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MB[dk]
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 Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 11:50 am Post subject: Grub troubles - I lost my Linux entry?!? |
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Hello, I just did a stage 2 install, and after configuring grub, i rebooted(dual boot), and it told me, that I had to put the kernel before initrd! Ok then, i booted from the cd, and rearranged the entries. Now, when I boot, my Linux entry is gone! The only choice is Windows XP!
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title=Genkernel 2.4.22
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.4.22-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/hdc3
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-2.4.22-gentoo-r3
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Janvw
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 12:22 pm Post subject: |
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Hey
Try to folowing:
kernel (hd0,0)/kernel-2.4.22-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/hdc3
initrd (hd0,0)/initrd-2.4.22-gentoo-r3
If it won't work post /boot/grub/grub.conf
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Janvw wrote: | Hey
Try to folowing:
kernel (hd0,0)/kernel-2.4.22-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/hdc3
initrd (hd0,0)/initrd-2.4.22-gentoo-r3
If it won't work post /boot/grub/grub.conf
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Looks to me, that he is missing the complete section for his linux boot.
Only the section for Windows is still there.
@TopicStarter: Alas, but you can boot the live CD and try again, and again, and again.. Try to do that with Windows 
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Arasi
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Alas, but you can boot the live CD and try again, and again, and again.. Try to do that with Windows |
So true 
| Quote: | | If it won't work post /boot/grub/grub.conf |
Acutally just post it first before you try anything and that will go a long way to helping you
And include a listing of your devices/partitions in use.
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MB[dk]
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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This is my grub.conf
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default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,1)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title=Genkernel 2.4.22
root(hd0,1)
kernel(hd0,1)/boot/kernel-2.4.22-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/hdc3
initrd(hd0,1)/boot/initrd-2.4.22-gentoo-r3
title=Windows XP
root(hd0,0)
chainloader (hd0,0)+1
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Partitions:
hdc1: NTFS
hdc2: /boot (ext3)
hdc3: / (reiserfs)
hdc4: some weird MS partition
hdc5: swap |
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MB[dk]
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Arasi wrote: | | Quote: | | Alas, but you can boot the live CD and try again, and again, and again.. Try to do that with Windows |
So true
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Easy! Boot from cd, go into repair mode, and use "fixmbr".
Much easier than Linux, won't you say? |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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MB[dk]:
Since /boot is on its own partition, your lines should look like this...
kernel(hd0,1)/kernel-2.4.22-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/hdc3
initrd(hd0,1)/initrd-2.4.22-gentoo-r3
Also, you can edit the boot lines right from the Grub prompt (although these changes are temporary). This should allow you boot into your live install, then make the changes permanent in your grub.conf file (remember to mount /boot to edit). |
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Arasi
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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Easy! Boot from cd, go into repair mode, and use "fixmbr".
Much easier than Linux, won't you say? |
Ahh yes that is easy enough if you have Windows XP, or 2003, otherwise its not, and then linux becomes universally much easier since the steps to do something does not change as a marketing ploy to sell new software  As well it has been known to kill the mbr and not fix it...so while its there we often recommend you not to race off and just do it as an early repair option.
Anyway, there are many other things about the install where you can resume where as in windows you have 2 or 3 points depending on what version that you could possibly hit the reset button and resume from.
Aside from that....back to actual problem.
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Since /boot is on its own partition, your lines should look like this...
kernel(hd0,1)/kernel-2.4.22-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/hdc3
initrd(hd0,1)/initrd-2.4.22-gentoo-r3
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I don't think that will change anything...after all my /boot is on a seperate partition and my lines still include kernel(hd0,0)/boot/kernel-etc etc etc
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Partitions:
hdc1: NTFS
hdc2: /boot (ext3)
hdc3: / (reiserfs)
hdc4: some weird MS partition
hdc5: swap |
Why hdc? do you have more than one physical hard drive in here or are the cables backwards?
If you do not have more than one hard drive and the cables are set so the hard drive is first ide standard primary then you should be using hda in the grub.conf
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MB[dk]
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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My hd is hdc because it's a S-ATA drive (third controller).
I can boot into Gentoo by typing manually into grub, but nothing has helped. |
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mrchuckles
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm confused. What do you mean you can boot into Gentoo manually, but nothing has helped? If you can boot after changing the Grub line during the boot processes, then make those same changes to /boot/grub/grub.conf and all should be good. |
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MB[dk]
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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| mrchuckles wrote: | | I'm confused. What do you mean you can boot into Gentoo manually, but nothing has helped? If you can boot after changing the Grub line during the boot processes, then make those same changes to /boot/grub/grub.conf and all should be good. |
The changes to grub.conf didn't help. I can still only choose Windows XP on the menu. But if I get a commandline I can type the entries followed by "boot" and gentoo starts up.
And it looks like /boot isn't mounted automatically either. |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | The changes to grub.conf didn't help. I can still only choose Windows XP on the menu. But if I get a commandline I can type the entries followed by "boot" and gentoo starts up. |
Can you post your entire /boot/grub/grub.conf. Also, ensure you don't have a /boot/grub/menu.lst.
| Quote: | | And it looks like /boot isn't mounted automatically either. |
It's not supposed to be. |
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MB[dk]
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="mrchuckles"] | Quote: | | Can you post your entire /boot/grub/grub.conf. Also, ensure you don't have a /boot/grub/menu.lst. |
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default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,1)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title=Genkernel 2.4.22
root(hd0,2)
kernel(hd0,1)/kernel-2.4.22-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/hdc3
initrd(hd0,1)/initrd-2.4.22-gentoo-r3
title=Windows XP
root(hd0,0)
chainloader (hd0,0)+1 |
I checked, there is no menu.lst |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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I would re-install grub from the Gentoo CD and try that. I think something is bum fuzzled.
 
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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| dalek wrote: | I would re-install grub from the Gentoo CD and try that. I think something is bum fuzzled.
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If I emerge grub, will it overwrite the previous one? |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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| MB[dk] wrote: | | dalek wrote: | I would re-install grub from the Gentoo CD and try that. I think something is bum fuzzled.
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If I emerge grub, will it overwrite the previous one? |
I would write down what you need to have and re-install and if it does over-write it, just type it back in. That is the beauty of grub, you don't have to run it before it will take changes like lilo. You will likely need to chroot in there to install it but that should fix the bug.
I have done that before and it didn't overwrite it on mine. It mostly just writes it to the MBR.
Hope that helps.
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MB[dk]
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| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 12:15 am Post subject: |
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I would write down what you need to have and re-install and if it does over-write it, just type it back in. That is the beauty of grub, you don't have to run it before it will take changes like lilo. You will likely need to chroot in there to install it but that should fix the bug.
I have done that before and it didn't overwrite it on mine. It mostly just writes it to the MBR.
Hope that helps.
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Thanks, I will try that. |
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| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 12:19 am Post subject: |
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| mrchuckles wrote: | | Quote: | | Can you post your entire /boot/grub/grub.conf. Also, ensure you don't have a /boot/grub/menu.lst. |
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default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,1)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title=Genkernel 2.4.22
root(hd0,2)
kernel(hd0,1)/kernel-2.4.22-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/hdc3
initrd(hd0,1)/initrd-2.4.22-gentoo-r3
title=Windows XP
root(hd0,0)
chainloader (hd0,0)+1 |
I checked, there is no menu.lst |
remove the root line
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| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 12:23 am Post subject: |
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[quote="vers_iq"] | MB[dk] wrote: | | mrchuckles wrote: | | Quote: | | Can you post your entire /boot/grub/grub.conf. Also, ensure you don't have a /boot/grub/menu.lst. |
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default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,1)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title=Genkernel 2.4.22
root(hd0,2)
kernel(hd0,1)/kernel-2.4.22-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/hdc3
initrd(hd0,1)/initrd-2.4.22-gentoo-r3
title=Windows XP
root(hd0,0)
chainloader (hd0,0)+1 |
I checked, there is no menu.lst |
remove the root line |
There are 3 root lines in there, which one? |
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Arasi
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| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 1:25 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | remove the root line |
Question, why is he removing that line?
I have it in mine and mine works great is there something about multiboot that prevents that key/value being there?
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| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 2:11 am Post subject: |
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Try adding a space after each GRUB command (root, kernel, initrd, chainloader).
| Code: | default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,1)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title=Genkernel 2.4.22
root (hd0,2)
kernel (hd0,1)/kernel-2.4.22-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/hdc3
initrd (hd0,1)/initrd-2.4.22-gentoo-r3
title=Windows XP
root (hd0,0)
chainloader (hd0,0)+1 |
I think unrecognized commands in grub.conf simply get ignored. Look at what happens with and without a space.
| Code: | grub> root(hd0,0)
Error 27: Unrecognized command
grub> root (hd0,0)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0xfd |
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| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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remove the root line
Question, why is he removing that line?
I have it in mine and mine works great is there something about multiboot that prevents that key/value being there?
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This is the reason:
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title=Genkernel 2.4.22
root (hd0,1)
kernel /kernel-2.4.22-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/hdc3
initrd /initrd-2.4.22-gentoo-r3
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is just the same as:
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title=Genkernel 2.4.22
kernel hd(0,1)/kernel-2.4.22-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/hdc3
initrd hd(0,1)/initrd-2.4.22-gentoo-r3
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with root(hdx,x) you tell grub witch partion to yous as root, so if you change your boot partion you only have to change the line wiht root(hdx,x).
But in MB[dk] grub.conf root = hd(0,2) and his kernel image is on hd(0,1)
So can it be that grub is confused about this??
Sorry for my english
and correct me if I sed somting that's wrong
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| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Im starting to think a kernel recompile will help out, grub seems correct to me. |
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javlinz
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| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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Janvw is correct. Your root should be (hd0,1) instead of (hd0,2). That is very likely your problem. If you still have the problem, reinstall grub to the MBR of your hard drive.
| Code: | #grub
#root (hd0,1)
#setup (hd0) |
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