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Just did a stage 3 install following a HD crash on a new HD. The initial |
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install went without issue and I booted from the HD normally. I then went |
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through and installed a bunch of packages - xorg, kde, etc. I installed |
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genkernel, compiled a custom kernel, and updated /boot/grub/menu.lst. |
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Upon rebooting, I ended up at a grub command line. I can setup the hard drive |
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without errors: |
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grub> root (hd0,0) |
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Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 |
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grub> setup (hd0) |
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Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes |
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Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes |
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Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes |
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Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 17 sectors are embedded. |
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succeeded |
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Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+17 p (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2 |
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/boot/grub/menu.lst"... succeeded |
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Done. |
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No errors, says everything's good. Reboot and I'm right back at the command |
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line. |
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I can do |
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root (hd0,0) |
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kernel = /vmlinuz-blah |
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boot |
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and boot into the system, so I know the system and hd0,0 is bootable. (I'm |
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writing this message on it after doing the above.) |
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There are three hard drives in the system. I've verified that the BIOS is set |
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to boot from the first hard drive, which grub sees as hd0. I've also, just to |
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test it out, setup grub on hd1 and hd2, with hd0,0 set as root. I still get |
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the same thing. |
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Grub package version 0.97-r9 installed. /boot is mounted to sda1, an ext2 |
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partition. / is mounted to sda3, an ext3 partition. |
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I'm not seeing any error messages on bootup or in grub. I have no idea where |
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to go with this and so far, web searches haven't been helpful. Anyone have a |
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clue? |
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-- |
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"Governments are suspicious of literature because it is a force that eludes |
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them." - Emile Zola |
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