boot_info_script is a bash script which searches all hard drives attached to the computer for information related to booting and displays it in a convenient format. Its primary use is for troubleshooting booting problems.

How to use the boot info script

• Boot into any Linux based operating system, LiveCD or LiveUSB with an Internet connection.
• Download the Boot Info Script
• Extract the zip file to a directory of your choice.
• Open a terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal in Gnome) and type :

    sudo bash [path/to/the/download_folder]/boot_info_script.sh

  For example if you downloaded the file to the desktop, use:

    sudo bash ~/Desktop/boot_info_script.sh

• If your operation system does not use sudo, use:

    su 
    bash ~/Desktop/boot_info_script.sh

• You will now have the file RESULTS.txt in the same directory as the script. But if the script is inside a system directory (like /usr or /etc) RESULTS.txt will be in the home directory.
• If you already have an existing RESULTS.txt, subsequent files will be called RESULTS1.txt, RESULTS2.txt,...
• Open RESULTS.txt in your favorite text editor.
• If you came here from a Linux forum, paste the content of RESULTS.txt into your next post. Make sure to use the appropriate formating. For example in the Ubuntu forums click on the code tags (the symbol #) before pasting RESULTS.txt.