I'm a father and I was trying to get one more entry on gnucash after my youngest woke up. I had gnucash, keypass, chrome and LibreOffice calc up when my son found the power button.... Nooooooo! :D
When I restarted Ubuntu I was met with the following:
Error: no such device...
grub rescue>
I don't think the system was updating and only other software that could be running was CrashPlan.
Below is my initial attempt
grub rescue> ls
(hd0)
There is no partition recognized… I tried to change the directory to hd0, but couldn’t (no something something)
Then I started Ubuntu up in Live CD mode by “trying Ubuntu” from my original installation CD.
I ran Boot Info Script by downloading it from bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net
Extracting using the default extractor (not the terminal)
Then in the terminal I wrote:
Sudo ~/Downloads/bootinfoscript
The result is posted below.
Boot Info Script 0.61 [1 April 2012]
============================= 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: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files:
============================ Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda _____________________________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000203804160 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953523055 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 * 2,046 1,953,521,663 1,953,519,618 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 2,048 1,953,521,663 1,953,519,616 83 Linux
"blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda5 bf1747fe-86af-43af-89fe-80a261162823 ext4
/dev/sr0 iso9660 Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS amd64
================================ Mount points: =================================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)
/dev/sda5 /media/ubuntu/bf1747fe-86af-43af-89fe-80a261162823 ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks2)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime)
=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================
No volume groups found
Then I tried boot-repair by entering in the terminal:
Sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair
Sudo apt-get update
Sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && boot-repair
I did the “recommended repair”
Results are posted on the below link:
Please write on a paper the following URL:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/16662512/
In case you still experience boot problem, indicate this URL to: boot.repair@gmail.com or to your favorite support forum.
But it started up in the Grub rescue mode again.
I’m a little stubborn and want to do things myself… so then I typed in the terminal of grub rescue
Grub rescue> set prefix=(hd0,1)/boot/grub
Grub rescue> set root=(hd0,1)
Grub rescue> insmod normal
No something something.
sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000203804160 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953523055 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: 0x0004c7e9 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 2046 1953521663 976759809 5 Extended Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary. /dev/sda5 2048 1953521663 976759808 83 Linux WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted. Disk /dev/sdb: 128.0 GB, 128035676160 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 15566 cylinders, total 250069680 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: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 250069679 125034839+ ee GPT
sudo parted -l
Model: ATA WDC WD10EZEX-00K (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 1048kB 1000GB 1000GB extended boot 5 1049kB 1000GB 1000GB logical ext4 Model: ATA TS128GSSD340 (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 128GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 1049kB 100GB 100GB ext4 2 100GB 128GB 28.0GB linux-swap(v1) Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/sr0 has been opened read-only. Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk!
Next this is what I typed into the terminal:
sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /home/ubuntu/temp/
sudo grub-install --root-directory=/home/ubuntu/temp/ /dev/sdb1
Installing for i386-pc platform. grub-install: warning: File system `ext2' doesn't support embedding. grub-install: warning: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged.. grub-install: error: will not proceed with blocklists.
