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From: Heinz Sporn <heinz.sporn@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] HELP! grub stops, only hard reset helps
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 06:24:24
Message-Id: 1126246713.10164.6.camel@spok.local.sporn-it.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] HELP! grub stops, only hard reset helps by capsel
1 Am Donnerstag, den 08.09.2005, 20:20 +0200 schrieb capsel:
2 > current:
3 > hda1 swap
4 > hda2 reiserfs /
5 > ---previous1---
6 > hda1 ext2 /boot
7 > hda2 reiserfs /
8 > hda3 swap
9 > ---previous2---
10 > hda1 swap
11 > hda2 ext2 /boot
12 > hda3 reiserfs /
13 >
14 > swap is 258MB, /boot is about 24MB, / is rest of disk which is 10GB
15 > Should I post output of echo -ne "p\nq\n" | fdisk /dev/hda?
16 >
17 > device map:
18 > (fd0) /dev/fd0
19 > (hd0) /dev/hda
20 >
21 > grub.conf:
22 > -------------------------------------------------------
23 > #
24 > # Sample boot menu configuration file
25 > #
26 > #root (hd0,1)
27 >
28 > # Boot automatically after 30 secs.
29 > timeout 30
30 >
31 > # By default, boot the first entry.
32 > default 0
33 >
34 > # Fallback to the second entry.
35 > #fallback 1
36 >
37 > # For booting GNU/Linux
38 > title Gentoo
39 > root (hd0,1)
40 > kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda2
41 > #initrd /initrd.img
42 > ------------------------------------------------------------
43 > It doesn't matter which partition layout it is or grub.conf exist it
44 > still doesn't work.
45 >
46 > When you start grub from command line as root it shows how much memory
47 > it detected. In my case it shows only zeros like this:
48 > ------------------------------------------------------------
49 > GNU GRUB version 0.96 (0K lower / 0K upper memory)
50 >
51 > [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB
52 > lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible
53 > completions of a device/filename. ]
54 >
55 > -------------------------------------------------------------
56 > After this it halts and only reset works. I can't type anything or
57 > reset by ALT+CTRL+DEL.
58
59 Ok, now we're talking. When you enter Grub this way it doesn't care
60 about an existing configuration - so IMHO no problem there. Here's what
61 I would do:
62
63 1. Check if top shows reasonable results - if not step 3
64 2. Re-emerge grub - if that doesn't help - step 3
65 3. memtest86 for a day
66
67
68 >
69 > - Lilo works just fine so I can tar my filesystem to disk on USB and
70 > change partition scheme.
71 > - No option on BIOS about memory.
72 > - Laptop (hp pavilion n3390)
73 >
74 > And again - what am I doing wrong?
75 >
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RE: [gentoo-user] HELP! grub stops, only hard reset helps Michael Kintzios <michaelkintzios@××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] HELP! grub stops, only hard reset helps capsel <capsel@×××××.com>