Thread: XP & ubuntu 10.04 dual boot problem

hi all,i'm very new linux , need help....
i'm running on xp dual boot ubuntu 10.04 on compaq v3000 series. problem couldn't boot ubuntu anymore. happened when i'm update via update manager. during installation process power supply cut off. reboot laptop & couldn't boot 10.04 anymore (xp fine).
after couple search, i've found http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/ & here's result:


boot info script 0.55 dated february 15th, 2010

============================= boot info summary: ==============================

=> grub 2 installed in mbr of /dev/sda , looks on same drive in
partition #6 /boot/grub.

sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

file system:
boot sector type: windows xp
boot sector info:
mounting failed:
mount: unknown filesystem type ''

sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

file system: extended partition
boot sector type: -
boot sector info:

sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________

file system:
boot sector type: -
boot sector info:
mounting failed:
mount: unknown filesystem type ''
mount: unknown filesystem type ''

sda6: __________________________________________________ _______________________

file system: ext4
boot sector type: -
boot sector info:
mounting failed:
mount: unknown filesystem type ''
mount: unknown filesystem type ''
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda6,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
in cases useful info found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so


sda7: __________________________________________________ _______________________

file system: swap
boot sector type: -
boot sector info:

=========================== drive/partition info: =============================

drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

disk /dev/sda: 160.0 gb, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

partition boot start end size id system

/dev/sda1 * 63 40,965,749 40,965,687 7 hpfs/ntfs
/dev/sda2 40,965,811 312,580,095 271,614,285 f w95 ext d (lba)
/dev/sda5 40,965,813 102,398,309 61,432,497 e w95 fat16 (lba)
/dev/sda6 102,400,000 303,947,775 201,547,776 83 linux
/dev/sda7 303,949,824 312,580,095 8,630,272 82 linux swap / solaris


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

device uuid type label

/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda2: pttype="dos"
/dev/sda6 680a0bd5-4162-4dd6-a68b-1a5a36221b01 ext4
/dev/sda7 27c20c25-e12c-4414-8835-08786258094a swap
/dev/sda: pttype="dos"

============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================

device mount_point type options

aufs / aufs (rw)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime)
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)

need guide me (as i'm noob here) solve problem i've got lot of stuffs here....

in advance...

you try running fsck ubuntu live disk, may repair problem.

boot live disk , run command:

sudo fsck /dev/sda6

(ensure partition isn't mounted)

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