Trying to Load Ubuntu 11.04 onto HP Laptop. Failed at reboot

[NoOp]

On 08/29/2011 05:05 PM, Goh Lip wrote:
> On 30/08/11 03:39, NoOp wrote:
>> On 08/29/2011 05:21 AM, Peter Fitzpatrick wrote:
>> ...
>>>
>>> Hi Peter again!!
>>>
>>> Have uploaded file to paste bin at   http://paste.ubuntu.com/677172/
>>>
>>> However the following issue arose during execution:
>>>
>>> "gawk" could not be found, using "busybox awk" instead.
>>> This may lead to unreliable results.
>>>
>>> It then went onto indentifying MBR's
>>>
>>> Trust this helps
>>> Peter
>>>
>>>
>>
>> You have multiple mount points defined:
>> ================================ Mount points:
>> =================================
>>
>> Device           Mount_Point              Type       Options
>>
>> /dev/loop0       /rofs                    squashfs   (ro,noatime)
>> /dev/sda1        /media/091d6464-45e1-4ddf-9a2b-eb84f9e2acb0 ext4
>> (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)
>> /dev/sr0         /cdrom                   iso9660    (ro,noatime)
>>
>> And I think that's the issue. Perhaps Goh or Tom can help you sort those
>> out.
>>
>> Typical should be similar to the one in my pastebin that I posted:
>> ================================ Mount points:
>> =================================
>>
>> Device           Mount_Point              Type       Options
>>
>> /dev/sda1        /media/windows           fuseblk
>> (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=512)
>> /dev/sdb1        /                        ext4
>> (rw,errors=remount-ro,commit=0)
>>
>> for a dual drive dual boot. And for a single drive (even with multiple
>> OS's):
>>
>> ================================ Mount points:
>> =================================
>>
>> Device           Mount_Point              Type       Options
>>
>> /dev/sda1        /                        ext4
>> (rw,errors=remount-ro,commit=0)
>>
>> Note: last could be any /dev/sda(x) - on my HP laptop I have it on
>> /dev/sda5.
>>
>> Your fstab is looking for / on /dev/sda1:
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
>> #
>> # Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' 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
>> /dev/sda1       /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
>> # swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
>> UUID=13410db4-fb30-4d24-8f5c-9093f9397849 none            swap    sw
>>            0       0
> 
> It's just getting more confusing now with the results of the new 
> bootinfo (his new pastebin). Now he has sda and sdb and his sdb looks 
> like his old disk which he is supposed to reset. *I'll think he has 2 
> disks* (on a labtop?) and I'll try a different approach.
> 
...
Is there another for him than:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/677172/

The other one is from one of my machines that I used as an example for
him to post his results:
<quote>
Post the URL to that page here. Example:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/676714/
</quote>
676714 is _my_ pastebin.