    initrd  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.31-22-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    recordfail
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,2)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61
    linux   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic root=UUID=8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61 ro   quiet splash
    initrd  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-22-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.31-22-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    recordfail
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,2)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61
    echo    'Loading Linux 2.6.31-22-generic ...'
    linux   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic root=UUID=8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61 ro single 
    echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
    initrd  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-22-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.31-14-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    recordfail
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,2)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61
    linux   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61 ro   quiet splash
    initrd  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    recordfail
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,2)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61
    echo    'Loading Linux 2.6.31-14-generic ...'
    linux   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61 ro single 
    echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
    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+)" {
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,2)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61
    linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,2)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61
    linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Microsoft Windows XP Professional (on /dev/sda1)" {
    insmod ntfs
    set root='(hd0,1)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f688dd2888dce7df
    drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
    chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

=========================== sda2/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 $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
  set saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
  save_env saved_entry
  set prev_saved_entry=
  save_env prev_saved_entry
  set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
  if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then
    saved_entry=${chosen}
    save_env saved_entry
  fi
}

function recordfail {
  set recordfail=1
  if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  insmod gfxterm
  insmod vbe
  if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
    # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
    # understand terminal_output
    terminal gfxterm
  fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then
  set timeout=-1
else
  set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    recordfail
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,2)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61
    linux   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61 ro   quiet splash
    initrd  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    recordfail
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,2)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61
    echo    'Loading Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ...'
    linux   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61 ro single 
    echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
    initrd  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.31-22-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    recordfail
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,2)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61
    linux   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic root=UUID=8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61 ro   quiet splash
    initrd  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-22-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.31-22-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    recordfail
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,2)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61
    echo    'Loading Linux 2.6.31-22-generic ...'
    linux   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic root=UUID=8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61 ro single 
    echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
    initrd  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-22-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.31-14-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    recordfail
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,2)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61
    linux   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61 ro   quiet splash
    initrd  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    recordfail
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,2)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61
    echo    'Loading Linux 2.6.31-14-generic ...'
    linux   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61 ro single 
    echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
    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+)" {
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,2)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61
    linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,2)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61
    linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Microsoft Windows XP Professional (on /dev/sda1)" {
    insmod ntfs
    set root='(hd0,1)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f688dd2888dce7df
    drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
    chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

=============================== sda2/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/sda2 during installation
UUID=8680ac9b-e730-4ebc-a758-9582c311ab61 /               ext3    errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/scd0       /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0       0
/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0       0

=================== sda2: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================

 227.0GB: boot/grub/core.img
 227.0GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
 227.0GB: boot/grub/menu.lst
 227.1GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
 233.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-22-generic
 233.1GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
 227.1GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
 227.1GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic
 233.0GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic
 233.1GB: initrd.img
 233.0GB: initrd.img.old
 233.0GB: vmlinuz
 227.1GB: vmlinuz.old
     

  • Gert Hulselmans

    Gert Hulselmans - 2011-02-21

    Can you run the last test version of the script?

    wget -O boot_info_script.sh '[url]http://bootinfoscript.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=bootinfoscript/bootinfoscript;a=blob_plain;f=boot_info_script.sh;hb=HEAD[/url]'
sudo bash boot_info_script.sh
     

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