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Do you mean to 'touch' everything in /boot? Yes I added 'notail' to the |
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fstab entry. Should I make /boot ext2? |
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----- Original Message ----- |
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From: "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03@××××××××××.net> |
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To: <gentoo-amd64@l.g.o> |
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Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 1:17 AM |
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] /dev/hda1 won't mount from grub |
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> On Thursday 09 March 2006 09:11, "Gavin" <gavin.m.seddon@×××××××××××××.uk> |
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> wrote about '[gentoo-amd64] /dev/hda1 won't mount from grub': |
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>> Hi, |
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>> I reinstalled and the boot partition wont mount. It is reiser, |
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> Reiser, eh? Some versions of grub have a problem with reiser's tail |
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> packing. Make sure you mount the filesystem notail. If you aren't |
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> already doing this, 'touch' all the files on boot once it is mounted |
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> notail; you could also do this just to be safe. If you touch all the |
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> files, particularly the stage files, you should rerun 'grub-install' or go |
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> through your standard process for installing grub on the MBR. |
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>> boot |
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>> flag set on hda1. |
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> Grub ignores that anyway. |
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>> However, it boots from grub command line. |
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> Well, make sure your grub.conf / menu.lst file matches the grub command |
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> line you are giving. Also, make sure there aren't any stray characters |
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> (e.g. Ctrl-A or Ctrl-@) in the grub.conf / menu.lst |
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> "If there's one thing we've established over the years, |
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> it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest |
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> clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." |
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> -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh |
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