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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu Grub rescue problem after installing ubuntu 10.04 amd64 after i386 Post 302455888 by morningSunshine on Wednesday 22nd of September 2010 04:03:49 PM
Old 09-22-2010
Grub rescue problem after installing ubuntu 10.04 amd64 after i386

Hi all,

I have Windows XP dual boot with Ubuntu 8.10 on my system. I brought in a portable HDD on which I installed Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit. The grub boot loader was installed along with this and to boot windows, I've had to plug in the HDD (with lucid install) everytime. It had been working fine. Until few hours back when I decided to put Ubuntu 10.04 amd64 install on this portable HDD.

I chose the option - Erase complete drive and install Ubuntu10.04 - and install went alright. Now when the system restarted, it failed to boot up and I receive the grub rescue prompt.

I've tried to reinstall grub using references given in posts in various forums but boot menu has not come up till now.

Quote:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 100.0 GB, 100030242816 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12161 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x6aeea197

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 9548 76688608+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 9551 12161 20972795+ 5 Extended
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda5 12048 12161 915673+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 9551 9595 361399+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 9596 11939 18828148+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 11940 12047 867478+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/sdc: 500.1 GB, 500107861504 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0001241f

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 * 1 59345 476686336 83 Linux
/dev/sdc2 59345 60802 11698177 5 Extended
/dev/sdc5 59345 60802 11698176 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Could someone please help me on this?

Best Regards.
 

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prtvtoc(1M)						  System Administration Commands					       prtvtoc(1M)

NAME
prtvtoc - report information about a disk geometry and partitioning SYNOPSIS
prtvtoc [-fhs] [-t vfstab] [-m mnttab] device DESCRIPTION
The prtvtoc command allows the contents of the label to be viewed. The command can be used only by the super-user. The device name can be the file name of a raw device in the form of /dev/rdsk/c?t?d?s2 or can be the file name of a block device in the form of /dev/dsk/c?t?d?s2. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: -f Report on the disk free space, including the starting block address of the free space, number of blocks, and unused parti- tions. -h Omit the headers from the normal output. -m mnttab Use mnttab as the list of mounted filesystems, in place of /etc/mnttab. -s Omit all headers but the column header from the normal output. -t vfstab Use vfstab as the list of filesystem defaults, in place of /etc/vfstab. EXAMPLES
Example 1: Using the prtvtoc Command The following example uses the prtvtoc command on a 424-megabyte hard disk: example# prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c0t3d0s2 * /dev/rdsk/c0t3d0s2 partition map * * Dimension: * 512 bytes/sector * 80 sectors/track * 9 tracks/cylinder * 720 sectors/cylinder * 2500 cylinders * 1151 accessible cylinders * * Flags: * 1: unmountable * 10: read-only * * First Sector Last * Partition Tag Flags Sector Count Sector Mount Directory 0 2 00 0 76320 76319 / 1 3 01 76320 132480 208799 2 5 00 0 828720 828719 5 6 00 208800 131760 340559 /opt 6 4 00 340560 447120 787679 /usr 7 8 00 787680 41040 828719 /export/home example# The data in the Tag column above indicates the type of partition, as follows: Name Number UNASSIGNED 0x00 BOOT 0x01 ROOT 0x02 SWAP 0x03 USR 0x04 BACKUP 0x05 STAND 0x06 VAR 0x07 HOME 0x08 ALTSCTR 0x09 CACHE 0x0a RESERVED 0x0b The data in the Flags column above indicates how the partition is to be mounted, as follows: Name Number MOUNTABLE, READ AND WRITE 0x00 NOT MOUNTABLE 0x01 MOUNTABLE, READ ONLY 0x10 Example 2: Using the prtvtoc Command with the -f Option The following example uses the prtvtoc command with the -f option on a 424-megabyte hard disk: example# prtvtoc -f /dev/rdsk/c0t3d0s2 FREE_START=0 FREE_SIZE=0 FREE_COUNT=0 FREE_PART=34 Example 3: Using the prtvtoc Command on a Disk Over One Terabyte The following example uses uses the prtvtoc command on a disk over one terabyte:. example# prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s2 * /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s2 partition map * * Dimensions: * 512 bytes/sector * 3187630080 sectors * 3187630013 accessible sectors * * Flags: * 1: unmountable * 10: read-only * * First Sector Last * Partition Tag Flags Sector Count Sector Mount Directory 0 2 00 34 262144 262177 1 3 01 262178 262144 524321 6 4 00 524322 3187089340 3187613661 8 11 00 3187613662 16384 318763004 ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcsu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
devinfo(1M), fmthard(1M), format(1M), mount(1M), attributes(5) WARNINGS
The mount command does not check the "not mountable" bit. SunOS 5.10 25 Jul 2002 prtvtoc(1M)
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