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z-lite
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 Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 8:16 am Post subject: grub reporting error 17, how to fix? |
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I formatted my boot partition with ext2 with journaling (it's ext3 now I'm assuming?) and now I get error 17 (From gnu.org: This error is returned if the partition requested exists, but the filesystem type cannot be recognized by GRUB.) from grub when trying to boot the system.
How can I fix this problem? |
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Earthwings
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 8:55 am Post subject: |
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| maybe you are trying to access a windows partition (e.g., ntfs). look at 'fdisk -l' and choose the right partition. |
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Pete_Keller
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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z-lite,
yes the partition is ext-3 now.
please post the output of fdisk -l /dev/hda (and other hard drives if you are using them) and your grub.conf and your /etc/fstab.
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z-lite
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry to say but I had a failed dual-boot installation prior to this new Gentoo installation and Gentoo is the only OS installed now.
I am unable to use the OS since I can't boot into it. How would I be able to access /etc/grub/grub.conf and /etc/fstab? Could I use the LiveCD to do this? |
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Leander256
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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| z-lite wrote: | | Could I use the LiveCD to do this? |
Of course you can 
Just boot with it, and mount the partitions in /mnt/gentoo (first mount your root partition, then your boot partition if you have both). You don't need to use chroot if it's just for editing files (if grub was correctly installed, you don't need to launch it again, it can read its own configuration file during the boot) . Don't forget to unmount partitions in reverse order when you're finished. |
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z-lite
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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I'm still a 0-day nubbie at Linux so to mount, I would:
mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo
and then look for /mnt/gentoo/boot/grub/grub.conf ? Then to unmount
umount /dev/hda1
umount /dev/hda3 |
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Leander256
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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Looks like you followed the doc, so:
| Code: | mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
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to mount both partitions.
Then to print the files content on the screen, you can do something like:
| Code: | cat /mnt/gentoo/etc/fstab
cat /mnt/gentoo/boot/grub/grub.conf
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Of course the "cat" command is just an example, you can also "more" or "less" if you find it more useful.
Then to unmount:
| Code: | umount /mnt/gentoo/boot
umount /mnt/gentoo
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z-lite
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the help, I'll check it out when I get home.
Happen to know what grub config I would use if I were to install Windows XP onto the remaining space of the disk [I used 20 GB for gentoo and saving 20 GB for Windows XP (it's being used as my home linux box and my lan gaming box)]? |
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Leander256
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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| As far as I know, installing XP besides gentoo can be a pain in the ass, especially if you try to install it on another partition than hda1. You should search through this forum, there are many posts about it. And the installation guide contains the lines to add to the grub.conf at the #23 section. |
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z-lite
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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I tried that but grub gave me an error during bootup to WinXP (I remember performing the hdparm command to my WinXP partition which could have messed it up, right?  ). |
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z-lite
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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Here is my fstab:
| Code: | /dev/hda1 /boot ext3 noauto,noatime 1
1
/dev/hda3 / reiserfs noatime 0
0
/dev/hda2 none swap sw 0
0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0
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grub.conf
| Code: | default 0
timeout 5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title=Gentoo Linux 1.4
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/hda3 vga=762
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-2.4.20-gentoo-r8 |
fdisk -l
| Code: | Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 5 40131 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 6 68 506047+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda3 69 2434 19004895 83 Linux |
Is there an error in my configs? |
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z-lite
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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| I solved my error. I went through the grub prompt and I remember putting in setup (hd0,0) for some reason, and I checked the installation page and it said to use (hd0) and so I did that and it worked. Thanks anyways |
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