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octanez
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 Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 10:15 pm Post subject: 2005.0 Install, Grub fails, repeats "loading stage 1.5. |
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Apologies if this has been answered before but it was not in the grub error docs, and many searches with google and lots of reading in the forums did not turn up the error. This has happened with a 2004.3 and a 2005.0 install. I have tried both grub and grub-static, following the metheod from the Technotes. I am using a MSI Neo2 Platinum (nForce3) and SATA disc.
Everything else appears to work, however when grub loads at reboot; instead of the usual menu I get:
| Code: | loading stage 1.5.
loading stage 1.5.
loading stage 1.5. |
repeating endlessly
/etc/fstab
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/dev/sda2 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 1
/dev/sda3 / reiserfs noatime 0 0
/dev/sda1 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
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/boot/grub/grub.conf
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timeout 30
default 0
fallback 1
# For booting GNU/Linux
title Gentoo Linux 2.6.11
root (hd0,1)
kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r1 root=/dev/sda3
#initrd /initrd.img
# For installing GRUB into the hard disk
title Install GRUB into the hard disk
root (hd0,1)
setup (hd0)
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has anyone encountered this?
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adaptr
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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What messages did you get when installing GRUB ?
Did you try to install it manually ?
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petlab
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:25 am Post subject: |
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Did you emerge grub-static?
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octanez
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 1:18 am Post subject: |
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I've used grub and grub-static.
grub install goes fine; don't have a copy of the actual text from the grub install on hand at the moment, but can post it tomorrow. |
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petlab
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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I tried installing grub-0.96 because I wanted to use the grub-save-default function. It never worked. Then I installed grub-static again. I had to re-partition the disk, use dd, and all that. I think your problem may be due to that. Different versions of GRUB will mess up your MBR-style.
I suggest killing the first few K of the disk with dd.
| Code: | | # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/drivename bs=1024 count=1 |
bs is the blocksize of the drive, count is how many blocks. I used 1024 and 4, just to make sure. I think if you have the blocksize wrong, it doesn't matter, since you are just trying to wipe it. Then I cfdisk'ed it and mke2fs'ed it, then GRUB'ed it. Finally works for me, but only with grub-static.
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octanez
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 3:14 pm Post subject: Reinstalled again. |
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DD'd the MBR and went about a fresh install with 2005.0.
using grub-static, here is the ourput from the install
| Code: | grub> root (hd0,1)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
grub> setup (hd0)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 16 sectors are embedded.
succeeded
Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+16 p (hd0,1)/boot/grub/stage2
/boot/grub/grub.conf"... succeeded
Done. |
Yet I still get the "loading stage 1.5." repeating... |
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petlab
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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Well, check yourself against these mistakes I have made:
1. Make sure that your boot device is mounted during the grub install, the embedding part (if it is a seperate device)
2. Check where the emerge is putting the stage* files at. When there is a separate device, there is a question there.
3. Investigate the /boot, /boot/boot ->. etc. situation. If you aren't looking, it can be tricky.
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octanez
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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| petlab wrote: | | 1. Make sure that your boot device is mounted during the grub install, the embedding part (if it is a seperate device) |
yes, when I am installing grub, /boot (/dev/sda2) is mounted and appears to embed: | Code: | | Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 16 sectors are embedded. |
| petlab wrote: | | 2. Check where the emerge is putting the stage* files at. When there is a separate device, there is a question there. |
not sure what you mean here
| petlab wrote: | | 3. Investigate the /boot, /boot/boot ->. etc. situation. If you aren't looking, it can be tricky. |
/boot/boot is symlinked properly. |
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petlab
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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| petlab wrote: | 2. Check where the emerge is putting the stage* files at. When there is a separate device, there is a question there.
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I had my /boot on a separate disk. When you emerge grub, it puts files like stage1, stage1_5, stage2, etc into your /boot directory.
I suggest checking that these files are really in /boot, rather than say, /boot/boot/ or somewhere else.
That is what I did before by accident. I had /boot not mounted, since it is set noauto. When I emerged grub, it put the stage* files into /boot on the wrong disk..
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octanez
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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| petlab wrote: | When you emerge grub, it puts files like stage1, stage1_5, stage2, etc into your /boot directory.
I suggest checking that these files are really in /boot, rather than say, /boot/boot/ or somewhere else. |
The stages files are in the correct locations. I am now also recieving this same error with grub built from CVS (figured I'd give it a shot too). |
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petlab
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Ewwww.
That shoots it for me, I don't have any more suggestions, darn.
I suppose you have double-checked the forums here - there is some grub doc "based on a 16 page post" that is supposed to be good. You could try that, or..
I hate to mention it, but you could try lilo. (no, not the flames!!)
I just read yesterday, that grub supposedly "doesn't work with all systems."
Good Luck, I know you'll get there.
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