I tried that, now its taking like 7-10 times before I can get in, and
when I do my video is all messed up. Here is the boot info. Yann from
boot-repair told be that this was not an issue with grub but rather
something to do with partitions that required further assistance.
***********************************************************************************************************************
Boot Info Script 0.60-git [2 Jan 2012]
============================= Boot Info Summary:
===============================
=> Grub2 (v1.99) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda 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 on this drive.
sda1:
__________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 11.10
Boot files: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
sda2:
__________________________________________________________________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5:
__________________________________________________________________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
============================ Drive/Partition Info:
=============================
Drive: sda
_____________________________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2,048 1,448,554,495 1,448,552,448 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 1,448,556,542 1,465,147,391 16,590,850 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1,448,556,544 1,465,147,391 16,590,848 82 Linux swap
/ Solaris
"blkid" output:
________________________________________________________________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/sda1 7bdac5f7-9566-4964-b8b8-547ce063de54 ext4
/dev/sda5 f1ff6783-b8d3-4780-88b2-b24c88f347f2 swap
================================ Mount points:
=================================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sda1 / ext4
(rw,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,commit=0)
=========================== sda1/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 $prefix/grubenv ]; then
set have_grubenv=true
load_env
fi
set default="Ubuntu, with Linux 3.0.0-15-generic"
if [ "${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 "${boot_once}" ]; then
save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
function load_video {
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
}
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7bdac5f7-9566-4964-b8b8-547ce063de54
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=auto
load_video
insmod gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
7bdac5f7-9566-4964-b8b8-547ce063de54
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en_US
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ]; then
set timeout=10
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
if background_color 44,0,30; then
clear
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
if [ ${recordfail} != 1 ]; then
if [ -e ${prefix}/gfxblacklist.txt ]; then
if hwmatch ${prefix}/gfxblacklist.txt 3; then
if [ ${match} = 0 ]; then
set linux_gfx_mode=keep
else
set linux_gfx_mode=text
fi
else
set linux_gfx_mode=text
fi
else
set linux_gfx_mode=keep
fi
else
set linux_gfx_mode=text
fi
export linux_gfx_mode
if [ "$linux_gfx_mode" != "text" ]; then load_video; fi
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.0.0-15-generic' --class ubuntu --class
gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
7bdac5f7-9566-4964-b8b8-547ce063de54
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-15-generic
root=UUID=7bdac5f7-9566-4964-b8b8-547ce063de54 ro
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-15-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.0.0-15-generic (recovery mode)' --class
ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
7bdac5f7-9566-4964-b8b8-547ce063de54
echo 'Loading Linux 3.0.0-15-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-15-generic
root=UUID=7bdac5f7-9566-4964-b8b8-547ce063de54 ro recovery nomodeset
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-15-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### 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 ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
=============================== sda1/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>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=7bdac5f7-9566-4964-b8b8-547ce063de54 / ext4
errors=remount-ro,user_xattr 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=f1ff6783-b8d3-4780-88b2-b24c88f347f2 none swap
sw 0 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
=================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub:
====================
GiB - GB File
Fragment(s)
600.126022339 = 644.380409856
boot/grub/core.img 1
40.140602112 = 43.100643328
boot/grub/grub.cfg 1
2.268745422 = 2.436046848
boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-15-generic 3
1.220184326 = 1.310162944
boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-15-generic 1
2.268745422 = 2.436046848
initrd.img 3
1.220184326 = 1.310162944
vmlinuz 1
=============================== StdErr Messages:
===============================
xz: (stdin): Compressed data is corrupt
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :
**************** log of boot-repair 2012-02-05__13h02 ****************
boot-repair version : 3.14-0ppa1~oneiric
boot-sav version : 3.14-0ppa2~oneiric
internet: connected
LIVESESSION is : no (Ubuntu 11.10 , oneiric , Ubuntu , x86_64 )
BYTES_BEFORE_PART[1] (sda) = 2048 sectors * 512 bytes = 1048576 bytes.
OSPROBER:
/dev/sda1:The OS now in use - Ubuntu 11.10 CurrentSession:linux
BLKID:
/dev/sda1: UUID="7bdac5f7-9566-4964-b8b8-547ce063de54" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda5: UUID="f1ff6783-b8d3-4780-88b2-b24c88f347f2" TYPE="swap"
1 disks with OS, 1 OS : 1 Linux, 0 MacOS, 0 Windows, 0 unknown type OS.
Total of 1 OS detected on sda disk.
TABLE_TYPE of sda is MSDos
sda1 : sda, not-sepboot, grub-install, grub2 , update-grub, apt-get, 64,
with boot, , with-os, no-gpt, notEFItable, fstab-without-efi.
PARTED:
Model: ATA WDC WD7500BPKT-8 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 750GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 742GB 742GB primary ext4 boot
2 742GB 750GB 8495MB extended
5 742GB 750GB 8495MB logical linux-swap(v1)
MOUNT:
/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,commit=0)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,mode=0755)
none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880)
none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/ekstah/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon
(rw,nosuid,nodev,user=ekstah)
/sys/block/sda: alignment_offset bdi capability dev device
discard_alignment events events_async events_poll_msecs ext_range
holders inflight power queue range removable ro sda1 sda2 sda5 size
slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/sys/block/sr0: alignment_offset bdi capability dev device
discard_alignment events events_async events_poll_msecs ext_range
holders inflight power queue range removable ro size slaves stat
subsystem trace uevent
/dev: agpgart autofs block bsg btrfs-control bus cdrom cdrw char
console core cpu cpu_dma_latency disk dri dvd dvdrw ecryptfs fd full
fuse hpet input kmsg log mapper mcelog mei mem net network_latency
network_throughput null oldmem port ppp psaux ptmx pts random rfkill rtc
rtc0 scd0 sda sda1 sda2 sda5 sg0 sg1 shm snapshot snd sr0 stderr stdin
stdout uinput urandom usbmon0 usbmon1 usbmon2 usbmon3 usbmon4 v4l
vboxdrv vboxnetctl vboxusb vga_arbiter video0 zero
/dev/mapper: control
DF:
Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 ext4 680G 53G 594G 9% /
udev devtmpfs 3.9G 12K 3.9G 1% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 1.6G 1.1M 1.6G 1% /run
none tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock
none tmpfs 3.9G 1.2M 3.9G 1% /run/shm
FDISK:
Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000a4379
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 1448554495 724276224 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 1448556542 1465147391 8295425 5 Extended
Partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda5 1448556544 1465147391 8295424 82 Linux swap / Solaris
************************Before mainwindow
FSCK_ACTION no PASTEBIN_ACTION yes
recommendedrepair, reinstall, REINSTALL_POSSIBLE yes PURGE_POSSIBLE yes
UNHIDEBOOT_ACTION yes (10s), noflag (sda1)
PART_TO_REINSTALL_GRUB sda1, PART_TO_REINSTALL_GRUB_PURGE sda1,
FORCE_GRUB no (sda) REMOVABLEDISK no
USE_SEPARATEBOOTPART no () grub2 (sda1)
UNCOMMENT_GFXMODE no ATA ADD_KERNEL_OPTION no (acpi=off)
MBR_TO_RESTORE sda (mbr) ( )
internet: connected
************************Actions
FSCK_ACTION no PASTEBIN_ACTION yes
customrepair, reinstall, REINSTALL_POSSIBLE yes PURGE_POSSIBLE yes
UNHIDEBOOT_ACTION yes (10s), noflag (sda1)
PART_TO_REINSTALL_GRUB sda1, PART_TO_REINSTALL_GRUB_PURGE sda1,
FORCE_GRUB no (sda) REMOVABLEDISK no
USE_SEPARATEBOOTPART no () grub2 (sda1)
UNCOMMENT_GFXMODE no ATA ADD_KERNEL_OPTION no (acpi=off)
MBR_TO_RESTORE sda (mbr) (sda 1)
Unhide GRUB boot menu in sda1/etc/default/grub
Reinstall the GRUB of sda1 into the MBR of sda
dpkg --configure -a sda1
grub-install (GRUB) 1.99-12ubuntu5
SETUPOUTPUT: SETUPEXIT:0
INSTALLOUTPUT: Installation finished. No error reported.
INSTALLEXIT:0
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-15-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-15-generic
Unhide GRUB boot menu in sda1/boot/grub/grub.cfg
internet: connected
On 02/05/2012 12:27 PM, Dave Gilbert wrote:
>> It did not hang got into recovery console. I ran the filesystem check.
> Rebooted, same problem.
>
> Hmm OK, well looking at the GRUB info you posted before you have
>
> For the normal boot:
> linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-15-generic
> root=UUID=7bdac5f7-9566-4964-b8b8-547ce063de54 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-15-generic
>
> and for recovery mode:
> linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-15-generic
> root=UUID=7bdac5f7-9566-4964-b8b8-547ce063de54 ro recovery nomodeset
>
> video setup/modeset wouldn't be an unusual cause of black screens/hung boots,
> so try booting to the grub menu,
> then edit the normal boot line and remove the quiet splash and vt.handoff=7
> and add in the nomodeset and see if it works.
>
> Dave
>
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