Happened to me too... Pain in the butt I might add :) Anyway, thank you Scott Draper for the grub-repair-cd idea it worked perfectly well for me too at first try. Please admins fix this ASAP, as much as I love Ubuntu this is quite the glitch...
Boot Info Script e7fc706 + Boot-Repair extra info [Boot-Info 31Jan2013] ============================= 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 in partition 112 for . sda1: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: vfat Boot sector type: Grub2 (v1.99-2.00) Boot sector info: Grub2 (v1.99) is installed in the boot sector of sda1 and looks at sector 1016555416 of the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks in partition 112 for . No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block. Operating System: Boot files: /DELLBIO.BIN /DELLRMK.BIN /COMMAND.COM sda2: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: ntfs Boot sector type: Windows 7/2008: NTFS Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block. Operating System: Boot files: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD sda3: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: ntfs Boot sector type: Windows Vista: NTFS Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block. Operating System: Windows 7 Boot files: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD /Windows/System32/winload.exe sda4: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: Extended Partition Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: sda5: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: swap Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: sda6: __________________________________________________________________________ File system: ext4 Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: Operating System: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Boot files: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf /boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img sdb: ___________________________________________________________________________ File system: vfat Boot sector type: SYSLINUX 4.03 2010-10-22 ........>..sr>.......;..9...0...~.....~...f...M.f.f....f..0~....>E}.u...... Boot sector info: Syslinux looks at sector 1121288 of /dev/sdb for its second stage. SYSLINUX is installed in the directory. No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block. Operating System: Boot files: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /syslinux.cfg /EFI/BOOT/grubx64.efi /ldlinux.sys ============================ 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 63 208,844 208,782 de Dell Utility /dev/sda2 * 212,992 41,172,991 40,960,000 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS /dev/sda3 41,172,992 194,788,124 153,615,133 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS /dev/sda4 194,789,374 1,465,147,391 1,270,358,018 5 Extended /dev/sda5 194,789,376 211,390,463 16,601,088 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda6 211,392,512 1,465,147,391 1,253,754,880 83 Linux "blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________ Device UUID TYPE LABEL /dev/loop0 squashfs /dev/sda1 3030-3030 vfat DellUtility /dev/sda2 04B80187B8017886 ntfs RECOVERY /dev/sda3 2488032B8802FB56 ntfs OS /dev/sda5 abad1457-3a8e-4b77-be1d-62e57c61444e swap /dev/sda6 c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629 ext4 /dev/sdb 290C-101C vfat 2.0 GB Driv ================================ Mount points: ================================= Device Mount_Point Type Options /dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime) /dev/sdb /cdrom vfat (ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro) =========================== sda6/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 $prefix/grubenv ]; then set have_grubenv=true load_env fi if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then set default="${next_entry}" set next_entry= save_env next_entry set boot_once=true else set default="0" fi if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then menuentry_id_option="--id" else menuentry_id_option="" fi export menuentry_id_option 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 { if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then insmod all_video else insmod efi_gop insmod efi_uga insmod ieee1275_fb insmod vbe insmod vga insmod video_bochs insmod video_cirrus fi } if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then font=unicode else insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos6' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6 c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629 fi font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2" fi if loadfont $font ; then set gfxmode=auto load_video insmod gfxterm set locale_dir=$prefix/locale set lang=en_US insmod gettext fi terminal_output gfxterm if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then set timeout=10 else if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then set timeout_style=menu set timeout=10 # Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is # unavailable. else set timeout=10 fi 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 ### function gfxmode { set gfxpayload="${1}" if [ "${1}" = "keep" ]; then set vt_handoff=vt.handoff=7 else set vt_handoff= fi } 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 menuentry 'Ubuntu' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629' { recordfail load_video gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos6' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6 c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629 fi linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629 ro quiet splash $vt_handoff initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-24-generic } submenu 'Advanced options for Ubuntu' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629' { menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.13.0-24-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.13.0-24-generic-advanced-c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629' { recordfail load_video gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos6' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6 c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629 fi echo 'Loading Linux 3.13.0-24-generic ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629 ro quiet splash $vt_handoff echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-24-generic } menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.13.0-24-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.13.0-24-generic-recovery-c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629' { recordfail load_video insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos6' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6 c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629 fi echo 'Loading Linux 3.13.0-24-generic ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629 ro recovery nomodeset echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-24-generic } menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.11.0-19-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.11.0-19-generic-advanced-c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629' { recordfail load_video gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos6' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6 c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629 fi echo 'Loading Linux 3.11.0-19-generic ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-19-generic root=UUID=c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629 ro quiet splash $vt_handoff echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.11.0-19-generic } menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.11.0-19-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.11.0-19-generic-recovery-c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629' { recordfail load_video insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos6' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6 c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629 fi echo 'Loading Linux 3.11.0-19-generic ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-19-generic root=UUID=c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629 ro recovery nomodeset echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.11.0-19-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/20_memtest86+ ### menuentry 'Memory test (memtest86+)' { insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos6' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6 c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629 fi knetbsd /boot/memtest86+.elf } menuentry 'Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)' { insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos6' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6 c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629 fi linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8 } ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### menuentry 'Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda2)' --class windows --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-chain-04B80187B8017886' { insmod part_msdos insmod ntfs set root='hd0,msdos2' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos2 04B80187B8017886 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 04B80187B8017886 fi parttool ${root} hidden- chainloader +1 } menuentry 'Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda3)' --class windows --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-chain-2488032B8802FB56' { insmod part_msdos insmod ntfs set root='hd0,msdos3' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos3 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos3 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos3 2488032B8802FB56 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 2488032B8802FB56 fi parttool ${root} hidden- chainloader +1 } set timeout_style=menu if [ "${timeout}" = 0 ]; then set timeout=10 fi ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ### ### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ### ### 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 ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then source $prefix/custom.cfg; fi ### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================== sda6/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> # / was on /dev/sda6 during installation UUID=c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1 # swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation UUID=abad1457-3a8e-4b77-be1d-62e57c61444e none swap sw 0 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================== sda6/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf: ======================= -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf ## ## IMPORTANT WARNING ## ## The configuration of this file is generated automatically. ## Do not edit this file manually, use: extlinux-update default l0 prompt 1 timeout 50 include themes/debian/theme.cfg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =================== sda6: Location of files loaded by Grub: ==================== GiB - GB File Fragment(s) 326.924861908 = 351.032897536 boot/grub/grub.cfg 1 326.931934357 = 351.040491520 boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img 1 440.426147461 = 472.903974912 boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-19-generic 2 307.320812225 = 329.983209472 boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic 1 307.320812225 = 329.983209472 vmlinuz 1 440.426147461 = 472.903974912 vmlinuz.old 2 220.386352539 = 236.638044160 boot/initrd.img-3.11.0-19-generic 3 278.921794891 = 299.489996800 boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-24-generic 2 278.921794891 = 299.489996800 initrd.img 2 220.386352539 = 236.638044160 initrd.img.old 3 ================= sda6: Location of files loaded by Syslinux: ================== GiB - GB File Fragment(s) 326.927375793 = 351.035596800 boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf 1 174.549667358 = 187.421278208 boot/extlinux/chain.c32 1 ============== sda6: Version of COM32(R) files used by Syslinux: =============== boot/extlinux/chain.c32 : COM32R module (v4.xx) =========================== sdb/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ============================ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- if loadfont /boot/grub/font.pf2 ; then set gfxmode=auto insmod efi_gop insmod efi_uga insmod gfxterm terminal_output gfxterm fi set menu_color_normal=white/black set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray menuentry "Boot-Repair-Disk session" { set gfxpayload=keep linux /casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash -- initrd /casper/initrd.lz } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================== sdb/syslinux.cfg: =============================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- default menu.c32 prompt 0 menu title UNetbootin timeout 100 label unetbootindefault menu label Default kernel /ubnkern append initrd=/ubninit file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash -- label ubnentry0 menu label ^Help kernel /ubnkern append initrd=/ubninit label ubnentry1 menu label ^64bit session kernel /casper/vmlinuz append initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash -- label ubnentry2 menu label ^64bit session (failsafe) kernel /casper/vmlinuz append initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper noapic noapm nodma nomce nolapic nomodeset nosmp vga=normal -- label ubnentry3 menu label Boot-Repair-Disk session kernel /casper/vmlinuz append initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==================== sdb: Location of files loaded by Grub: ==================== GiB - GB File Fragment(s) ?? = ?? boot/grub/grub.cfg 1 ================== sdb: Location of files loaded by Syslinux: ================== GiB - GB File Fragment(s) ?? = ?? syslinux.cfg 1 ?? = ?? ldlinux.sys 1 ?? = ?? menu.c32 1 =============== sdb: Version of COM32(R) files used by Syslinux: =============== menu.c32 : COM32R module (v4.xx) =============================== StdErr Messages: =============================== cat: write error: Broken pipe File descriptor 8 (/proc/2669/mounts) leaked on lvscan invocation. Parent PID 13147: bash No volume groups found ADDITIONAL INFORMATION : =================== log of boot-repair 2014-05-24__23h37 =================== boot-repair version : 3.198~ppa16~raring boot-sav version : 3.198~ppa16~raring glade2script version : 3.2.2~ppa45~raring boot-sav-extra version : 3.198~ppa16~raring File descriptor 8 (/proc/2669/mounts) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 4235: /bin/sh No volume groups found boot-repair is executed in live-session (Boot-Repair-Disk 64bit 24avr2013, raring, Ubuntu, x86_64) ls: cannot access /home/usr/.config: No such file or directory CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit initrd=/ubninit file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/ubnkern =================== os-prober: /dev/sda2:Windows 7 (loader):Windows:chain /dev/sda3:Windows 7 (loader):Windows1:chain /dev/sda6:Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (14.04):Ubuntu:linux =================== blkid: /dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/sda1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" LABEL="DellUtility" UUID="3030-3030" TYPE="vfat" /dev/sda2: LABEL="RECOVERY" UUID="04B80187B8017886" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sda3: LABEL="OS" UUID="2488032B8802FB56" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sda5: UUID="abad1457-3a8e-4b77-be1d-62e57c61444e" TYPE="swap" /dev/sda6: UUID="c879bc92-e07d-4ecd-b1b6-7273b7c95629" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sdb: LABEL="2.0 GB Driv" UUID="290C-101C" TYPE="vfat" 1 disks with OS, 3 OS : 1 Linux, 0 MacOS, 2 Windows, 0 unknown type OS. Warning: extended partition does not start at a cylinder boundary. DOS and Linux will interpret the contents differently. =================== sda6/etc/default/grub : # If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update # /boot/grub/grub.cfg. # For full documentation of the options in this file, see: # info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration' GRUB_DEFAULT=0 #GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0 GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true GRUB_TIMEOUT=10 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian` GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" # Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs # This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains # the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...) #GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef" # Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only) #GRUB_TERMINAL=console # The resolution used on graphical terminal # note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE # you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo' #GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480 # Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux #GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true # Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries #GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true" # Uncomment to get a beep at grub start #GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1" =================== sda6/etc/grub.d/ : drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 24 18:27 grub.d total 76 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9424 Apr 11 10:51 00_header -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6058 Apr 10 15:58 05_debian_theme -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11608 Apr 11 10:51 10_linux -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10412 Apr 11 10:51 20_linux_xen -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1992 Mar 12 12:31 20_memtest86+ -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11692 Apr 11 10:51 30_os-prober -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1416 Apr 11 10:51 30_uefi-firmware -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 214 Oct 10 2013 40_custom -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 216 Oct 10 2013 41_custom -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 483 Oct 10 2013 README =================== UEFI/Legacy mode: This live-session is not in EFI-mode. EFI in dmesg. [ 0.000000] ACPI: UEFI 00000000dafe9000 0003E (v01 DELL QA09 00000002 PTL 00000002) [ 0.000000] ACPI: UEFI 00000000dafe8000 00042 (v01 PTL COMBUF 00000001 PTL 00000001) [ 0.000000] ACPI: UEFI 00000000dafe7000 0026A (v01 DELL QA09 00000002 PTL 00000002) SecureBoot maybe enabled. =================== PARTITIONS & DISKS: sda1 : sda, not-sepboot, no-grubenv nogrub, no-docgrub, no-update-grub, 32, no-boot, no-os, not--efi--part, part-has-no-fstab, part-has-no-fstab, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, notwinboot, nopakmgr, nogrubinstall, no---usr, part-has-no-fstab, not-sep-usr, standard, not-far, /mnt/boot-sav/sda1. sda2 : sda, not-sepboot, no-grubenv nogrub, no-docgrub, no-update-grub, 32, no-boot, is-os, not--efi--part, part-has-no-fstab, part-has-no-fstab, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, bootmgr, is-winboot, nopakmgr, nogrubinstall, no---usr, part-has-no-fstab, not-sep-usr, standard, not-far, /mnt/boot-sav/sda2. sda3 : sda, not-sepboot, no-grubenv nogrub, no-docgrub, no-update-grub, 32, no-boot, is-os, not--efi--part, part-has-no-fstab, part-has-no-fstab, no-nt, haswinload, no-recov-nor-hid, bootmgr, is-winboot, nopakmgr, nogrubinstall, no---usr, part-has-no-fstab, not-sep-usr, standard, not-far, /mnt/boot-sav/sda3. sda6 : sda, not-sepboot, grubenv-ok grub2, grub-pc , update-grub, 64, with-boot, is-os, not--efi--part, fstab-without-boot, fstab-without-efi, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, notwinboot, apt-get, grub-install, with--usr, fstab-without-usr, not-sep-usr, standard, farbios, /mnt/boot-sav/sda6. sda : not-GPT, BIOSboot-not-needed, has-no-EFIpart, not-usb, has-os, 63 sectors * 512 bytes =================== parted -l: Model: ATA ST9750420AS (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 750GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 32.3kB 107MB 107MB primary fat16 diag 2 109MB 21.1GB 21.0GB primary ntfs boot 3 21.1GB 99.7GB 78.7GB primary ntfs 4 99.7GB 750GB 650GB extended 5 99.7GB 108GB 8500MB logical linux-swap(v1) 6 108GB 750GB 642GB logical ext4 Model: (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 2004MB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: loop Number Start End Size File system Flags 1 0.00B 2004MB 2004MB fat32 =================== parted -lm: BYT; /dev/sda:750GB:scsi:512:4096:msdos:ATA ST9750420AS; 1:32.3kB:107MB:107MB:fat16::diag; 2:109MB:21.1GB:21.0GB:ntfs::boot; 3:21.1GB:99.7GB:78.7GB:ntfs::; 4:99.7GB:750GB:650GB:::; 5:99.7GB:108GB:8500MB:linux-swap(v1)::; 6:108GB:750GB:642GB:ext4::; BYT; /dev/sdb:2004MB:scsi:512:512:loop: ; 1:0.00B:2004MB:2004MB:fat32::; =================== mount: /cow on / type overlayfs (rw) proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) 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) /dev/sdb on /cdrom type vfat (ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro) /dev/loop0 on /rofs type squashfs (ro,noatime) none on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw) none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw) none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw) none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw) tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880) none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) none on /run/user type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=104857600,mode=0755) gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/lubuntu/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=lubuntu) /dev/sda1 on /mnt/boot-sav/sda1 type vfat (rw) /dev/sda2 on /mnt/boot-sav/sda2 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096) /dev/sda3 on /mnt/boot-sav/sda3 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096) /dev/sda6 on /mnt/boot-sav/sda6 type ext4 (rw) =================== ls: /sys/block/sda (filtered): 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 sda3 sda4 sda5 sda6 size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent /sys/block/sdb (filtered): 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 /sys/block/sr0 (filtered): 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 (filtered): alarm ashmem autofs binder block bsg btrfs-control bus cdrom cdrw char console core cpu cpu_dma_latency disk dri dvd dvdrw ecryptfs fb0 fd full fuse hpet input kmsg kvm log mapper mcelog mei mem net network_latency network_throughput null oldmem port ppp psaux ptmx pts random rfkill rtc rtc0 sda sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 sda5 sda6 sdb sg0 sg1 sg2 shm snapshot snd sr0 stderr stdin stdout uinput urandom v4l vga_arbiter vhost-net video0 zero ls /dev/mapper: control =================== hexdump -n512 -C /dev/sda1 00000000 eb 63 90 44 65 6c 6c 20 38 2e 30 00 02 04 01 00 |.c.Dell 8.0.....| 00000010 02 00 02 00 00 f8 cc 00 3f 00 ff 00 3f 00 00 00 |........?...?...| 00000020 8d 2f 03 00 80 00 29 30 30 30 30 44 65 6c 6c 55 |./....)0000DellU| 00000030 74 69 6c 69 74 79 46 41 54 31 36 20 20 20 10 00 |tilityFAT16 ..| 00000040 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000050 00 00 00 00 00 00 33 c0 8e d0 00 80 98 67 97 3c |......3......g.<| 00000060 00 00 00 00 ff fa 90 90 f6 c2 80 74 05 f6 c2 70 |...........t...p| 00000070 74 02 b2 80 ea 79 7c 00 00 31 c0 8e d8 8e d0 bc |t....y|..1......| 00000080 00 20 fb a0 64 7c 3c ff 74 02 88 c2 52 bb 17 04 |. ..d|<.t...R...| 00000090 f6 07 03 74 06 be 88 7d e8 17 01 be 05 7c b4 41 |...t...}.....|.A| 000000a0 bb aa 55 cd 13 5a 52 72 3d 81 fb 55 aa 75 37 83 |..U..ZRr=..U.u7.| 000000b0 e1 01 74 32 31 c0 89 44 04 40 88 44 ff 89 44 02 |..t21..D.@.D..D.| 000000c0 c7 04 10 00 66 8b 1e 5c 7c 66 89 5c 08 66 8b 1e |....f..|f..f..| 000000d0 60 7c 66 89 5c 0c c7 44 06 00 70 b4 42 cd 13 72 |`|f...D..p.B..r| 000000e0 05 bb 00 70 eb 76 b4 08 cd 13 73 0d 5a 84 d2 0f |...p.v....s.Z...| 000000f0 83 d0 00 be 93 7d e9 82 00 66 0f b6 c6 88 64 ff |.....}...f....d.| 00000100 40 66 89 44 04 0f b6 d1 c1 e2 02 88 e8 88 f4 40 |@f.D...........@| 00000110 89 44 08 0f b6 c2 c0 e8 02 66 89 04 66 a1 60 7c |.D.......f..f.`|| 00000120 66 09 c0 75 4e 66 a1 5c 7c 66 31 d2 66 f7 34 88 |f..uNf.|f1.f.4.| 00000130 d1 31 d2 66 f7 74 04 3b 44 08 7d 37 fe c1 88 c5 |.1.f.t.;D.}7....| 00000140 30 c0 c1 e8 02 08 c1 88 d0 5a 88 c6 bb 00 70 8e |0........Z....p.| 00000150 c3 31 db b8 01 02 cd 13 72 1e 8c c3 60 1e b9 00 |.1......r...`...| 00000160 01 8e db 31 f6 bf 00 80 8e c6 fc f3 a5 1f 61 ff |...1..........a.| 00000170 26 5a 7c be 8e 7d eb 03 be 9d 7d e8 34 00 be a2 |&Z|..}....}.4...| 00000180 7d e8 2e 00 cd 18 eb fe 47 52 55 42 20 00 47 65 |}.......GRUB .Ge| 00000190 6f 6d 00 48 61 72 64 20 44 69 73 6b 00 52 65 61 |om.Hard Disk.Rea| 000001a0 64 00 20 45 72 72 6f 72 0d 0a 00 bb 01 00 b4 0e |d. Error........| 000001b0 cd 10 ac 3c 00 75 f4 c3 c3 b4 42 8a 16 24 00 be |...<.u....B..$..| 000001c0 3e 00 cd 13 72 01 c3 be cc 01 eb cf 44 69 73 6b |>...r.......Disk| 000001d0 20 65 72 72 6f 72 00 4e 6f 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 72 | error.No loader| 000001e0 00 44 45 4c 4c 42 49 4f 20 42 49 4e 00 00 00 00 |.DELLBIO BIN....| 000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa |..............U.| 00000200 =================== hexdump -n512 -C /dev/sda2 00000000 eb 52 90 4e 54 46 53 20 20 20 20 00 02 08 00 00 |.R.NTFS .....| 00000010 00 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00 3f 00 ff 00 00 40 03 00 |........?....@..| 00000020 00 00 00 00 80 00 80 00 ff ff 70 02 00 00 00 00 |..........p.....| 00000030 00 00 0c 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000040 f6 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 86 78 01 b8 87 01 b8 04 |.........x......| 00000050 00 00 00 00 fa 33 c0 8e d0 bc 00 7c fb 68 c0 07 |.....3.....|.h..| 00000060 1f 1e 68 66 00 cb 88 16 0e 00 66 81 3e 03 00 4e |..hf......f.>..N| 00000070 54 46 53 75 15 b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 72 0c 81 fb |TFSu..A..U..r...| 00000080 55 aa 75 06 f7 c1 01 00 75 03 e9 dd 00 1e 83 ec |U.u.....u.......| 00000090 18 68 1a 00 b4 48 8a 16 0e 00 8b f4 16 1f cd 13 |.h...H..........| 000000a0 9f 83 c4 18 9e 58 1f 72 e1 3b 06 0b 00 75 db a3 |.....X.r.;...u..| 000000b0 0f 00 c1 2e 0f 00 04 1e 5a 33 db b9 00 20 2b c8 |........Z3... +.| 000000c0 66 ff 06 11 00 03 16 0f 00 8e c2 ff 06 16 00 e8 |f...............| 000000d0 4b 00 2b c8 77 ef b8 00 bb cd 1a 66 23 c0 75 2d |K.+.w......f#.u-| 000000e0 66 81 fb 54 43 50 41 75 24 81 f9 02 01 72 1e 16 |f..TCPAu$....r..| 000000f0 68 07 bb 16 68 70 0e 16 68 09 00 66 53 66 53 66 |h...hp..h..fSfSf| 00000100 55 16 16 16 68 b8 01 66 61 0e 07 cd 1a 33 c0 bf |U...h..fa....3..| 00000110 28 10 b9 d8 0f fc f3 aa e9 5f 01 90 90 66 60 1e |(........_...f`.| 00000120 06 66 a1 11 00 66 03 06 1c 00 1e 66 68 00 00 00 |.f...f.....fh...| 00000130 00 66 50 06 53 68 01 00 68 10 00 b4 42 8a 16 0e |.fP.Sh..h...B...| 00000140 00 16 1f 8b f4 cd 13 66 59 5b 5a 66 59 66 59 1f |.......fY[ZfYfY.| 00000150 0f 82 16 00 66 ff 06 11 00 03 16 0f 00 8e c2 ff |....f...........| 00000160 0e 16 00 75 bc 07 1f 66 61 c3 a0 f8 01 e8 09 00 |...u...fa.......| 00000170 a0 fb 01 e8 03 00 f4 eb fd b4 01 8b f0 ac 3c 00 |..............<.| 00000180 74 09 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd 10 eb f2 c3 0d 0a 41 20 |t.............A | 00000190 64 69 73 6b 20 72 65 61 64 20 65 72 72 6f 72 20 |disk read error | 000001a0 6f 63 63 75 72 72 65 64 00 0d 0a 42 4f 4f 54 4d |occurred...BOOTM| 000001b0 47 52 20 69 73 20 6d 69 73 73 69 6e 67 00 0d 0a |GR is missing...| 000001c0 42 4f 4f 54 4d 47 52 20 69 73 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 |BOOTMGR is compr| 000001d0 65 73 73 65 64 00 0d 0a 50 72 65 73 73 20 43 74 |essed...Press Ct| 000001e0 72 6c 2b 41 6c 74 2b 44 65 6c 20 74 6f 20 72 65 |rl+Alt+Del to re| 000001f0 52 45 43 4f 56 45 52 59 8c a9 be d6 00 00 55 aa |RECOVERY......U.| 00000200 =================== hexdump -n512 -C /dev/sda3 00000000 eb 52 90 4e 54 46 53 20 20 20 20 00 02 08 00 00 |.R.NTFS .....| 00000010 00 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00 3f 00 ff 00 00 40 74 02 |........?....@t.| 00000020 00 00 00 00 80 00 80 00 1c fb 27 09 00 00 00 00 |..........'.....| 00000030 00 00 0c 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000040 f6 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 56 fb 02 88 2b 03 88 24 |........V...+..$| 00000050 00 00 00 00 fa 33 c0 8e d0 bc 00 7c fb 68 c0 07 |.....3.....|.h..| 00000060 1f 1e 68 66 00 cb 88 16 0e 00 66 81 3e 03 00 4e |..hf......f.>..N| 00000070 54 46 53 75 15 b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 72 0c 81 fb |TFSu..A..U..r...| 00000080 55 aa 75 06 f7 c1 01 00 75 03 e9 d2 00 1e 83 ec |U.u.....u.......| 00000090 18 68 1a 00 b4 48 8a 16 0e 00 8b f4 16 1f cd 13 |.h...H..........| 000000a0 9f 83 c4 18 9e 58 1f 72 e1 3b 06 0b 00 75 db a3 |.....X.r.;...u..| 000000b0 0f 00 c1 2e 0f 00 04 1e 5a 33 db b9 00 20 2b c8 |........Z3... +.| 000000c0 66 ff 06 11 00 03 16 0f 00 8e c2 ff 06 16 00 e8 |f...............| 000000d0 40 00 2b c8 77 ef b8 00 bb cd 1a 66 23 c0 75 2d |@.+.w......f#.u-| 000000e0 66 81 fb 54 43 50 41 75 24 81 f9 02 01 72 1e 16 |f..TCPAu$....r..| 000000f0 68 07 bb 16 68 70 0e 16 68 09 00 66 53 66 53 66 |h...hp..h..fSfSf| 00000100 55 16 16 16 68 b8 01 66 61 0e 07 cd 1a e9 6a 01 |U...h..fa.....j.| 00000110 90 90 66 60 1e 06 66 a1 11 00 66 03 06 1c 00 1e |..f`..f...f.....| 00000120 66 68 00 00 00 00 66 50 06 53 68 01 00 68 10 00 |fh....fP.Sh..h..| 00000130 b4 42 8a 16 0e 00 16 1f 8b f4 cd 13 66 59 5b 5a |.B..........fY[Z| 00000140 66 59 66 59 1f 0f 82 16 00 66 ff 06 11 00 03 16 |fYfY.....f......| 00000150 0f 00 8e c2 ff 0e 16 00 75 bc 07 1f 66 61 c3 a0 |........u...fa..| 00000160 f8 01 e8 08 00 a0 fb 01 e8 02 00 eb fe b4 01 8b |................| 00000170 f0 ac 3c 00 74 09 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd 10 eb f2 c3 |..<.t...........| 00000180 0d 0a 41 20 64 69 73 6b 20 72 65 61 64 20 65 72 |..A disk read er| 00000190 72 6f 72 20 6f 63 63 75 72 72 65 64 00 0d 0a 42 |ror occurred...B| 000001a0 4f 4f 54 4d 47 52 20 69 73 20 6d 69 73 73 69 6e |OOTMGR is missin| 000001b0 67 00 0d 0a 42 4f 4f 54 4d 47 52 20 69 73 20 63 |g...BOOTMGR is c| 000001c0 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 00 0d 0a 50 72 65 73 |ompressed...Pres| 000001d0 73 20 43 74 72 6c 2b 41 6c 74 2b 44 65 6c 20 74 |s Ctrl+Alt+Del t| 000001e0 6f 20 72 65 73 74 61 72 74 0d 0a 00 00 00 00 00 |o restart.......| 000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 9d b2 ca 00 00 55 aa |..............U.| 00000200 =================== df -Th: Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /cow overlayfs 3.9G 19M 3.9G 1% / udev devtmpfs 3.9G 12K 3.9G 1% /dev tmpfs tmpfs 788M 824K 787M 1% /run /dev/sdb vfat 1.9G 544M 1.4G 29% /cdrom /dev/loop0 squashfs 435M 435M 0 100% /rofs none tmpfs 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup tmpfs tmpfs 3.9G 8.0K 3.9G 1% /tmp none tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock none tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /run/shm none tmpfs 100M 12K 100M 1% /run/user /dev/sda1 vfat 102M 140K 102M 1% /mnt/boot-sav/sda1 /dev/sda2 fuseblk 20G 9.8G 9.8G 50% /mnt/boot-sav/sda2 /dev/sda3 fuseblk 74G 64G 11G 87% /mnt/boot-sav/sda3 /dev/sda6 ext4 589G 513G 46G 92% /mnt/boot-sav/sda6 =================== fdisk -l: 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: 0x07f2837e Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 63 208844 104391 de Dell Utility Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary. /dev/sda2 * 212992 41172991 20480000 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda3 41172992 194788124 76807566+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda4 194789374 1465147391 635179009 5 Extended Partition 4 does not start on physical sector boundary. /dev/sda5 194789376 211390463 8300544 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda6 211392512 1465147391 626877440 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdb: 2003 MB, 2003828736 bytes 62 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1018 cylinders, total 3913728 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: 0x0009e87d This doesn't look like a partition table Probably you selected the wrong device. Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 ? 3223366752 3470046675 123339962 f4 SpeedStor /dev/sdb2 ? 378192737 710426324 166116794 10 OPUS /dev/sdb3 ? 225603442 225603451 5 74 Unknown Partition table entries are not in disk order =================== Recommended repair Recommended-Repair This setting will reinstall the grub2 of sda6 into the MBR of sda. Additional repair will be performed: unhide-bootmenu-10s grub-install: info: executing modprobe efivars 2>/dev/null. grub-install: info: Looking for /sys/firmware/efi ... grub-install: info: ... not found. Looking for /proc/device-tree ... grub-install: info: ... not found. Installing for i386-pc platform. grub-install: error: install device isn't specified. ,. Reinstall the GRUB of sda6 into the MBR of sda Installing for i386-pc platform. Installation finished. No error reported. grub-install /dev/sda: exit code of grub-install /dev/sda:0 chroot /mnt/boot-sav/sda6 update-grub Generating grub configuration file ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-24-generic Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-19-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.11.0-19-generic Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.elf Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin Found Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sda2 Found Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sda3 Unhide GRUB boot menu in sda6/boot/grub/grub.cfg Boot successfully repaired. You can now reboot your computer. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1289977 Title: Ubuntu 14.04 Update breaks grub, resulting in "error: symbol 'grub_term_highlight_color' not found" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1289977/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs