Comment 5 for bug 948716

Hi,

I got your information, it was quite and adventure trying to work the PC back into original condition and figure out how to get the text file across the Win7/Ubuntu divide and across 32 bit /64 bit architecture. I downloaded Ubuntu 10.43 64 bit, burned it to a disk, ran the disk checker and then loaded Ubuntu following your directions.

There are some artifacts in the output that I have here but I trust you can ignore them and still get the information you need. I also had to "format" it the best I could so if you see a couple of out of place line breaks etc. that's me not the output. So here it is.

sudo parted -l

Model: ATA ST9250410AS (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 250GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags

1 1049kB 210MB 209MB primary ntfs boot

2 210MB 119GB 119GB primary ntfs

3 119GB 250GB 131GB extended lba

5 119GB 235GB 116GB logical ntfs

6 235GB 250GB 14.7GB logical ntfs

7 250GB 250GB 108MB logical fat32

Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system).
/dev/sr0
has been opened read-only.
Error: /dev/sr0: unrecognised disk label

sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 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: 0x9ae57a8b

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 26 203776 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 26 14449 115856792+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 14450 30402 128135967+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 14450 28604 113700006 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 28605 30389 14326784 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7 30389 30402 105624 b W95 FAT32

 sudo blkid
/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/sda1: LABEL="SYSTEM" UUID="C23EFA203EFA0D63" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda2: UUID="B842FF5842FF19B8" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda5: UUID="01CCFD7B27A3C230" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda6: LABEL="RECOVERY" UUID="48D470D5D470C72A" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda7: LABEL="HP_TOOLS" UUID="BABA-634F" TYPE="vfat"

If you need anything more let me know. I have noticed a couple of things however. One is that the OEM computer makers are making their disks dynamic. Two I had to get EASEUS partition manager to convert the disk to static and then change some of the partitions to logical/extended partitions so that I could prepare the hard drive to install another operating system. I was going to include the system information file that Windows can deliver, but that gives you massive amounts of "stuff", probably more info. that you need. I am going to try installing from WUBI on the disk again. This time I will use the wubi installer on the disk instead of trying to do a direct download install using wubi. I am also going to put it on the C:\drive with Windows instead of a back partition (H:) and see if that makes a difference.

Wish me luck,

Mike

> Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 20:29:43 +0000
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 948716] Re: Ubuntu boot failure from wubi install, again, and again
>
> Please can you boot from an Ubuntu CD, select "Try Ubuntu" and, once the desktop appears, drop to a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and get the output of:
> sudo parted -l
> sudo fdisk -l
> sudo blkid
>

> ( -l = lower case -L)
> Thanks
>
> ** Changed in: wubi
> Status: New => Incomplete
>