new installation 10.04 won't boot

**rawlins02** · 07-07-2011

Just installed 10.04 LTS to a Dell 7500. I've installed on the second of two hard drives. Linux won't boot. Here's output of fisk -l

Code:

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: 0xf0000000

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

Disk /dev/sdb: 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: 0x00058a73

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1       59532   478183424   83  Linux
/dev/sdb2           59532       60802    10201089    5  Extended
/dev/sdb5           59532       60802    10201088   82  Linux swap / Solaris

I've gone into setup at startup and chosen first hard drive for boot order. Get a blinking cursor. Also tried second hard drive as first in order. Here it hangs after "MPT Boot ROM successfully installed".

I suspect BIOS is not seeing grub. Are there things to check from the live CD? Only file I see in /boot/grub/ is grubenv. Even after mounting /dev/sdb1. Should there be a grub.conf?

**MikeTbob** · 07-07-2011

This is just a guess but it sounds like GRUB did not get installed correctly. You might try Rescatux and see if that helps you.
Super Grub Disk

**rawlins02** · 07-07-2011

Thanks. I'm starting again from scratch tomorrow. Will post results.

**rawlins02** · 07-07-2011

I just did a clean install to second hard drive. Told installer to put bootloader to /sdb.

Looks like this machine has a hardware raid controller. On startup it searches for devices and shows two hard drives and LSILogic SAS1068E-IR. Then just hangs. Could hardware raid be a problem here? Outputs of fdisk -l and boot_info_script:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Code:

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: 0x000b0ca0

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

Disk /dev/sdb: 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: 0x00087833

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *           1       58336   468581376   83  Linux
/dev/sdb2           58336       60802    19803137    5  Extended
/dev/sdb5           58336       60802    19803136   82  Linux swap / Solaris

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ more RESULTS.txt

Code:

                  Boot Info Script 0.60    from 17 May 2011


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

 => Grub2 (v1.97-1.98) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks at sector 
    428100032 of the same hard drive for core.img, but core.img can not be 
    found at this location.
 => Grub2 (v1.97-1.98) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb and looks at sector 
    1 of the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and 
    looks in partition 1 for /boot/grub.

sdb1: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ext4
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:  
    Operating System:  Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
    Boot files:        /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img

sdb2: __________________________________________________________________________

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

sdb5: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       swap
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:  

============================ 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



Drive: sdb _____________________________________________________________________

Disk /dev/sdb: 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/sdb1    *          2,048   937,164,799   937,162,752  83 Linux
/dev/sdb2         937,166,846   976,773,119    39,606,274   5 Extended
/dev/sdb5         937,166,848   976,773,119    39,606,272  82 Linux swap / Solar
is


"blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________

Device           UUID                                   TYPE       LABEL

/dev/loop0                                              squashfs   
/dev/sdb1        77ce3cb9-7f4f-4c60-a9be-3bd1675ed4d4   ext4       
/dev/sdb5        e06b7928-11f0-4581-9c62-71058ff12f18   swap       

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

Device           Mount_Point              Type       Options

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


=========================== sdb1/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 ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfa
il; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 77ce3cb9-7f4f-4c60-a9be-3bd1675ed4d4
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  insmod gfxterm
  insmod vbe
  if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
    # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
    # understand terminal_output
    terminal gfxterm
  fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 77ce3cb9-7f4f-4c60-a9be-3bd1675ed4d4
set locale_dir=($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 2.6.32-28-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linu
x --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd1,1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 77ce3cb9-7f4f-4c60-a9be-3bd1675ed4d4
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-28-generic root=UUID=77ce3cb9-7f4f-4c60-a9b
e-3bd1675ed4d4 ro   quiet splash
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-28-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-28-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu 
--class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd1,1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 77ce3cb9-7f4f-4c60-a9be-3bd1675ed4d4
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.32-28-generic ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-28-generic root=UUID=77ce3cb9-7f4f-4c60-a9b
e-3bd1675ed4d4 ro single 
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-28-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd1,1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 77ce3cb9-7f4f-4c60-a9be-3bd1675ed4d4
	linux16	/boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd1,1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 77ce3cb9-7f4f-4c60-a9be-3bd1675ed4d4
	linux16	/boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
if [ ${timeout} != -1 ]; then
  if keystatus; then
    if keystatus --shift; then
      set timeout=-1
    else
      set timeout=0
    fi
  else
    if sleep --interruptible 3 ; then
      set timeout=0
    fi
  fi
fi
### 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 ###
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

=============================== sdb1/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
# / was on /dev/sdb1 during installation
UUID=77ce3cb9-7f4f-4c60-a9be-3bd1675ed4d4 /               ext4    errors=remount
-ro 0       1
# swap was on /dev/sdb5 during installation
UUID=e06b7928-11f0-4581-9c62-71058ff12f18 none            swap    sw            
  0       0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

=================== sdb1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================

           GiB - GB             File                                 Fragment(s)

 288.134025574 = 309.381554176  boot/grub/core.img                             1
  12.137725830 = 13.032783872   boot/grub/grub.cfg                             1
 288.141796112 = 309.389897728  boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-28-generic              1
 288.132625580 = 309.380050944  boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-28-generic                 1
 288.141796112 = 309.389897728  initrd.img                                     1
 288.132625580 = 309.380050944  vmlinuz                                        1

**yancek** · 07-07-2011

I think hardware raid controller might be a problem. I have no familiarity with it so can't give you any advice.

You do have sdb set to first boot priority? According to the bootinfo script, sda has no partitions and is not formatted but does have Grub2 in the mbr. It also shows Grub2 in the mbr of sdb looking for additional Grub2 files on sdb1 and shows they are present. I would suggest you go to the Ubuntu site below, Section 8.1 and modify your boot menu to change the set root line to (hd0,1) and try that. Read the page first, this is a one time thing and if it boots successfully, you can change it permanently. Instructions to do that are also on that page:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2

**rawlins02** · 07-07-2011

On startup I go to setup to select boot priority. This is not in GRUB. It never gets to GRUB whether I set first hard drive as priority or second. When I set second as priority it hangs after "MPT Boot ROM successfully installed" in startup scroll. When I select first hard drive as priority the screen eventually goes black.

The section 8.1 you point to is for editing GRUB after GRUB comes up. I've never seen GRUB show. I understand I should be able to get to GRUB config files, etc but have never been able to locate them. I tried to mount /dev/sdb but got message saying mount was busy.

**yancek** · 07-07-2011

"MPT Boot ROM successfully installed"

I'm not familiar with whatever the above is but googling it got a lot of sites with problems. Might try a web search with that message.

**rawlins02** · 07-07-2011

Looks like that message is related to hardware controller. I need to confirm that the LSILogic controller is not active. That is, the two driver are not in RAID configuration when starting system. I understand that is checked in BIOS or with a live CD. Anyone know how to confirm this? I want to have two independent disk drives. If I can get to that point then booting should not be a tremendous challenge.

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