Re: Boot problems - please help!

On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:15:21 +0000, Robert Hull wrote:

On Tuesday 31 October 2006 15:31, Neil Hindry
<n_nospam_hindry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in alt.os.linux:

I have Ubuntu & FC5 setup on the disk in the
following partitions :-

1. Ubuntu  ext3  /
5. Ubuntu  ext3   /home
6. Ubuntu  swap   swap

2. FC5 extended /home
3. FC5  ext3  /
4. FC5 swap  swap

Whatever you *do* have it is not what is written above. Try doing

fdisk -l /dev/hd*

then cut and paste the results here.

A copy of the /boot/grub/menu.lst would also be useful


I tried fdisk -l /dev/hd0* as suggested and nothing was returned, I also
looked in /proc/partitions as mentioned in man fdisk and the file was
empty.

I am posting the contents of menu.lst from the /boot/grub folder below. I
hope you can help me.

Thanks!


# 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 change this entry to 'saved' 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=/dev/sdb1 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd1,0)

## 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

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(recovery mode) 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

## ## End Default Options ##

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-27-amd64-generic
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-27-amd64-generic root=/dev/sdb1 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-27-amd64-generic
savedefault
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-27-amd64-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-27-amd64-generic root=/dev/sdb1 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-27-amd64-generic
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-26-amd64-generic
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-26-amd64-generic root=/dev/sdb1 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-26-amd64-generic
savedefault
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-26-amd64-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-26-amd64-generic root=/dev/sdb1 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-26-amd64-generic
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-23-amd64-generic
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-23-amd64-generic root=/dev/sdb1 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-23-amd64-generic
savedefault
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-23-amd64-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-23-amd64-generic root=/dev/sdb1 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-23-amd64-generic
boot

title Ubuntu, memtest86+
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
boot

### 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 an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sdb3.
title Fedora Core (2.6.15-1.2054_FC5)
root (hd1,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 ro root=LABEL=/rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.img


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sdb3.
title Failsafe -- SUSE LINUX 10.0 (on /dev/sdb3)
root (hd1,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb3 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume selinux=0 nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3
initrd /boot/initrd
savedefault
boot


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda2
title Windows NT/2000/XP
root (hd0,1)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1


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