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On Thursday 24 December 2009 15:52:37 Daniel D Jones wrote: |
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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 |
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> drive 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 |
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> embedded. succeeded |
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> Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+17 p |
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> (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2 /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 |
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> command 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 |
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> set to boot from the first hard drive, which grub sees as hd0. I've also, |
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> just to test it out, setup grub on hd1 and hd2, with hd0,0 set as root. I |
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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> still get the same thing. |
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Your next paragraph indicates that (hd0,0) is not in fact root, but (what will |
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eventually be) /boot. |
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Your root is likely to be (hd0,2) |
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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 |
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> where to go with this and so far, web searches haven't been helpful. |
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> Anyone have a clue? |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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