I have to go to woooork now! On 11/13/11, Michael Havens wrote: > here is what dmesg says. I think this means the drive is bad. I don't > think the live cd I have has grub but rather its predecessor, lilo. > Where should I go to download a current version of ubuntuu that will > run on a cd? I don't have a dvd burner. heck, i don't even know if > this cdrom is a dvd player! > > root@1[hda1]# dmesg | egrep " ata|sd " > [17179608.864000] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda > [17179608.864000] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 > > root@1[hda1]# dmesg > [17179569.184000] Linux version 2.6.15-27-desktop (root@mepis-pro) > (gcc version 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)) #1 PREEMPT Sun Mar 11 > 21:36:14 EDT 2007 > [17179569.184000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map: > [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f800 (usable) > [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 000000000009f800 - 00000000000a0000 > (reserved) > [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000 > (reserved) > [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 0000000047eb0000 (usable) > [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 0000000047eb0000 - 0000000047efc000 (ACPI > data) > [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 0000000047efc000 - 0000000047efd000 (ACPI > NVS) > [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 0000000047efd000 - 0000000047f00000 > (reserved) > [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 0000000047f00000 - 0000000047f80000 (usable) > [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 0000000047f80000 - 0000000048000000 > (reserved) > [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec10000 > (reserved) > [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 > (reserved) > [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 00000000ff800000 - 00000000ffc00000 > (reserved) > [17179569.184000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fff00000 - 0000000100000000 > (reserved) > [17179569.184000] 255MB HIGHMEM available. > [17179569.184000] 896MB LOWMEM available. > [17179569.184000] found SMP MP-table at 000f5f70 > [17179569.184000] On node 0 totalpages: 294784 > [17179569.184000] DMA zone: 4096 pages, LIFO batch:0 > [17179569.184000] DMA32 zone: 0 pages, LIFO batch:0 > [17179569.184000] Normal zone: 225280 pages, LIFO batch:31 > [17179569.184000] HighMem zone: 65408 pages, LIFO batch:15 > [17179569.184000] DMI present. > [17179569.184000] ACPI: RSDP (v000 PTLTD > ) @ 0x000f5fc0 > [17179569.184000] ACPI: RSDT (v001 PTLTD RSDT 0x060400d0 LTP > 0x00000000) @ 0x47ef87f8 > [17179569.184000] ACPI: FADT (v001 IBM MARLIN 0x060400d0 PTL > 0x00000001) @ 0x47efbf0a > [17179569.184000] ACPI: MADT (v001 PTLTD APIC 0x060400d0 > LTP 0x00000000) @ 0x47efbf7e > [17179569.184000] ACPI: BOOT (v001 PTLTD $SBFTBL$ 0x060400d0 LTP > 0x00000001) @ 0x47efbfd8 > [17179569.184000] ACPI: DSDT (v001 IBM Marlin 0x060400d0 MSFT > 0x0100000d) @ 0x00000000 > [17179569.184000] ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x1008 > [17179569.184000] ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000 > [17179569.184000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x00] lapic_id[0x00] enabled) > [17179569.184000] Processor #0 15:1 APIC version 20 > [17179569.184000] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x00] high edge lint[0x1]) > [17179569.184000] ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x01] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0]) > [17179569.184000] IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 1, version 32, address 0xfec00000, GSI > 0-23 > [17179569.184000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 high > edge) > [17179569.184000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 high > level) > [17179569.184000] ACPI: IRQ0 used by override. > [17179569.184000] ACPI: IRQ2 used by override. > [17179569.184000] ACPI: IRQ9 used by override. > [17179569.184000] Enabling APIC mode: Flat. Using 1 I/O APICs > [17179569.184000] Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information > [17179569.184000] Allocating PCI resources starting at 50000000 (gap: > 48000000:b6c00000) > [17179569.184000] Built 1 zonelists > [17179569.184000] Kernel command line: us init=/etc/init apm=power-off > vga=791 quiet > [17179569.184000] mapped APIC to ffffd000 (fee00000) > [17179569.184000] mapped IOAPIC to ffffc000 (fec00000) > [17179569.184000] Initializing CPU#0 > [17179569.184000] PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 65536 bytes) > [17179569.184000] Detected 1595.056 MHz processor. > [17179569.184000] Using pmtmr for high-res timesource > [17179569.184000] Console: colour dummy device 80x25 > [17179569.260000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, > 524288 bytes) > [17179569.260000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 > bytes) > [17179569.328000] Memory: 1162020k/1179136k available (2741k kernel > code, 15876k reserved, 931k data, 192k init, 261312k highmem) > [17179569.328000] Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even > in supervisor mode... Ok. > [17179569.408000] Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. > 3193.56 BogoMIPS (lpj=6387123) > [17179569.408000] Security Framework v1.0.0 initialized > [17179569.408000] SELinux: Disabled at boot. > [17179569.408000] Capability LSM initialized > [17179569.408000] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 > [17179569.408000] CPU: After generic identify, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 > [17179569.408000] CPU: After vendor identify, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 > [17179569.408000] CPU: Trace cache: 12K uops, L1 D cache: 8K > [17179569.408000] CPU: L2 cache: 256K > [17179569.408000] CPU: After all inits, caps: 3febfbff 00000000 > 00000000 00000080 00000000 00000000 00000000 > [17179569.408000] Intel machine check architecture supported. > [17179569.408000] Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0. > [17179569.408000] CPU0: Intel P4/Xeon Extended MCE MSRs (12) available > [17179569.408000] CPU0: Thermal monitoring enabled > [17179569.408000] mtrr: v2.0 (20020519) > [17179569.408000] CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.60GHz stepping 02 > [17179569.408000] Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done. > [17179569.408000] Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done. > [17179569.408000] Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. > [17179569.424000] checking if image is initramfs...it isn't (no cpio > magic); looks like an initrd > [17179569.596000] Freeing initrd memory: 1491k freed > [17179569.600000] ACPI: Looking for DSDT ... not found! > [17179569.608000] ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs > [17179569.608000] ..TIMER: vector=0x31 apic1=0 pin1=2 apic2=-1 pin2=-1 > [17179569.752000] NET: Registered protocol family 16 > [17179569.752000] ACPI: bus type pci registered > [17179569.752000] PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd933, last bus=2 > [17179569.752000] PCI: Using configuration type 1 > [17179569.752000] ACPI: Subsystem revision 20051216 > [17179569.752000] ACPI: Interpreter enabled > [17179569.752000] ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing > [17179569.756000] ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00) > [17179569.756000] PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00) > [17179569.780000] PCI quirk: region 1000-107f claimed by ICH4 ACPI/GPIO/TCO > [17179569.780000] PCI quirk: region 1180-11bf claimed by ICH4 GPIO > [17179569.780000] Boot video device is 0000:01:00.0 > [17179569.780000] PCI: Transparent bridge - 0000:00:1e.0 > [17179569.780000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT] > [17179569.808000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.AGP_._PRT] > [17179569.808000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.SLOT._PRT] > [17179569.812000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 *5 7 9 10 > 11 12 14 15) > [17179569.812000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 *5 7 9 10 > 11 12 14 15) > [17179569.812000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 > 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled. > [17179569.812000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 > *11 12 14 15) > [17179569.812000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 > *11 12 14 15) > [17179569.812000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 > 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled. > [17179569.812000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 > 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled. > [17179569.812000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 *10 > 11 12 14 15) > [17179569.848000] Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay > [17179569.848000] pnp: PnP ACPI init > [17179569.904000] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices > [17179569.904000] PnPBIOS: Disabled by ACPI PNP > [17179569.904000] SCSI subsystem initialized > [17179569.904000] usbcore: registered new driver usbfs > [17179569.904000] usbcore: registered new driver hub > [17179569.904000] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing > [17179569.904000] PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq". > If it helps, post a report > [17179569.912000] PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:01.0 > [17179569.912000] IO window: disabled. > [17179569.912000] MEM window: e0000000-e1ffffff > [17179569.912000] PREFETCH window: f0000000-f8ffffff > [17179569.912000] PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1e.0 > [17179569.912000] IO window: 2000-2fff > [17179569.912000] MEM window: e2000000-e20fffff > [17179569.912000] PREFETCH window: disabled. > [17179569.912000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1e.0 to 64 > [17179569.912000] Simple Boot Flag at 0x72 set to 0x1 > [17179569.912000] Machine check exception polling timer started. > [17179569.912000] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled) > [17179569.912000] audit(1321191404.912:1): initialized > [17179569.912000] highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages > [17179569.912000] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1 > [17179569.912000] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 > bytes) > [17179569.912000] squashfs: version 3.1 (2006/08/15) Phillip Lougher > [17179569.912000] NTFS driver 2.1.25 [Flags: R/W]. > [17179569.912000] JFS: nTxBlock = 8192, nTxLock = 65536 > [17179569.928000] Registering unionfs 1.1.2 > [17179569.928000] Initializing Cryptographic API > [17179569.928000] io scheduler noop registered > [17179569.928000] io scheduler anticipatory registered > [17179569.928000] io scheduler deadline registered > [17179569.928000] io scheduler cfq registered > [17179569.928000] vesafb: framebuffer at 0xf0000000, mapped to > 0xf8d00000, using 3072k, total 131072k > [17179569.928000] vesafb: mode is 1024x768x16, linelength=2048, pages=1 > [17179569.928000] vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:e2d0 > [17179569.928000] vesafb: scrolling: redraw > [17179569.928000] vesafb: Truecolor: size=0:5:6:5, shift=0:11:5:0 > [17179569.928000] vesafb: Mode is VGA compatible > [17179570.024000] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48 > [17179570.024000] fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device > [17179570.024000] isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards... > [17179570.336000] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found > [17179570.364000] Non-volatile memory driver v1.2 > [17179570.364000] PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly. > [17179570.372000] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 > [17179570.372000] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 > [17179570.372000] Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 48 > ports, IRQ sharing enabled > [17179570.372000] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A > [17179570.372000] serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A > [17179570.376000] 00:0a: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A > [17179570.376000] 00:0b: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A > [17179570.380000] RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 65536K > size 1024 blocksize > [17179570.380000] loop: loaded (max 8 devices) > [17179570.380000] Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2 > [17179570.380000] ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; > override with idebus=xx > [17179570.380000] ICH2: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:1f.1 > [17179570.380000] ICH2: chipset revision 18 > [17179570.380000] ICH2: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > [17179570.380000] ide0: BM-DMA at 0x1800-0x1807, BIOS settings: > hda:DMA, hdb:pio > [17179570.380000] ide1: BM-DMA at 0x1808-0x180f, BIOS settings: > hdc:DMA, hdd:pio > [17179570.380000] Probing IDE interface ide0... > [17179570.668000] hda: ST340016A, ATA DISK drive > [17179571.340000] ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 > [17179571.340000] Probing IDE interface ide1... > [17179572.076000] hdc: LITE-ON LTR-16102B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > [17179572.412000] ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 > [17179572.412000] hda: max request size: 128KiB > [17179572.412000] hda: 78156288 sectors (40016 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, > CHS=65535/16/63, UDMA(100) > [17179572.412000] hda: cache flushes not supported > [17179572.412000] hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 > > [17179572.444000] hdc: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, DMA > [17179572.444000] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 > [17179572.500000] ACPI: bus type scsi registered > [17179572.500000] libata version 1.20 loaded. > [17179572.500000] Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods > [17179572.500000] ieee1394: Initialized config rom entry `ip1394' > [17179572.500000] ieee1394: raw1394: /dev/raw1394 device initialized > [17179572.500000] sbp2: $Rev: 1306 $ Ben Collins > [17179572.500000] ieee1394: sbp2: Driver forced to serialize I/O > (serialize_io=1) > [17179572.500000] ieee1394: sbp2: Try serialize_io=0 for better performance > [17179572.500000] usbmon: debugfs is not available > [17179572.500000] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... > [17179572.500000] usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage > [17179572.500000] USB Mass Storage support registered. > [17179572.500000] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice > [17179572.500000] NET: Registered protocol family 2 > [17179572.536000] IP route cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, > 262144 bytes) > [17179572.536000] TCP established hash table entries: 262144 (order: > 8, 1048576 bytes) > [17179572.540000] TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 > bytes) > [17179572.540000] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 262144 bind > 65536) > [17179572.540000] TCP reno registered > [17179572.540000] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team > [17179572.544000] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as > /class/input/input0 > [17179572.580000] TCP bic registered > [17179572.580000] NET: Registered protocol family 1 > [17179572.580000] NET: Registered protocol family 8 > [17179572.580000] NET: Registered protocol family 20 > [17179572.580000] Using IPI Shortcut mode > [17179572.580000] ACPI wakeup devices: > [17179572.580000] SLOT COMA COMB USB1 USB2 > [17179572.580000] ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S3 S4 S5) > [17179572.580000] RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 > [17179572.772000] EXT2-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, > running e2fsck is recommended > [17179572.776000] VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). > [17179582.824000] Unable to identify CD-ROM format. > [17179582.824000] VFS: Can't find an ext2 filesystem on dev hda. > [17179582.828000] VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev hda. > [17179582.828000] ReiserFS: hda: warning: sh-2021: > reiserfs_fill_super: can not find reiserfs on hda > [17179582.832000] FAT: invalid media value (0xb9) > [17179582.832000] VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev hda. > [17179582.832000] NTFS-fs warning (device hda): is_boot_sector_ntfs(): > Invalid boot sector checksum. > [17179582.832000] NTFS-fs error (device hda): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): > Primary boot sector is invalid. > [17179582.832000] NTFS-fs error (device hda): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): > Mount option errors=recover not used. Aborting without trying to > recover. > [17179582.832000] NTFS-fs error (device hda): ntfs_fill_super(): Not > an NTFS volume. > [17179582.896000] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 > [17179582.908000] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A > [17179591.188000] Freeing unused kernel memory: 192k freed > [17179602.684000] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5 > [17179602.708000] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: > 0.4 > [17179603.148000] Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones > [17179603.172000] agpgart: Detected an Intel i845 Chipset. > [17179603.276000] e100: Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Driver, 3.4.14-k4-NAPI > [17179603.276000] e100: Copyright(c) 1999-2005 Intel Corporation > [17179603.296000] agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xe8000000 > [17179603.296000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:08.0[A] -> GSI 20 > (level, low) -> IRQ 16 > [17179603.320000] e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr 0xe2000000, irq 16, MAC > addr 00:09:6B:78:AB:F0 > [17179603.340000] USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v2.3 > [17179603.340000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[D] -> GSI 19 > (level, low) -> IRQ 17 > [17179603.340000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.2 to 64 > [17179603.340000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.2: UHCI Host Controller > [17179603.340000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.2: new USB bus registered, > assigned bus number 1 > [17179603.340000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.2: irq 17, io base 0x00001820 > [17179603.340000] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found > [17179603.340000] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected > [17179603.444000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.4[C] -> GSI 23 > (level, low) -> IRQ 18 > [17179603.444000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.4 to 64 > [17179603.444000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.4: UHCI Host Controller > [17179603.444000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.4: new USB bus registered, > assigned bus number 2 > [17179603.444000] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.4: irq 18, io base 0x00001840 > [17179603.444000] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found > [17179603.444000] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected > [17179603.456000] Real Time Clock Driver v1.12 > [17179603.472000] input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input1 > [17179603.684000] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd > and address 2 > [17179603.828000] scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices > [17179603.828000] usb-storage: device found at 2 > [17179603.828000] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning > [17179603.876000] Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M > [17179603.988000] FDC 0 is a National Semiconductor PC87306 > [17179604.068000] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd > and address 2 > [17179604.144000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.5[B] -> GSI 17 > (level, low) -> IRQ 19 > [17179604.144000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.5 to 64 > [17179604.208000] hub 2-1:1.0: USB hub found > [17179604.208000] hub 2-1:1.0: 4 ports detected > [17179604.524000] usb 2-1.1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd > and address 3 > [17179604.620000] parport: PnPBIOS parport detected. > [17179604.620000] parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 1 > [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP,DMA] > [17179604.760000] intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 53508 usecs > [17179604.760000] intel8x0: clocking to 41149 > [17179604.780000] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven). > [17179604.868000] usb 2-1.2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd > and address 4 > [17179605.868000] usbcore: registered new driver hiddev > [17179605.892000] input: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard as > /class/input/input2 > [17179605.892000] input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Logitech Logitech USB > Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1f.4-1.1 > [17179605.912000] input: USB Optical Mouse as /class/input/input3 > [17179605.916000] input: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [USB Optical Mouse] on > usb-0000:00:1f.4-1.2 > [17179605.916000] usbcore: registered new driver usbhid > [17179605.916000] drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver > [17179607.296000] e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex > [17179607.548000] fuse init (API version 7.8) > [17179607.548000] fuse distribution version: 2.6.1 > [17179607.944000] md: md driver 0.90.3 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27 > [17179607.944000] md: bitmap version 4.39 > [17179608.544000] NET: Registered protocol family 17 > [17179608.784000] device-mapper: 4.4.0-ioctl (2005-01-12) initialised: > dm-devel@redhat.com > [17179608.832000] Vendor: Model: USB Flash Memory Rev: 1.00 > [17179608.832000] Type: Direct-Access ANSI > SCSI revision: 02 > [17179608.836000] SCSI device sda: 3913664 512-byte hdwr sectors (2004 MB) > [17179608.840000] sda: Write Protect is off > [17179608.840000] sda: Mode Sense: 65 44 09 30 > [17179608.840000] sda: assuming drive cache: write through > [17179608.856000] SCSI device sda: 3913664 512-byte hdwr sectors (2004 MB) > [17179608.856000] sda: Write Protect is off > [17179608.856000] sda: Mode Sense: 65 44 09 30 > [17179608.856000] sda: assuming drive cache: write through > [17179608.856000] sda: sda1 > [17179608.864000] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda > [17179608.864000] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 > [17179608.868000] usb-storage: device scan complete > [17179613.368000] ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports 8 throttling states) > [17179613.536000] p4-clockmod: P4/Xeon(TM) CPU On-Demand Clock > Modulation available > [17179613.604000] powernow: This module only works with AMD K7 CPUs > [17179618.924000] ndiswrapper version 1.38 loaded (preempt=yes,smp=no) > [17179618.976000] usbcore: registered new driver ndiswrapper > [17179619.724000] Adding 1646620k swap on /dev/hda5. Priority:1 > extents:1 across:1646620k > [17179621.012000] ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF] > [17179621.012000] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB] > [17179621.248000] ibm_acpi: ec object not found > [17179621.300000] pcc_acpi: loading... > [17179621.416000] ACPI: Thermal Zone [THM0] (36 C) > [17179635.144000] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver > [17179639.016000] powernow: This module only works with AMD K7 CPUs > root@1[hda1]# > > On 11/13/11, Michael Butash wrote: >> You need to read this: >> >> http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2005/11/how-to-repair-corrupt-mbr-and-boot.html >> >> You need to read down to the newer instructions for the last bit to >> reapply grub. Get a bootable cd, just about any should allow you to do >> this usb, cd, or floppy. >> >> How did you lose your boot sector? Are you sure the disk isn't toast in >> general? Boot a live cd and look at the dmesg info for /dev/sda or >> whatever your drive is to it. >> >> dmesg | egrep " ata|sd " >> >> Should give you everything. dmesg alone often tells quite the tale. >> >> -mb >> >> >> >> On 11/13/2011 01:07 PM, Stephen wrote: >>> Do you have a USB glasshouse drive? You can use unetbootin to make a >>> usbbased live cd >>> >>> On Nov 13, 2011 1:06 PM, "Michael Havens" >> > wrote: >>> >>> I have uubuntuu10 installed on my hard drive. I don't have the cd >>> for >>> uubuntuu 10. I do have the cd for mepis 6.5. How do I reinstall the >>> boot sector? How do I figure out if it is the boot sector and not a >>> hard drive failure. If it is a haard drive failure could someone >>> mail >>> me a uubuntuu cd? 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