On 05/14/2012 03:45 PM, Tom H wrote:
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 2:36 AM, Bob<s...@homeurl.co.uk> wrote:
grub-install /dev/sda will install to the MBR correct?
Yes.
What's the output of bootinfoscript[1]?
1. http://sourceforge.net/projects/bootinfoscript/files/bootinfoscript/
Sorry for the delay & thank everyone for your patience. I reinstalled
grub & ran bootinfoscript, output is 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
for (,msdos1)/boot/grub on this drive.
sda1: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux wheezy/sid
Boot files: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
============================ Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda _____________________________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204883968 bytes
81 heads, 59 sectors/track, 408772 cylinders, total 1953525164 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 * 8,192 1,953,525,163 1,953,516,972 83 Linux
"blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/sda1 b6f14c40-97ea-4adb-a37d-093b845e3474 ext4
USBHDebian64_1TB
================================ Mount points: =================================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sda1 / ext4
(rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,data=ordered)
=========================== 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 $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ "${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="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
}
function load_video {
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
}
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b6f14c40-97ea-4adb-a37d-093b845e3474
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
load_video
insmod gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b6f14c40-97ea-4adb-a37d-093b845e3474
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en_US
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b6f14c40-97ea-4adb-a37d-093b845e3474
insmod png
if background_image /usr/share/images/desktop-base/spacefun-grub.png; then
set color_normal=light-gray/black
set color_highlight=white/black
else
set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64' --class debian --class
gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
b6f14c40-97ea-4adb-a37d-093b845e3474
echo 'Loading Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-2-amd64
root=UUID=b6f14c40-97ea-4adb-a37d-093b845e3474 ro quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-2-amd64
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (recovery mode)' --class
debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
b6f14c40-97ea-4adb-a37d-093b845e3474
echo 'Loading Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-2-amd64
root=UUID=b6f14c40-97ea-4adb-a37d-093b845e3474 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-2-amd64
}
### 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)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
b6f14c40-97ea-4adb-a37d-093b845e3474
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
b6f14c40-97ea-4adb-a37d-093b845e3474
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, experimental multiboot)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
b6f14c40-97ea-4adb-a37d-093b845e3474
multiboot /boot/memtest86+_multiboot.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200, experimental
multiboot)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
b6f14c40-97ea-4adb-a37d-093b845e3474
multiboot /boot/memtest86+_multiboot.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/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 $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>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=b6f14c40-97ea-4adb-a37d-093b845e3474 / ext4
errors=remount-ro 0 1
#/dev/sr0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
#/dev/sda1 /media/usb0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
=================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================
GiB - GB File Fragment(s)
= boot/grub/core.img 1
= boot/grub/grub.cfg 1
= boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-2-amd64 1
= boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-2-amd64 1
= initrd.img 1
= vmlinuz 1
=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================
xz: (stdin): Compressed data is corrupt
awk: cmd. line:36: Math support is not compiled in
awk: cmd. line:36: Math support is not compiled in
awk: cmd. line:36: Math support is not compiled in
awk: cmd. line:36: Math support is not compiled in
awk: cmd. line:36: Math support is not compiled in
awk: cmd. line:36: Math support is not compiled in
I'm researching what the Compressed data error above means.
seems pretty common.
Thank you for any help.
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