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 4.43) id 1E1Uxb-0001Gm-AL for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 06 Aug 2005 20:07:59 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j76K6rje001128; Sat, 6 Aug 2005 20:06:53 GMT Received: from priv-edmwes25.telusplanet.net (defout.telus.net [204.209.205.55]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j76Jxir3021141 for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2005 19:59:45 GMT Received: from [192.168.2.4] (really [137.186.132.2]) by priv-edmwes25.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.04 201-2131-118-104-20050224) with ESMTP id <20050806195944.CARW15303.priv-edmwes25.telusplanet.net@[192.168.2.4]> for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2005 13:59:44 -0600 Message-ID: <42F4C369.1010602@yahoo.ca> Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 14:04:25 +0000 From: Ian K Organization: Linux. Pentium 3, 500Mhz, 256MB RAM / 1GB SWAP, 80.0GB HD, ATI RADEON Evil Wizard 64MB, Xfree, KDE 3.2.2, "PentaQuad" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050507) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Whats wrong with my grub.conf References: <20050806053238.93449.qmail@web52903.mail.yahoo.com> <1123311284.10489.18.camel@spok.local.sporn-it.com> In-Reply-To: <1123311284.10489.18.camel@spok.local.sporn-it.com> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------060806010707030806080701" X-Archives-Salt: 9dd44392-8d18-4732-98ab-58497ac47eb1 X-Archives-Hash: dd36769357d1e30ddac5c7cb1006166e This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------060806010707030806080701 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Heinz Sporn wrote: >Hi! > >Whenever someone has Grub problems it'd be a good idea to not only post >grub.conf but more importantly infos about the disk layouts (and fstab >to round it up). > > > OK, well I have a dual boot with Windows happening here as you probably can tell. Its all on the one hard drive. Partition 1 (grub 0)(hda1) = Windows XP (NTFS) Partition 2 (grub 1)(hda2) = Gentoo /boot (reiserfs) Partition 3 (grub 2)(hda3) = Linux Swap Partition 4 (grub 3)(hda4) = Gentoo / (Including /home) (reiserfs) >In your case there seems to be a couple of things to verify. > >I assume that Grub didn't come up with its initial dialog? > Yup, it showed nothing. >That usually >means that it couldn't find /boot/grub/grub.conf using it's stage >drivers in /boot/grub. > > Alright, so would I just 'install' it again? This is not an initial install of grub, how could it lose its configuration file? >With root (hd0,1) you force Grub to load an OS from the second partition >of your first physical disk. Does /dev/hda4 reflect this situation? > >So in short: you have to tell Grub where to find /boot/grub/grub.conf > > Well, as long as you can tell me how Im OK. >But for detailed forensics I'd need more intel. > >Regards > >spox > > Thanks very much!! Ian >Am Samstag, den 06.08.2005, 01:32 -0400 schrieb Ian K: > > >>Hi there, >>I am getting an "Error 15" >>when grub loads. I booted in with a Gentoo Live CD >>and got the file, and am including it. I think the >>error 15 code is a syntax error, right? Here is >>the file. Let me know if you see a problem. >>Ian >>PS> Please note I like to make things look good, >>explaining the ..::..'s >> >>---------grub.conf--------- >>default 2 >>timeout 10 >>splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz >> >> >> >>title=.....::::: GentooLinux2.6.11-gentoo-r11 >>:::::..... >>root (hd0,1) >>kernel /linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r11 root=/dev/hda4 >> >> >> >>title=.....:::::Gentoo >>Linux2.6.11-gen-r11-IR2:::::..... >>root (hd0,1) >>kernel /linux-2.6.11-r11-IR2 root=/dev/hda4 >> >> >>title=.....:::::Gentoo >>Linux2.6.11-gen-r11-IR3:::::..... >>root (hd0,1) >>kernel /linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r11-IR3 root=/dev/hda4 >> >> >>title=.....:::::Gentoo Linux >>2.6.13-rc1-mm1-R2:::::..... >>root (hd0,1) >>kernel /K2.6.13-rc1-mm1-R2 root=/dev/hda4 >> >> >> >> >>title=.....::::: Windows XP >>:::::..... >>rootnoverify (hd0,0) >>makeactive >>chainloader +1 >> >> >>__________________________________________________ >>Do You Yahoo!? >>Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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