Fresh Ubuntu Install - Grub not loading
- by Ryan Sharp
System
Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit
Windows 7 SP1
Samsung 64GB SSD - OS'
Samsung 1TB HDD - Games, /Home, Swap
WD 300'ishGB HDD - Backup
Okay, so I'm very frustrated, so please excuse me if I miss anything out as my head is clouded by anger and impatience, etc. I'll try me best, though.
First of all, I'll explain how I got to my predicament.
I finally got my new SSD. I firstly installed Windows, which completed without a hitch.
Afterwards, I tried to install Ubuntu, which failed several times due to problems irrelevant to this question, but I mention this to explain my frustrations, sorry.
Anyway, I finally installed Ubuntu. However, I chose the 'bootloader' to be installed on the same partition as where I was installing the Ubuntu Root partition, as that was what I believed to be the best choice. It was of my thinking that it was supposed to go on the same partition and on the SSD, which is my OS drive, though with my problem, it apparently was wrong.
So I tried to fix it by checking guides and following their directions, but seemed to have messed it up even more.
Here is what I receive after I use the fdisk -l command:
(I also added explanations for which I used each partition for)
Disk /dev/sda: 64.0 GB, 64023257088 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7783 cylinders, total 125045424 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x324971d1
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 206847 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 208896 48957439 24374272 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 48959486 125044735 38042625 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 48959488 125044735 38042624 83 Linux
sda1 --/ Windows Recovery
sda2 --/ Windows 7
sda3/5 --/ Ubuntu root [ / ]
Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc0ee6a69
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1024208894 1953523711 464657409 5 Extended
/dev/sdb3 * 2048 1024206847 512102400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sdb5 1024208896 1939851263 457821184 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 1939853312 1953523711 6835200 82 Linux swap / Solaris
sdb3 --/ Partition for Steam games, etc.
sdb5 --/ Ubuntu Home [ /home ]
sdb6 --/ Ubuntu Swap
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Disk /dev/sdc: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x292eee23
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 2048 625141759 312569856 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
sdc1 --/ Generic backup
I also used a Boot Script that other users suggested, so that I can give more details on my partitions and also where Grub is located...
============================= 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 (,msdos5)/boot/grub on this drive.
=> Grub2 (v1.99) 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
for (,msdos5)/boot/grub on this drive.
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdc.
Now that is weird... Why would Grub2 be installed on both my SSD and HDD?
Even weirder is why is Windows on the MBR of my backup hard drive? Nothing I did should have done that...
Anyway, here is the entire Output from that script...
PASTEBIN
So, to summarize what I need:
How can I fix my setup so grub loads on startup?
How can I clean my partitions to remove unnecessary grubs?
What did I do wrong so that I don't do something so daft again?
Thank you so much for reading, and I hope you can help me.
I've been trying to have a successful setup since Friday, and I'm almost at the point that I'm really tempted to throw my computer out the window due to my frustration.
