| Windows 7: Windows/Linux dual-boot imaging using Macrium |
12 Aug 2012
|
#51 | | Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) South Australia |

Quote: Originally Posted by Kaktussoft Can you boot linux by marking sda2 (the linux partition) as active? Mark original parition as active to restore settings as they were. Post results Hi,
I'm really sure how to do that.....from within Linux? Partition Wizard? | My System Specs |
| Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Golden Mk. I.3 OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) CPU Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz Motherboard Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13 Memory 16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24) Graphics Card EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB Sound Card Realtek Integrated Monitor(s) Displays Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS Screen Resolution 1920*1080 and 1920*1080 Keyboard Logitech G110 Mouse Logitech MX518 PSU Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W Case Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z Cooling Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans Hard Drives 1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
3*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID5;
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0 Internet Speed Not fast enough!!! Antivirus MSE and Malwarebytes Pro Browser Chrome Version 27 Other Info Laptop: ASUS X54C, Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.0Ghz, 4GB RAM, Intel HD on-board graphics, Windows 7 Professional SP1 (x64), LinuxMint 14 (x64), PepperMint 3 (x86) |
12 Aug 2012
|
#52 | | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 SecretCity |
Partition Wizard Partition - Mark as Active method 3 | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number ACER ASPIRE 5742G OS Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz Motherboard Acer Aspire 5742G Memory 4,00 GB Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series Sound Card (1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) Realtek High Defi Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz Hard Drives WDC WD5000BEVT-22ZAT0 |
12 Aug 2012
|
#53 | | Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) South Australia |

Quote: Originally Posted by Kaktussoft Can you boot linux by marking sda2 (the linux partition) as active? Nope, doesn't boot. Code: Booting...
Missing operating system_ I'm starting to conclude that a dual-boot can't be successfully restored from a Macrium image. Would you agree? | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Golden Mk. I.3 OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) CPU Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz Motherboard Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13 Memory 16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24) Graphics Card EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB Sound Card Realtek Integrated Monitor(s) Displays Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS Screen Resolution 1920*1080 and 1920*1080 Keyboard Logitech G110 Mouse Logitech MX518 PSU Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W Case Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z Cooling Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans Hard Drives 1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
3*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID5;
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0 Internet Speed Not fast enough!!! Antivirus MSE and Malwarebytes Pro Browser Chrome Version 27 Other Info Laptop: ASUS X54C, Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.0Ghz, 4GB RAM, Intel HD on-board graphics, Windows 7 Professional SP1 (x64), LinuxMint 14 (x64), PepperMint 3 (x86) |
13 Aug 2012
|
#54 | | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 SecretCity |

Quote: Originally Posted by Golden 
Quote: Originally Posted by Kaktussoft Can you boot linux by marking sda2 (the linux partition) as active? Nope, doesn't boot. Code: Booting...
Missing operating system_ I'm starting to conclude that a dual-boot can't be successfully restored from a Macrium image. Would you agree? Don't agree! Neogrub find core.img on linux partition and "boots from that partition". But now you made linux partition active and it boots directly from linux partition.
But linux hasn't a valid "volume bootsector"!!! Who/why did clear/corrupt linux boot sector? | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number ACER ASPIRE 5742G OS Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz Motherboard Acer Aspire 5742G Memory 4,00 GB Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series Sound Card (1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) Realtek High Defi Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz Hard Drives WDC WD5000BEVT-22ZAT0 |
13 Aug 2012
|
#55 | | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 SecretCity |
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
Place GRUB in sda2 (the name of linux partition), so not in MBR. | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number ACER ASPIRE 5742G OS Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz Motherboard Acer Aspire 5742G Memory 4,00 GB Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series Sound Card (1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) Realtek High Defi Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz Hard Drives WDC WD5000BEVT-22ZAT0 |
13 Aug 2012
|
#56 | | Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) South Australia |

Quote: Originally Posted by Kaktussoft Don't agree! Neogrub find core.img on linux partition and "boots from that partition". But now you made linux partition active and it boots directly from linux partition. Perhaps you misunderstood? Marking the Linux partition active does not allow the computer to boot, as per my message above. 
Quote: Originally Posted by Kaktussoft Who/why did clear/corrupt linux boot sector? I have no idea - that's what I am trying to determine. Recall the original problem:
1. Fully-functional dual boot working 100% without any trouble
2. Macrium used to create two separate images of Windows and Linux
3. Disk wiped and images restored in exactly the same sequence as they were created
Windows boots, Linux does not - I'm trying to work out why that is. I'm not trying to fix the Linux boot issue manually - I'm trying to work out why I can't simply restore the images to the same state as in step 1 above.
Regards,
Golden | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Golden Mk. I.3 OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) CPU Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz Motherboard Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13 Memory 16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24) Graphics Card EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB Sound Card Realtek Integrated Monitor(s) Displays Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS Screen Resolution 1920*1080 and 1920*1080 Keyboard Logitech G110 Mouse Logitech MX518 PSU Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W Case Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z Cooling Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans Hard Drives 1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
3*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID5;
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0 Internet Speed Not fast enough!!! Antivirus MSE and Malwarebytes Pro Browser Chrome Version 27 Other Info Laptop: ASUS X54C, Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.0Ghz, 4GB RAM, Intel HD on-board graphics, Windows 7 Professional SP1 (x64), LinuxMint 14 (x64), PepperMint 3 (x86) |
13 Aug 2012
|
#57 | | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 SecretCity |
Just do a boot-repair of unix. Does it boot to linux then? If so make a new image, delete linux and restore. It should work.... it just looks for core.img partition and boots from it. Then the linux startup is defined by th UUID and should work. Just try it again and prove it's really macrium that causes the problem | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number ACER ASPIRE 5742G OS Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz Motherboard Acer Aspire 5742G Memory 4,00 GB Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series Sound Card (1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) Realtek High Defi Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz Hard Drives WDC WD5000BEVT-22ZAT0 |
16 Aug 2012
|
#58 | | Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) South Australia |
Good call - I forced GRUB to sda2, and Linux now chainloads correctly. This is the repair file results: Code: Boot Info Script 0.61-git Boot-Repair log [4 July 2012]
============================= Boot Info Summary: ===============================
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda.
=> Syslinux MBR (3.61-4.03) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb.
sda1: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7: 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
sda2: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: Grub2 (v1.99)
Boot sector info: Grub2 (v1.99) is installed in the boot sector of sda2
and looks at sector 131415765 of the same hard drive
for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks
for (,msdos2)/boot/grub on this drive.
Operating System: Linux Mint 13 Maya
Boot files: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
sda3: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda6: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP: NTFS
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda6 starts
at sector 63.
Operating System:
Boot files:
sda7: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP: NTFS
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda7 starts
at sector 63.
Operating System:
Boot files:
sdb1: __________________________________________________________________________
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 765504 of /dev/sdb1 for its
second stage. SYSLINUX is installed in the directory.
No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files: /syslinux.cfg /ldlinux.sys
============================ 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 * 63 105,836,218 105,836,156 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sda2 105,836,221 191,446,716 85,610,496 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 191,449,025 976,768,064 785,319,040 f W95 Extended (LBA)
/dev/sda5 191,449,088 199,639,039 8,189,952 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 199,639,818 905,487,659 705,847,842 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sda7 905,487,723 976,768,064 71,280,342 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
Drive: sdb _____________________________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sdb: 16.0 GB, 16008609792 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1946 cylinders, total 31266816 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/sdb1 * 32 31,266,815 31,266,784 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
"blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 01CD70365DED7380 ntfs Windows 7
/dev/sda2 c44d0292-2966-4537-bbe8-4603b3de2c48 ext4
/dev/sda5 d1ba8d36-22e9-4fe9-883f-ce6363d822a5 swap
/dev/sda6 01CD75B43309DD60 ntfs Data
/dev/sda7 01CD72C005310B80 ntfs Recovery
/dev/sdb1 0A11-BEF6 vfat
================================ Mount points: =================================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sdb1 /live/image vfat (ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=utf8,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
=========================== sda2/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 $prefix/grubenv ]; then
set have_grubenv=true
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ "${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 "${boot_once}" ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
function load_video {
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
}
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root c44d0292-2966-4537-bbe8-4603b3de2c48
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=auto
load_video
insmod gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root c44d0292-2966-4537-bbe8-4603b3de2c48
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/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
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/06_mint_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=white/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/06_mint_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 [ ${match} = 0 ]; then
set linux_gfx_mode=keep
else
set linux_gfx_mode=text
fi
else
set linux_gfx_mode=text
fi
else
set linux_gfx_mode=keep
fi
else
set linux_gfx_mode=text
fi
export linux_gfx_mode
if [ "$linux_gfx_mode" != "text" ]; then load_video; fi
menuentry 'Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon 64-bit, 3.2.0-23-generic (/dev/sda2)' --class linuxmint --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root c44d0292-2966-4537-bbe8-4603b3de2c48
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic root=UUID=c44d0292-2966-4537-bbe8-4603b3de2c48 ro quiet splash $vt_handoff
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-23-generic
}
menuentry 'Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon 64-bit, 3.2.0-23-generic (/dev/sda2) -- recovery mode' --class linuxmint --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root c44d0292-2966-4537-bbe8-4603b3de2c48
echo 'Loading Linux 3.2.0-23-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic root=UUID=c44d0292-2966-4537-bbe8-4603b3de2c48 ro recovery nomodeset
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-23-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_lupin ###
### END /etc/grub.d/10_lupin ###
### 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,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root c44d0292-2966-4537-bbe8-4603b3de2c48
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root c44d0292-2966-4537-bbe8-4603b3de2c48
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/sda1)" --class windows --class os {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 01CD70365DED7380
chainloader +1
}
### 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 ###
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
=============================== sda2/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 nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda7 during installation
UUID=c44d0292-2966-4537-bbe8-4603b3de2c48 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda8 during installation
UUID=d1ba8d36-22e9-4fe9-883f-ce6363d822a5 none swap sw 0 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
=================== sda2: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================
GiB - GB File Fragment(s)
?? = ?? boot/grub/core.img 1
?? = ?? boot/grub/grub.cfg 1
?? = ?? boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-23-generic 1
?? = ?? boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic 1
?? = ?? initrd.img 1
?? = ?? vmlinuz 1
============================== sdb1/syslinux.cfg: ==============================
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
default menu.c32
prompt 0
menu title UNetbootin
timeout 100
label unetbootindefault
menu label Default
kernel /ubnkern
append initrd=/ubninit boot=live config quiet
label ubnentry0
menu label ^Help
kernel /ubnkern
append initrd=/ubninit
label ubnentry1
menu label 32bits session
kernel /live/vmlinuz
append initrd=/live/initrd.img boot=live config quiet
label ubnentry2
menu label 64bits session
kernel /live/vmlinuz2
append initrd=/live/initrd2.img boot=live config quiet
label ubnentry3
menu label 32bits session (failsafe)
kernel /live/vmlinuz
append initrd=/live/initrd.img boot=live config noapic noapm nodma nomce nolapic nomodeset nosmp vga=normal
label ubnentry4
menu label 64bits session (failsafe)
kernel /live/vmlinuz2
append initrd=/live/initrd2.img boot=live config noapic noapm nodma nomce nolapic nomodeset nosmp vga=normal
label ubnentry5
menu label Memory test
kernel /live/memtest
append initrd=/ubninit
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
================= sdb1: Location of files loaded by Syslinux: ==================
GiB - GB File Fragment(s)
?? = ?? ldlinux.sys 1
?? = ?? menu.c32 1
?? = ?? syslinux.cfg 1
============== sdb1: Version of COM32(R) files used by Syslinux: ===============
menu.c32 : COM32R module (v4.xx)
=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================
File descriptor 7 (pipe:[6500]) leaked on lvscan invocation. Parent PID 10416: bash
File descriptor 8 (pipe:[6500]) leaked on lvscan invocation. Parent PID 10416: bash
No volume groups found
mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :
=================== log of boot-repair 2012-08-16__19h16 ===================
boot-repair version : 3.18-0ppa41~lucid
boot-sav version : 3.191-0ppa49~lucid
glade2script-gtk2 version : 0.0.1-0ppa4~lucid
boot-sav-nonfree version : 3.18-0ppa14~lucid
File descriptor 7 (pipe:[6500]) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 3901: /bin/sh
File descriptor 8 (pipe:[6500]) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 3901: /bin/sh
No volume groups found
boot-repair is executed in live-session (Boot-Repair-Disk 17.07.2012 , squeeze , Debian , x86_64)
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
=================== os-prober:
/dev/sda1:Windows 7 (loader):Windows:chain
/dev/sda2:Linux Mint 13 Maya (13):LinuxMint:linux
=================== blkid:
/dev/sda1: LABEL="Windows 7" UUID="01CD70365DED7380" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda2: UUID="c44d0292-2966-4537-bbe8-4603b3de2c48" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda5: UUID="d1ba8d36-22e9-4fe9-883f-ce6363d822a5" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sda6: LABEL="Data" UUID="01CD75B43309DD60" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda7: LABEL="Recovery" UUID="01CD72C005310B80" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="0A11-BEF6" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
1 disks with OS, 2 OS : 1 Linux, 0 MacOS, 1 Windows, 0 unknown type OS.
Warning: extended partition does not start at a cylinder boundary.
DOS and Linux will interpret the contents differently.
=================== sda2/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"
=================== sda2/etc/grub.d/ :
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 5 02:18 grub.d
total 76
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6715 Apr 17 18:20 00_header
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5522 Apr 17 17:57 05_debian_theme
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1183 Oct 23 2011 06_mint_theme
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7500 Aug 5 03:04 10_linux
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7500 Aug 5 01:51 10_linux.dpkg-old
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6693 Jan 18 2012 10_lupin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6335 Apr 17 18:20 20_linux_xen
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1588 Nov 27 2011 20_memtest86+
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7603 Apr 17 18:20 30_os-prober
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 214 Apr 17 18:20 40_custom
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 95 Apr 17 18:20 41_custom
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 483 Apr 17 18:20 README
=================== dmesg | grep EFI :
BIOS is probably not EFI-compatible, and probably not setup in EFI-mode for this live-session.
=================== PARTITIONS & DISKS:
sda1 : 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, no-grldr, Boot/BCD, nopakmgr, nogrubinstall, no---usr, part-has-no-fstab, not-sep-usr, /mnt/boot-sav/sda1.
sda2 : 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, no-grldr, no-b-bcd, apt-get, grub-install, with--usr, fstab-without-usr, not-sep-usr, /mnt/boot-sav/sda2.
sda6 : 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, no-grldr, no-b-bcd, nopakmgr, nogrubinstall, no---usr, part-has-no-fstab, not-sep-usr, /mnt/boot-sav/sda6.
sda7 : 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, no-grldr, no-b-bcd, nopakmgr, nogrubinstall, no---usr, part-has-no-fstab, not-sep-usr, /mnt/boot-sav/sda7.
sda : MSDos, not-GPT, BIOSboot-not-needed, has-no-EFIpart, not-usb, 63 sectors * 512 bytes
=================== parted -l:
Model: ATA ST9500325AS (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32.3kB 54.2GB 54.2GB primary ntfs boot
2 54.2GB 98.0GB 43.8GB primary ext4
3 98.0GB 500GB 402GB extended lba
5 98.0GB 102GB 4193MB logical linux-swap(v1)
6 102GB 464GB 361GB logical ntfs
7 464GB 500GB 36.5GB logical ntfs
Model: SanDisk Cruzer (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 16.0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 16.4kB 16.0GB 16.0GB primary fat32 boot, lba
=================== mount:
aufs on / type aufs (rw)
tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/sdb1 on /live/image type vfat (ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=utf8,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
tmpfs on /live/cow type tmpfs (rw,noatime,mode=755)
tmpfs on /live type tmpfs (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
/dev/sda1 on /mnt/boot-sav/sda1 type fuseblk (rw,allow_other,blksize=4096)
/dev/sda2 on /mnt/boot-sav/sda2 type ext4 (rw)
/dev/sda6 on /mnt/boot-sav/sda6 type fuseblk (rw,allow_other,blksize=4096)
/dev/sda7 on /mnt/boot-sav/sda7 type fuseblk (rw,allow_other,blksize=4096)
=================== ls:
/sys/block/sda (filtered): alignment_offset bdi capability dev device ext_range holders inflight power queue range removable ro sda1 sda2 sda3 sda5 sda6 sda7 size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/sys/block/sdb (filtered): alignment_offset bdi capability dev device ext_range holders inflight power queue range removable ro sdb1 size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/sys/block/sr0 (filtered): alignment_offset bdi capability dev device ext_range holders inflight power queue range removable ro size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/dev (filtered): block bsg btrfs-control bus cdrom cdrw char console core cpu_dma_latency disk dvd dvdrw fd full fuse hidraw0 hidraw1 hidraw2 hpet initctl input kmsg log MAKEDEV mcelog md mem net network_latency network_throughput null port ppp psaux ptmx pts random rtc rtc0 scd0 sda sda1 sda2 sda3 sda5 sda6 sda7 sdb sdb1 sg0 sg1 sg2 shm snapshot snd sndstat sr0 stderr stdin stdout urandom usb v4l vga_arbiter video0 xconsole zero
ls /dev/md:
ls /mnt/boot-sav/sda1: Windows Users Information Volume System rescuepe.log $Recycle.Bin Recovery (x86) Files Program Files Program ProgramData PerfLogs pagefile.sys NST MGADiagToolOutput Intel hiberfil.sys Settings and Documents boot-sav bootmgr Boot ANG0
=================== df -Th:
Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
aufs aufs 1.9G 7.3M 1.9G 1% /
tmpfs tmpfs 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /lib/init/rw
udev tmpfs 1.9G 208K 1.9G 1% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /dev/shm
/dev/sdb1 vfat 15G 358M 15G 3% /live/image
tmpfs tmpfs 1.9G 7.3M 1.9G 1% /live/cow
tmpfs tmpfs 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /live
tmpfs tmpfs 1.9G 8.0K 1.9G 1% /tmp
/dev/sda1 fuseblk 51G 20G 31G 40% /mnt/boot-sav/sda1
/dev/sda2 ext4 41G 3.5G 35G 9% /mnt/boot-sav/sda2
/dev/sda6 fuseblk 337G 98M 337G 1% /mnt/boot-sav/sda6
/dev/sda7 fuseblk 34G 26G 8.7G 75% /mnt/boot-sav/sda7
=================== fdisk -l:
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xb009ff43
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 6588 52918078 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 6589 11918 42805248 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 11918 60801 392659520 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 11918 12427 4094976 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 12428 56364 352923921 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7 56365 60801 35640171 7 HPFS/NTFS
Disk /dev/sdb: 16.0 GB, 16008609792 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1946 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0cd9a9b2
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 1947 15633392 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
=================== Default settings
recommendedrepair
This setting would reinstall the grub2 of sda2 into the MBR of sda.
Additional repair would be performed: unhide-bootmenu-10s
=================== Settings chosen by the user
customrepair
This setting will reinstall the grub2 of sda2 into the PBR of sda2.
Additional repair will be performed: unhide-bootmenu-10s
Reinstall the GRUB of sda2 into the sda2 partition
grub-install.real (GRUB) 1.99-21ubuntu3.1
/usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partitionless disk or to a partition. This is a BAD idea..
/usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: 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 /dev/sda2: Installation finished. No error reported.
exit code of grub-install /dev/sda2:0
chroot /mnt/boot-sav/sda2 update-grub
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-23-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Found Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sda1
Unhide GRUB boot menu in sda2/boot/grub/grub.cfg
Boot successfully repaired.
You can now reboot your computer.
Please do not forget to update your main bootloader!
Please connect internet. Then close this window. So, what do you think happened? Something odd with the boot/chain loading during image restore? | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Golden Mk. I.3 OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) CPU Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz Motherboard Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13 Memory 16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24) Graphics Card EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB Sound Card Realtek Integrated Monitor(s) Displays Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS Screen Resolution 1920*1080 and 1920*1080 Keyboard Logitech G110 Mouse Logitech MX518 PSU Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W Case Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z Cooling Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans Hard Drives 1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
3*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID5;
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0 Internet Speed Not fast enough!!! Antivirus MSE and Malwarebytes Pro Browser Chrome Version 27 Other Info Laptop: ASUS X54C, Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.0Ghz, 4GB RAM, Intel HD on-board graphics, Windows 7 Professional SP1 (x64), LinuxMint 14 (x64), PepperMint 3 (x86) |
16 Aug 2012
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#59 | | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 SecretCity |
Boot sector info: Grub2 (v1.99) is installed in the boot sector of sda2
and looks at sector 131415765 of the same hard drive
for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks
for (,msdos2)/boot/grub on this drive.
=>not fully correct if I read right.
sda2/boot/grub/grub.cfg says: search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root c44d0292-2966-4537-bbe8-4603b3de2c48
it simple searches for a partition with UUID c44d0292-2966-4537-bbe8-4603b3de2c48
That's unique so it doesn't matter where to put the partition and UUID is part of the partition. For example you can move/resize partition. Or move it to another physical harddrive by doing a copy/delete. This partition boots on its own for sure as long as it marked ACTIVE.
But now it is NOT marked active!! NEOGRUB entry in Windows 7 bootmgr just does a search for file core.img in folders like /boot and /boot/grub on ALL partitions. And if found it loads and runs that volume bootsector (that's called chain loading). It acts like it was marked active.
The volume boot sector is just the first sector of the partition (first 512 bytes) and is backupped and restored.
So no problem at all!!
Who the heck did clean first sector??? Of course you don't know. Try to backup/restore linux again and see if I'm right (I am LOL). If not you can always repair it the same way I told you before
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16 Aug 2012
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#60 | | Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) South Australia |
Cool, thanks. I'll try this over the weekend:
1. Image Partition 1 - C: NTFS Windows
2. Image Partition 2+3- Linux+Swap
3. Wipe Disk
4. Restore Partition1
5. Restore Partition 2+3
6. Check that Windows/Linux boots correctly | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Golden Mk. I.3 OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) CPU Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz Motherboard Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13 Memory 16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24) Graphics Card EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB Sound Card Realtek Integrated Monitor(s) Displays Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS Screen Resolution 1920*1080 and 1920*1080 Keyboard Logitech G110 Mouse Logitech MX518 PSU Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W Case Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z Cooling Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans Hard Drives 1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
3*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID5;
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0 Internet Speed Not fast enough!!! Antivirus MSE and Malwarebytes Pro Browser Chrome Version 27 Other Info Laptop: ASUS X54C, Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.0Ghz, 4GB RAM, Intel HD on-board graphics, Windows 7 Professional SP1 (x64), LinuxMint 14 (x64), PepperMint 3 (x86) Windows/Linux dual-boot imaging using Macrium problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:14 AM. | |