From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GeHrO-0005at-6l for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:06:26 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k9TL4DDL006522; Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:04:13 GMT Received: from elasmtp-scoter.atl.sa.earthlink.net (elasmtp-scoter.atl.sa.earthlink.net [209.86.89.67]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9TL22jv024916 for ; Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:02:02 GMT DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=HCGS2fuDIsCtT+lOxR8xhRU394h8IOYYiJpPLBLfmmUz99yj0UezVnRzxjJgeyMB; h=Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:To:Subject:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Mailer:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [209.86.224.43] (helo=elwamui-norfolk.atl.sa.earthlink.net) by elasmtp-scoter.atl.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1GeHn8-0006Od-7f for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 29 Oct 2006 16:02:02 -0500 Received: from 152.50.253.2 by webmail.pas.earthlink.net with HTTP; Sun, 29 Oct 2006 16:02:01 -0500 Message-ID: <1786485.1162155722187.JavaMail.root@elwamui-norfolk.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 16:02:01 -0500 (GMT-05:00) From: Jeff Cranmer To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Grub problems Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: EarthLink Zoo Mail 1.0 X-ELNK-Trace: a869a34525bd7ab11520b18a6b7f82c0239a348a220c26097e8638a368789bb0fb68fc598b13f7d13ca473d225a0f487350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 209.86.224.43 X-Archives-Salt: f35bb64a-8dd6-45e0-bb1e-6daff094f76d X-Archives-Hash: ff1d3028f1e3d60f6cbc1d3886c6b3cc PS: The /boot/grub/devices.map presently contains (hd0) /dev/sda (hd1) /dev/hde (hd2) /dev/hdh Jeff -----Original Message----- >From: Jeff Cranmer >Sent: Oct 29, 2006 3:55 PM >To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Grub problems > >Hi Richard, > >The full output from running your suggested command after editing the grub.conf file per your instructions was > > Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes > Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes > Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage_1_5" exists... yes > Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 15 sectors are embedded. >succeeded > Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+15 p (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/menu.lst"... succeeded >Done. > >I still have the same response when I try to reboot :-( > >Jeff > > >-----Original Message----- >>From: Richard Fish >>Sent: Oct 29, 2006 3:05 PM >>To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >>Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Grub problems >> >>On 10/29/06, Jeff Cranmer wrote: >>> swapspace is on /dev/sda2, /boot is on /dev/sda1, and root is on /dev/sda6 >> >>[snip] >> >>> My grub.conf file is as follows: >>> >>> default=0 >>> timeout=30 >>> splashimage=(hd0,5)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz >>> title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.17-r8 >>> root (hd0,5) >>> kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-2,6,17-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/sda6 udev vga=0x318 video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap doscsi >>> initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.17-gentoo-r8 >> >>You have a separate /boot partition, so you should reference things on >>*that* partition. So your grub.conf should be: >> >>default=0 >>timeout=30 >>splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz >>title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.17-r8 >> kernel (hd0,0)/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-2,6,17-gentoo-r8 >>root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/sda6 udev >>vga=0x318 video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap doscsi >> initrd (hd0,0)/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.17-gentoo-r8 >> >>> When I run grub-install /dev/sda, it reports no errors. >>> >>> The device.map file contains the following >>> (hd0) /dev/sda >> >>This is correct if the BIOS is setup to boot from the SATA drive >>before any IDE hard disks. >> >>I never really liked grub-install. Try: >> >>cat << EOF | grub --device-map=/boot/grub/device.map >>root (hd0,0) >>setup (hd0) >>EOF >> >>The most important line from the above is one that looks like this: >> >>Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+18 p >>(hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/menu.lst"... succeeded >> >>If you don't see this, post what you do see. >> >>-Richard >>-- >>gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list >> > >-- >gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list