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 1Gexgu-0005cK-Ek for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:46:24 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k9VHi44Q023325; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:44:04 GMT Received: from elasmtp-mealy.atl.sa.earthlink.net (elasmtp-mealy.atl.sa.earthlink.net [209.86.89.69]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9VHf18Z014696 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:41:02 GMT DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=E8OlvoLjFNZrrxiJ3VKs3GRJxpxDcKOqRyb7n9JTEMkAfosGk/tawr2jHc0JRd9s; 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 [209.86.224.37] (helo=elwamui-karabash.atl.sa.earthlink.net) by elasmtp-mealy.atl.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Gexbg-0004mv-Hn for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:41:00 -0500 Received: from 152.50.253.2 by webmail.pas.earthlink.net with HTTP; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:41:00 -0500 Message-ID: <7040325.1162316460511.JavaMail.root@elwamui-karabash.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:41:00 -0500 (GMT-05:00) From: Jeff Cranmer To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 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: a869a34525bd7ab11520b18a6b7f82c0239a348a220c26090fac30804b0e6d510916a591790c68e7548b785378294e88350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 209.86.224.37 X-Archives-Salt: 402f39cd-90f9-48f3-bf1a-addb3e91d8c6 X-Archives-Hash: 32e775adab8277016d141655c7a98b75 Thanks Mick. The problem turned out to be hardware related. I moved the primary SATA hard drive cable from SATA4 to SATA1, and that fixed the problem. One fresh install later and I was up and running. Jeff -----Original Message----- >From: Mick >Sent: Oct 31, 2006 12:13 PM >To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub problems > >On Sunday 29 October 2006 20:11, Joe Menola wrote: >> On Sunday 29 October 2006 1:56 pm, Jeff Cranmer wrote: >> > >Try running grub, then at the grub command line: >> > >>root (hd2,5) >> > >>setup /dev/sda >> > >>quit > >> Try setup "(hd2)"...also I think the root command needs to be adjusted to >> your partition that contains /boot. > >Tab completion helps in this case: > >grub> setup ( <--press tab here > >This should list suitable devices. If need be try them in turn. The one with >the OS in it should boot. Also, if you are unsure where Grub's root is >(typically your /boot partition) then before running the setup command you >can run: > >grub> find /boot/grub/stage1 > >HTH >-- >Regards, >Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list