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Thanks Mick. |
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The problem turned out to be hardware related. I moved the primary SATA hard drive cable from SATA4 to SATA1, and that fixed the problem. One fresh install later and I was up and running. |
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Jeff |
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-----Original Message----- |
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>From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> |
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>Sent: Oct 31, 2006 12:13 PM |
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>To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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>Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub problems |
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>On Sunday 29 October 2006 20:11, Joe Menola wrote: |
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>> On Sunday 29 October 2006 1:56 pm, Jeff Cranmer wrote: |
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>> > >Try running grub, then at the grub command line: |
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>> > >>root (hd2,5) |
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>> > >>setup /dev/sda |
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>> > >>quit |
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>> Try setup "(hd2)"...also I think the root command needs to be adjusted to |
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>> your partition that contains /boot. |
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>Tab completion helps in this case: |
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>grub> setup ( <--press tab here |
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>This should list suitable devices. If need be try them in turn. The one with |
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>the OS in it should boot. Also, if you are unsure where Grub's root is |
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>(typically your /boot partition) then before running the setup command you |
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>can run: |
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>grub> find /boot/grub/stage1 |
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>HTH |
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>Regards, |
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>Mick |
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