To Reinstall Grub:
Tried the below first.
To add boot-repair to the repository
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair
Once Installation completes, run boot-repair on terminal by typing the following command or select it by System → Administration → Boot Repair.
boot-repair
I just tried the above but it still went to back to the prompt grub rescue. I have booted the machine with the live CD and used terminal to unmount the drive then remount it, tried to reinstall Grub 2. No change. It all started when i did the daily update of Ubuntu. It asked me to reboot and it went to grub rescue. My main problem is that there is no other operating system on the laptop. I tried to install mint over it but it failed, Tried a repair install, failed. At this I've working at it for at least 24hrs straight. I'm fed up with it.
Any suggestion would be gratefully appreciated.
Boot Info Script e7fc706 + Boot-Repair extra info [Boot-Info 23Dec2013]
============================= 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 94 for .
sda1: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 13.10
Boot files: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab
/boot/grub/i386-pc/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: 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 * 2,048 970,498,047 970,496,000 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 970,500,094 976,771,071 6,270,978 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 970,500,096 976,771,071 6,270,976 82 Linux swap / Solaris
"blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 1d5bd5d8-4e90-43ae-95cf-91e881c25001 ext4
/dev/sda5 6ea1bfcc-32d4-4dd7-933f-2212b03fc6a7 swap
/dev/sr0 iso9660 Ubuntu-GNOME 13.10 i386
================================ Mount points: =================================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime)
=========================== 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 $prefix/grubenv ]; then
set have_grubenv=true
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ x"${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,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 1d5bd5d8-4e90-43ae-95cf-91e881c25001
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 1d5bd5d8-4e90-43ae-95cf-91e881c25001
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 [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ]; then
set timeout=10
else
set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
if background_color 45,51,53; then
clear
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
function gfxmode {
set gfxpayload="${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-1d5bd5d8-4e90-43ae-95cf-91e881c25001' {
recordfail
load_video
gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 1d5bd5d8-4e90-43ae-95cf-91e881c25001
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 1d5bd5d8-4e90-43ae-95cf-91e881c25001
fi
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-12-generic root=UUID=1d5bd5d8-4e90-43ae-95cf-91e881c25001 ro quiet splash $vt_handoff
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.11.0-12-generic
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Ubuntu' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-1d5bd5d8-4e90-43ae-95cf-91e881c25001' {
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.11.0-12-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.11.0-12-generic-advanced-1d5bd5d8-4e90-43ae-95cf-91e881c25001' {
recordfail
load_video
gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 1d5bd5d8-4e90-43ae-95cf-91e881c25001
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 1d5bd5d8-4e90-43ae-95cf-91e881c25001
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 3.11.0-12-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-12-generic root=UUID=1d5bd5d8-4e90-43ae-95cf-91e881c25001 ro quiet splash $vt_handoff
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.11.0-12-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.11.0-12-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.11.0-12-generic-recovery-1d5bd5d8-4e90-43ae-95cf-91e881c25001' {
recordfail
load_video
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 1d5bd5d8-4e90-43ae-95cf-91e881c25001
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 1d5bd5d8-4e90-43ae-95cf-91e881c25001
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 3.11.0-12-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-12-generic root=UUID=1d5bd5d8-4e90-43ae-95cf-91e881c25001 ro recovery nomodeset
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.11.0-12-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,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 1d5bd5d8-4e90-43ae-95cf-91e881c25001
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 1d5bd5d8-4e90-43ae-95cf-91e881c25001
fi
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry 'Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)' {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 1d5bd5d8-4e90-43ae-95cf-91e881c25001
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 1d5bd5d8-4e90-43ae-95cf-91e881c25001
fi
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### 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 ###
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
=============================== 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>
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=1d5bd5d8-4e90-43ae-95cf-91e881c25001 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=6ea1bfcc-32d4-4dd7-933f-2212b03fc6a7 none swap sw 0 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
=================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================
GiB - GB File Fragment(s)
=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================
cat: /tmp/BootInfo-aJQfGocR/Tmp_Log: No such file or directory
File descriptor 9 (/proc/5945/mounts) leaked on lvscan invocation. Parent PID 13205: bash
No volume groups found
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :
=================== log of boot-repair 2014-02-18__23h59 ===================
boot-repair version : 3.199~ppa40~saucy
boot-sav version : 3.199~ppa40~saucy
glade2script version : 3.2.2~ppa47~saucy
boot-sav-extra version : 3.199~ppa40~saucy
boot-repair is executed in live-session (Ubuntu 13.10, saucy, Ubuntu, i686)
ls: cannot access /home/usr/.config: No such file or directory
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit
file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-gnome.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
=================== os-prober:
/dev/sda1:Ubuntu 13.10 (13.10):Ubuntu:linux
=================== blkid:
/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/sr0: LABEL="Ubuntu-GNOME 13.10 i386" TYPE="iso9660"
/dev/sda1: UUID="1d5bd5d8-4e90-43ae-95cf-91e881c25001" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda5: UUID="6ea1bfcc-32d4-4dd7-933f-2212b03fc6a7" TYPE="swap"
1 disks with OS, 1 OS : 1 Linux, 0 MacOS, 0 Windows, 0 unknown type OS.
Warning: extended partition does not start at a cylinder boundary.
DOS and Linux will interpret the contents differently.
=================== sda1/etc/grub.d/ :
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 17 00:52 grub.d
total 72
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7850 Oct 10 17:53 00_header
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5949 Aug 15 2013 05_debian_theme
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11479 Oct 10 17:53 10_linux
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10258 Oct 10 17:53 20_linux_xen
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1798 Jun 17 2013 20_memtest86+
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11531 Oct 10 17:53 30_os-prober
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1426 Oct 10 17:53 30_uefi-firmware
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 214 Oct 10 17:53 40_custom
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 216 Oct 10 17:53 41_custom
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 483 Oct 10 17:53 README
=================== sda1/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"
=================== UEFI/Legacy mode:
This live-session is not EFI-compatible.
SecureBoot maybe enabled.
=================== PARTITIONS & DISKS:
sda1 : sda, not-sepboot, grubenv-ok grub2, grub-pc , update-grub, 32, 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/sda1.
sda : not-GPT, BIOSboot-not-needed, has-no-EFIpart, not-usb, has-os, 2048 sectors * 512 bytes
=================== parted -l:
Model: ATA ST9500420ASG (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 497GB 497GB primary ext4 boot
2 497GB 500GB 3211MB extended
5 497GB 500GB 3211MB logical linux-swap(v1)
Model: MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-840S (scsi)
Disk /dev/sr0: 4700MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 2048B/2048B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 131kB 3674MB 3674MB primary boot, hidden
=================== parted -lm:
BYT;
/dev/sda:500GB:scsi:512:512:msdos:ATA ST9500420ASG;
1:1049kB:497GB:497GB:ext4::boot;
2:497GB:500GB:3211MB:::;
5:497GB:500GB:3211MB:linux-swap(v1)::;
BYT;
/dev/sr0:4700MB:scsi:2048:2048:msdos:MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-840S;
1:131kB:3674MB:3674MB:::boot, hidden;
=================== 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/sr0 on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro,noatime)
/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)
none on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw)
systemd on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,none,name=systemd)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/999/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=ubuntu-gnome)
/dev/sda1 on /mnt/boot-sav/sda1 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 sda5 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): agpgart autofs block bsg btrfs-control bus cdrom char console core cpu cpu_dma_latency disk dri ecryptfs fb0 fd full fuse fw0 hpet input kmsg log lp0 mapper mcelog mem net network_latency network_throughput null parport0 port ppp psaux ptmx pts random rfkill rtc rtc0 sda sda1 sda2 sda5 sg0 sg1 shm snapshot snd sr0 stderr stdin stdout tpm0 uinput urandom vga_arbiter vhost-net zero
ls /dev/mapper: control
=================== df -Th:
Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/cow overlayfs 1.5G 188M 1.3G 13% /
udev devtmpfs 1.5G 12K 1.5G 1% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 303M 1.1M 302M 1% /run
/dev/sr0 iso9660 876M 876M 0 100% /cdrom
/dev/loop0 squashfs 843M 843M 0 100% /rofs
none tmpfs 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs tmpfs 1.5G 28K 1.5G 1% /tmp
none tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
none tmpfs 1.5G 84K 1.5G 1% /run/shm
none tmpfs 100M 28K 100M 1% /run/user
/dev/sda1 ext4 456G 3.1G 430G 1% /mnt/boot-sav/sda1
=================== fdisk -l:
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
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00036ad0
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 970498047 485248000 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 970500094 976771071 3135489 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 970500096 976771071 3135488 82 Linux swap / Solaris
=================== Recommended repair
Recommended-Repair
This setting will reinstall the grub2 of sda1 into the MBR of sda.
Additional repair will be performed: unhide-bootmenu-10s
Unhide GRUB boot menu in sda1/etc/default/grub
*******lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 vga
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30aa]
Kernel driver in use: i915
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a6] (rev 03)
*******
grub-install (GRUB) 2.00-19ubuntu2,grub-install (GRUB) 2.
Reinstall the GRUB of sda1 into the MBR of sda
Installation finished. No error reported.
grub-install /dev/sda: exit code of grub-install /dev/sda:0
chroot /mnt/boot-sav/sda1 update-grub
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-12-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.11.0-12-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Unhide GRUB boot menu in sda1/boot/grub/grub.cfg
Boot successfully repaired.
