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 1E1drD-0000IE-CO for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2005 05:37:59 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j775aQsl015769; Sun, 7 Aug 2005 05:36:26 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 j775Wa2e026024 for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2005 05:32:37 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 <20050807053241.ETVN15303.priv-edmwes25.telusplanet.net@[192.168.2.4]> for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2005 23:32:41 -0600 Message-ID: <42F549B2.9090409@yahoo.ca> Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 23:37:22 +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> <42F4C369.1010602@yahoo.ca> <42F4CC7E.1080609@yahoo.ca> In-Reply-To: <42F4CC7E.1080609@yahoo.ca> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------000008000307060304090202" X-Archives-Salt: 77a7a790-6457-4d28-bf33-4f7fa786ed42 X-Archives-Hash: fae02a2acab012f6ee9c83a8733ff3e8 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------000008000307060304090202 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ian K wrote: >Hey guys, >I was poking around, and saw that my boot simlink was wiped. >I thought that was the answer. But I now boot and get an >error 16. grrrr..... >Ian > > > Well, it turns out that when I replaced the symlink with a new one, I replaced it wrong. It pointed to the wrong place. (../boot instead of just .) That seemed to fix it. Thanks for the assistance though!!! Ian >Ian K wrote: > > > >>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! Mail has the best spam protection around >>>>http://mail.yahoo.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> >> >> > > > --------------000008000307060304090202 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=utf-8; name="omega_2_1.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="omega_2_1.vcf" begin:vcard fn:Ian K n:K;Ian email;internet:omega_2_1@yahoo.ca note;quoted-printable:Pentium 3=0D=0A= 500mHz=0D=0A= 256MB RAM=0D=0A= 80.0GB HDD=0D=0A= ATI Radeon 7000 Evil Wizard 64MB=0D=0A= Computer name: "PentaQuad"=0D=0A= x-mozilla-html:TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard --------------000008000307060304090202-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list