Bootloader (GRUB) installation failure

**susenj** · 05-16-2011

I had an 80gb hard disk running dualboot XP and Ubuntu. Later i managed to add another 500gb hard disk already having 5 partitions (which was earlier running XP). I made this new hd as master making older one as slave. Now, I wanted to get my older grub back, but since it was on slave's partition, i couldn't reinstall it, then i deleted the old linux partition from 80gb drive and wanted to have a clean install of ubuntu on my new hd removing Xp from over there. I used a Ubuntu 10.04 live CD to install it. I erased the Xp partition, and tried instaling ubuntu on the same. But, finally it gave a fatal error:
"grub bootloader installation failed"
1)Continue and try manual installation later.
2)Abort the installation
3)Install grub somewhere else.

I tried last point and gave each of my partition's name where it could install, but unfortunately, it couldn't take any of those (neither the master's partition nor slave's). This msg continue to appear. Ultimately i had to use option 1, that led to grub failure after restart and i am not able to reinstall grub now.

I tried installing the same on the last partition of the master, but still the same issue. i am stuck

Any helps around!

TIA.

**yancek** · 05-16-2011

Later i managed to add another 500gb hard disk already having 5 partitions (which was earlier running XP)

You need to clarify the above. Was running xp but no longer on it?? What is on the 5 partitions? Does it still have 5 partitions?

Now, I wanted to get my older grub back, but since it was on slave's partition, i couldn't reinstall it,

There is not reason you could not have used Ubuntu Grub on the slave drive to boot your system if you had the stage1 file in the mbr of the first boot priority drive. Doesn't matter now since you have deleted your Ubuntu partition there.

So now you have tried to install Ubuntu on your new 500GB drive from which you removed xp and have no other operating system on. You say you removed xp and tried installing Ubuntu on same. Does that mean you were installing Ubuntu on the former xp partition?. Did you format before or during the installation?

I think more specific informatin would be helpful. Using the Ubuntu CD, go to a terminal and enter the command: sudo fdisk -l (lower case Letter L in the command) and post your partition information here. Indicate which partition you are trying to install Ubuntu on (if you know) and what is on any other partitions.

**susenj** · 05-16-2011

You need to clarify the above. Was running xp but no longer on it?? What is on the 5 partitions? Does it still have 5 partitions?

{I am able to run XP but i dont want it, will make my system single boot with Ubuntu and install a virtualbox for XP if needed in future. Yes it still having five partitions, am explaining what contains what below with the output of fdisk.}

You say you removed xp and tried installing Ubuntu on same. Does that mean you were installing Ubuntu on the former xp partition?. Did you format before or during the installation?

{yes i did formatted that partition while installing ubuntu, when it failed, i installed XP again temporarily.}

I think more specific informatin would be helpful. Using the Ubuntu CD, go to a terminal and enter the command: sudo fdisk -l (lower case Letter L in the command) and post your partition information here. Indicate which partition you are trying to install Ubuntu on (if you know) and what is on any other partitions.

Here is the output you required:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 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: 0x9d7667f4

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2 5099 40949685 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda2 * 5100 19122 112639747+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 19123 33145 112639747+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 33146 48641 124471620 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda5 2 5099 40949653+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 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: 0xf532f532

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 1912 15358108+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 1913 9667 62292007 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdb5 1913 3442 12289693+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb6 3443 4972 12289693+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/sdb7 4973 6502 12289693+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/sdb8 6503 8414 15358108+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/sdb9 8415 9667 10064691 83 Linux
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

For the 500gb hd,:

sda1: is where i want to install ubuntu on (installed Xp temporarily).
sda2, sda3 and sda4: these are having important data (logical partitions)
sda5: It was empty and shows unusable when i see my hard disk in GParted. As i said earlier, i deleted sda1 and tried to install ubuntu on sda5 making it primary, but that too failed.

For the 80gb hd,:

sdb1: this used be the XP primary partition in the drive when it was alone. now its useless and i will treat as logical partition when i get a clean install of ubuntu on master.
sdb2: extended which consists of sdb5,6,7, 8 and 9.
sdb5,6,7 and 8 are having normal data and i had installed ubuntu on sdb9 earlier
Attaching the GParted snapshots for both the drives
last unallocated space (in 80gb drive) used to be the swap area, i deleted that.

I believe, i have messed something! Thanks for the help!
waiting for your reply.

**yancek** · 05-16-2011

sda1: is where i want to install ubuntu on (installed Xp temporarily).

If you look at your fdisk output, you will see that sda1 is labelled "/dev/sda1 2 5099 40949685 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)" which means it is a primary partition being used as an Extended partition. This same information is shown in your GParted attachment. You can't install anything on an Extended partition but only on logical partitions created within the Extended. You have one logical partition within the Extended and that is sda5 and if you look at the output you will see that the start and end numbers for sda1 and sda5 are identical.

sda2, sda3 and sda4: these are having important data (logical partitions)

No. They are primary partitions. In Linux, primary partitions are numbered from 1-4, logical partitions start at 5.

I don't know why you wouldn't be able to install Ubuntu on sda5. You can't make it primary as you already have four primary partitions. Ubuntu will boot from a logical paartition.

I expect your xp is on sda2. When you delete a primary partition, higher partition numbers change. By deleting sda1, sda2 becomes sda1, sda3 becomes sda2,etc..

Try installing to the sda5 logical partition and install the bootloader to sda. Make sure you get the right partition and the correct drive.

Incidentally, the partition numbers also change for logical so if you had logical partitions numbered 5-9 and deleted 5, the others would then become one number lower. If you delete the highest number as you did your sda9 (swap) there is no change.

**susenj** · 05-17-2011

Thanks for your reply yancek!

I don't know why you wouldn't be able to install Ubuntu on sda5. You can't make it primary as you already have four primary partitions. Ubuntu will boot from a logical paartition.

For doing this, i have to delete/merge sda1. Is it the only way possible?

Try installing to the sda5 logical partition and install the bootloader to sda. Make sure you get the right partition and the correct drive.

Thats what i did while installing, i deleted sda1, formatted sda5 and Ubuntu itself assumes that the bootloader would be installed to sda so I didn't make any changes, but ultimately it failed saying "Bootloader Installation failed".
There was some "Ubiquity" error. I didn't get what it was.
Should i try doing this again as you said?

Well..thanks again for your kind replies. You are giving very good knowledge, doesn't matter my problem gets fixed or not.

**yancek** · 05-17-2011

For doing this, i have to delete/merge sda1. Is it the only way possible?

You don't need to delete sda1. sda1 is an Extended partition and cannot hold data. sda5 is a logical partition which can hold data. They just happen to have the same size. Generally, when users create an Extended partition, there are multiple logical partitions within them. In your case, the size of the logical partition coincides exactly with the size of the Extended partition.

If you want, you could try installing Ubuntu on sda5. During the installation, you should have that option in the Allocate Drive Space window. Format as ext4 filesystem which is what Ubuntu expects and leave the default for bootloader as sda. If you have done this already, I don't know what the problem would be? If you get error messages, make a note and post it.

**fanderal** · 05-18-2011

Just a thought: its possible that after formatting/reformatting a partition, a reboot may be necessary for the newly changed partition to be read correctly.

Suggestion: boot to the Ubuntu LiveCD, use GParted to reformat sda5 to ext4, then reboot the computer to the LiveCD again... then install Ubuntu to sda5.

**susenj** · 05-19-2011

Hi,
As suggested by yancek earlier, I tried to install ubuntu on 80gig and bootloader on /dev/sda ..its working fine, gave no errors.
I wonder what's the problem with my 500gig hd, it takes hell lot of time and end up in a failure.

pasting here the boot info script, I found before installation on 80gig hd.

Code:

Boot Info Script 0.60    from 17 May 2011


============================= Boot Info Summary: ===============================

 => Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda.
 => Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb.

sda1: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       Extended Partition
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:  

sda5: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ext3
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:  
    Operating System:  Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
    Boot files:        /etc/fstab

sda2: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  Windows XP
    Boot sector info:   No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files:        /boot.ini /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM /NTBOOTDD.SYS

sda3: __________________________________________________________________________

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

sda4: __________________________________________________________________________

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

sdb1: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  Windows XP
    Boot sector info:   No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files:        /boot.ini /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM

sdb2: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       Extended Partition
    Boot sector type:  Unknown
    Boot sector info:  

sdb5: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  Windows XP
    Boot sector info:   According to the info in the boot sector, sdb5 starts 
                       at sector 63.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files:        

sdb6: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       vfat
    Boot sector type:  Windows XP: FAT32
    Boot sector info:   According to the info in the boot sector, sdb6 starts 
                       at sector 63. But according to the info from fdisk, 
                       sdb6 starts at sector 55295793. "63" and "2048" are 
                       quite common values for the starting sector of a 
                       logical partition and they only need to be fixed when 
                       you want to boot Windows from a logical partition.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files:        

sdb7: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       vfat
    Boot sector type:  Windows XP: FAT32
    Boot sector info:   According to the info in the boot sector, sdb7 starts 
                       at sector 63. But according to the info from fdisk, 
                       sdb7 starts at sector 79875243. "63" and "2048" are 
                       quite common values for the starting sector of a 
                       logical partition and they only need to be fixed when 
                       you want to boot Windows from a logical partition.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files:        

sdb8: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       vfat
    Boot sector type:  Windows XP: FAT32
    Boot sector info:   According to the info in the boot sector, sdb8 starts 
                       at sector 63. But according to the info from fdisk, 
                       sdb8 starts at sector 104454693. "63" and "2048" are 
                       quite common values for the starting sector of a 
                       logical partition and they only need to be fixed when 
                       you want to boot Windows from a logical partition.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files:        

sdb9: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ext3
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:  
    Operating System:  Ubuntu 9.04
    Boot files:        /boot/grub/menu.lst /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img

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

Drive: sda _____________________________________________________________________

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 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         781,418,494   976,773,119   195,354,626   5 Extended
/dev/sda5         781,418,496   976,773,119   195,354,624  83 Linux
/dev/sda2    *     81,915,435   307,194,929   225,279,495   7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sda3         307,194,930   532,474,424   225,279,495   7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sda4         532,474,425   781,417,664   248,943,240   7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS


Drive: sdb _____________________________________________________________________

Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders, total 156301488 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    *             63    30,716,279    30,716,217   7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sdb2          30,716,341   155,300,354   124,584,014   f W95 Extended (LBA)
/dev/sdb5          30,716,343    55,295,729    24,579,387   7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sdb6          55,295,793    79,875,179    24,579,387   b W95 FAT32
/dev/sdb7          79,875,243   104,454,629    24,579,387   b W95 FAT32
/dev/sdb8         104,454,693   135,170,909    30,716,217   b W95 FAT32
/dev/sdb9         135,170,973   155,300,354    20,129,382  83 Linux


"blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________

Device           UUID                                   TYPE       LABEL

/dev/loop0                                              squashfs   
/dev/sda2        C620EABE20EAB519                       ntfs       3Local
/dev/sda3        4E8CCB0F8CCAF08F                       ntfs       1Local
/dev/sda4        0890D40A90D4005C                       ntfs       2Local
/dev/sda5        4ccc0dae-cf61-4eff-9c7f-be3c34ee1952   ext3       
/dev/sdb1        C47084E47084DE94                       ntfs       N
/dev/sdb5        88902F80902F743A                       ntfs       N
/dev/sdb6        10EE-1175                              vfat       NMY_EDUCATA
/dev/sdb7        80F6-3524                              vfat       NLEISURE
/dev/sdb8        60FD-9F1D                              vfat       NLIFE ROCKZ
/dev/sdb9        472b114a-7fca-4c82-a1f7-901044f6cd67   ext3       

================================ Mount points: =================================

Device           Mount_Point              Type       Options

/dev/loop0       /rofs                    squashfs   (ro,noatime)
/dev/sr0         /cdrom                   iso9660    (ro,noatime)


=============================== sda5/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    nodev,noexec,nosuid 0       0
/dev/sda5       /               ext3    errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0       0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

=================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================

           GiB - GB             File                                 Fragment(s)

 460.912467957 = 494.900994048  boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic                 2
 460.912467957 = 494.900994048  vmlinuz                                        2

================================ sda2/boot.ini: ================================

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[boot loader] 
timeout=30 
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS 
[operating systems] 
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

================================ sdb1/boot.ini: ================================

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[boot loader] 
timeout=30 
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(4)\WINDOWS 
[operating systems] 
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(4)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

=========================== sdb9/boot/grub/menu.lst: ===========================

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 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 use 'savedefault' 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

#A splash image for the menu
splashimage=(hd0,8)/boot/grub/splashimages/Mac4Lin_GRUB3_v1.0.xpm.gz

## 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=UUID=472b114a-7fca-4c82-a1f7-901044f6cd67 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,8)

## 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

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
##      lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##      altoptions=(recovery) 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=1

## specify if running in Xen domU or have grub detect automatically
## update-grub will ignore non-xen kernels when running in domU and vice versa
## e.g. indomU=detect
##      indomU=true
##      indomU=false
# indomU=detect

## 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

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic
root        (hd0,8)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=472b114a-7fca-4c82-a1f7-901044f6cd67 ro quiet splash vga=792
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
quiet

title        Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (recovery mode)
root        (hd0,8)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=472b114a-7fca-4c82-a1f7-901044f6cd67 ro  single
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic

title        Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
root        (hd0,8)
kernel        /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### 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 a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title        Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root        (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader    +1

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

=============================== sdb9/etc/fstab: ================================

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
# /dev/sda9
UUID=472b114a-7fca-4c82-a1f7-901044f6cd67 /               ext3    relatime,errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /dev/sda10
UUID=f1a5438d-815e-4652-a283-66c673c6638a none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/scd0       /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0       0
/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0       0
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=46,devmode=664 0 0
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=46,devmode=664 0 0
## usbfs is the USB group in fstab file:
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=124,devmode=664 0 0

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

=================== sdb9: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================

           GiB - GB             File                                 Fragment(s)

  72.720194340 = 78.082714112   boot/grub/core.img                             4
  72.633520603 = 77.989648896   boot/grub/menu.lst                             1
  72.636862278 = 77.993236992   boot/grub/stage2                               7
  72.507025242 = 77.853825536   boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-24-generic             11
  73.723055363 = 79.159527936   boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-24-generic.bak         28
  73.698648930 = 79.133321728   boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-14-generic             13
  72.572939396 = 77.924600320   boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic              5
  72.742624760 = 78.106798592   boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-24-generic                 3
  72.176226139 = 77.498632704   boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-14-generic                 2
  72.858786106 = 78.231525888   boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic                39
  72.572939396 = 77.924600320   initrd.img                                     5
  73.698648930 = 79.133321728   initrd.img.old                                13
  72.858786106 = 78.231525888   vmlinuz                                       39
  72.176226139 = 77.498632704   vmlinuz.old                                    2

======================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc: ========================

Unknown BootLoader on sdb2

00000000  4b 2f 63 6c 69 65 6e 74  2f 69 6e 74 65 67 72 61  |K/client/integra|
00000010  74 69 6f 6e 2f 52 65 67  69 73 74 72 61 74 69 6f  |tion/Registratio|
00000020  6e 01 00 2a 6f 72 61 63  6c 65 2f 73 79 73 6d 61  |n..*oracle/sysma|
00000030  6e 2f 65 6d 53 44 4b 2f  63 6f 6d 6d 6f 6e 2f 6e  |n/emSDK/common/n|
00000040  6c 73 2f 49 6d 61 67 65  42 75 6e 64 6c 65 01 00  |ls/ImageBundle..|
00000050  2c 6f 72 61 63 6c 65 2f  73 79 73 6d 61 6e 2f 65  |,oracle/sysman/e|
00000060  6d 53 44 4b 2f 63 6f 6d  6d 6f 6e 2f 6e 6c 73 2f  |mSDK/common/nls/|
00000070  4d 65 73 73 61 67 65 42  75 6e 64 6c 65 01 00 20  |MessageBundle.. |
00000080  6f 72 61 63 6c 65 2f 73  79 73 6d 61 6e 2f 72 65  |oracle/sysman/re|
00000090  73 6f 75 72 63 65 73 2f  56 74 61 49 6d 67 49 44  |sources/VtaImgID|
000000a0  01 00 20 6f 72 61 63 6c  65 2f 73 79 73 6d 61 6e  |.. oracle/sysman|
000000b0  2f 72 65 73 6f 75 72 63  65 73 2f 56 74 63 49 6d  |/resources/VtcIm|
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I will go for a backup and cleanup of 500gig disk.
Any idea about the fixing the hard drive's bad sectors or can you suggest best tool for this?

TIA

**yancek** · 05-19-2011

pasting here the boot info script, I found before installation on 80gig hd.

Your bootinfo script shows windows in the mbr of both sda and sdb and neither boot.ini file for windows has an entry for Linux so I don't know how Ubuntu would boot on either drive. Are you saying you can boot the Ubuntu 9.04 on sdb9?

When you tried to install Ubuntu 10.04 on sda5, did you select Device for bootloader installation as sda5? or something else? what?

From your boot info script information, I don't see how either Ubuntu would boot.

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