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| Thread ID: 43862 | 2004-03-29 11:19:00 | LINUX, XP PRO, LILO AND GRUB | beama (111) | Press F1 |
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| 225858 | 2004-03-30 10:35:00 | > error messages chill and john > > as root user > > root (hda0,2) - file system type unknown, partion > type 0xf > setup (hd0) - error 17: cannot mount selected > partion That's because I said (hd0,3).... |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 225859 | 2004-03-30 10:36:00 | > That's because I said (hd0,3).... Grrr... Bloody "a" key... Should be: root (hda0,3) Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 225860 | 2004-03-30 10:47:00 | beama - can you clarify something - do you see the GRUB boot loader screen or is the system just booting straight to XP? | JohnD (509) | ||
| 225861 | 2004-03-30 11:48:00 | Before I go any futher guys THANK YOU I used from root grub-install /dev/hda now grub is working sort of will boot xp but linux boot i get Booting ' RED HAT Linux (2.4.20-8) ' kernel /boot/kernel -2.4.20-8 root=/dev/hda4 Error 15: File not found I guess thats from my fiddling in grub.conf, guess what should have know better didnt back itup Hey But Im having fun and cutting costs on hair cut |
beama (111) | ||
| 225862 | 2004-03-30 12:03:00 | Looks like it cannot find the kernel file - check the version number and the presence of spaces where there shouldn't be. | JohnD (509) | ||
| 225863 | 2004-03-30 12:36:00 | John is right, its just that the kernel file-name is different Run: ls -l /boot Then check through for your kernel image. IIRC, it may need an initrd setting too.... :-( What _did_ your grub.conf file consist of? Is there anybody here with the same Distro who could post the grub.conf file for future reference? Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 225864 | 2004-03-30 12:45:00 | > IIRC, it may need an initrd setting too.... :-( I was fearful of that deleted that line but there options open to me (i) rename grub.conf and do a repair, get anaconda to rebuild it, ( I have tried this without renaming the file didnt write anymore information to the file) (ii)Keep booting off the floppy disk (iii)or worse case, reinstall |
beama (111) | ||
| 225865 | 2004-03-30 13:02:00 | I'd just wait for somebody with your Distro to post their grub.conf file.... Theres gotta be somebody here using it! Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 225866 | 2004-03-31 10:57:00 | Beama, just a thought. Have you tried using a live CD distro to repair your boot problems. Knoppix or Mepis? I'm new to Linux but there seem to be a few distro's out there that are handy for repairing. Mepis seems a particular talent in this respect and to be fairly laptop friendly too from what I've seen exploring it's twists and turns but, take heed of my limited experience and act accordingly. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 225867 | 2004-03-31 11:55:00 | For you information, Error 15 according to here ( . gnu . org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Stage2-errors . html" target="_blank">www . gnu . org) is: 15 : File not found This error is returned if the specified file name cannot be found, but everything else (like the disk/partition info) is OK . I have also dug up a RH9 grub . conf compliments of google :p # grub . conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition . This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg . # root (hd0,0) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda2 # initrd /initrd-version . img #boot=/dev/hda default=0 timeout=10 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash . xpm . gz title Red Hat Linux (2 . 4 . 20-8) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2 . 4 . 20-8 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi initrd /initrd-2 . 4 . 20-8 . img You can use this as an example of how your grub . conf should read for the initrd reference line, which appears to be currently missing . |
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