Ubuntu partition not bootable
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 11:05 pm
I have successfully installed Ubuntu (12.04 32-bit Desktop) on other systems that have BIBM, but am having trouble installing 13.04 64-bit Desktop now. BIBM version is 1.19. I've been using BING/BIBM for six years.
I have followed all the steps at http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=279 precisely. But after Ubuntu is done installing and it reboots, I get to the BIBM menu, try to boot Ubuntu, and BIBM reports "The partition is not bootable".
In Partition Work, the properties for the Ubuntu boot partition have "Bootable" checked (but greyed out) and in Additional Information says "Bootable: No. The location of this Partition will prevent some operating systems from booting from it."
I even tried sliding my pre-existing Windows partition down and sticking the Ubuntu partitions (small: 35GB root and 5GB swap) at the top just under the 100MB "System Reserved" partition, but that didn't help.
I also tried booting the Ubuntu DVD into Live DVD mode and then executing "sudo grub-install /dev/sda1 --force", but the response was "Path /boot/grub is not readable by GRUB on boot. Installation is impossible. Aborting."
FYI, my sudo fdisk -l is:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 206848 71886846 35840000 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 71886848 82126847 5120000 82 Linux swap / Solaris
My MBR when booting into Ubuntu is:
Name C H S FS C H S LBA Sectors
Ubuntu Active 12 223 20 83h 1023 254 63 206848 71680000
Ubuntu Swap 1023 191 6 82h 1023 254 63 71886848 10240000
And the full EMBR Partition list:
System Reserved Partition 100 MiB HPFS/NTFS
Ubuntu Partition 35000 MiB Linux Native
Ubuntu Swap Partition 5000 MiB Linux Swap/Solaris
MBR 1 Partition 280000 MiB HPFS/NTFS
------- Partition 142280 MiB Free Space
BootIt EMBRM Partition 5 MiB BootIt EMBRM
WinBackup1 Partition 18000 MiB HPFS/NTFS
WinBackup2 Partition 8000 MiB HPFS/NTFS
Just one hard drive in system: a 512GB SSD. I'm not able to try earlier versions of Ubuntu because the motherboard is too new (no built-in drivers for video and Ethernet until Ubuntu 13.04).
I have followed all the steps at http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=279 precisely. But after Ubuntu is done installing and it reboots, I get to the BIBM menu, try to boot Ubuntu, and BIBM reports "The partition is not bootable".
In Partition Work, the properties for the Ubuntu boot partition have "Bootable" checked (but greyed out) and in Additional Information says "Bootable: No. The location of this Partition will prevent some operating systems from booting from it."
I even tried sliding my pre-existing Windows partition down and sticking the Ubuntu partitions (small: 35GB root and 5GB swap) at the top just under the 100MB "System Reserved" partition, but that didn't help.
I also tried booting the Ubuntu DVD into Live DVD mode and then executing "sudo grub-install /dev/sda1 --force", but the response was "Path /boot/grub is not readable by GRUB on boot. Installation is impossible. Aborting."
FYI, my sudo fdisk -l is:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 206848 71886846 35840000 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 71886848 82126847 5120000 82 Linux swap / Solaris
My MBR when booting into Ubuntu is:
Name C H S FS C H S LBA Sectors
Ubuntu Active 12 223 20 83h 1023 254 63 206848 71680000
Ubuntu Swap 1023 191 6 82h 1023 254 63 71886848 10240000
And the full EMBR Partition list:
System Reserved Partition 100 MiB HPFS/NTFS
Ubuntu Partition 35000 MiB Linux Native
Ubuntu Swap Partition 5000 MiB Linux Swap/Solaris
MBR 1 Partition 280000 MiB HPFS/NTFS
------- Partition 142280 MiB Free Space
BootIt EMBRM Partition 5 MiB BootIt EMBRM
WinBackup1 Partition 18000 MiB HPFS/NTFS
WinBackup2 Partition 8000 MiB HPFS/NTFS
Just one hard drive in system: a 512GB SSD. I'm not able to try earlier versions of Ubuntu because the motherboard is too new (no built-in drivers for video and Ethernet until Ubuntu 13.04).