operating system not found (grub&fstab lists inside)[sol

bosele · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 02 Apr 2005 Posts: 90

diligently followed handbook 2005.0

first boot frustratingly leads to operating system not found

where did i go wrong?

fstab

/dev/hda5 /boot ext2 noatime 1 2
/dev/hda 7 / ext2 noatime 01
/dev/hda 6 none swap
/dev/hda 2 /locald vfat umask=000

grub.conf

default 0
timeout 5
splashimage=(hd0,4)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.11-r3
root (hd0,4)
kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda7
initrd /initrd-2.6.11-gentoo-r3

title-Windows XP
root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

total 862
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Apr 3 10:04 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 1024 Apr 3 09:58 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11264 Apr 3 09:58 e2fs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10256 Apr 3 09:58 fat_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9248 Apr 3 09:58 ffs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 286 Apr 3 10:05 grub.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1495 Apr 3 09:58 grub.conf.sample
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11488 Apr 3 09:58 jfs_stage1_5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 3 09:58 menu.lst -> grub.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9632 Apr 3 09:58 minix_stage1_5
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 201540 Apr 3 09:58 nbgrub
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 202564 Apr 3 09:58 pxegrub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12896 Apr 3 09:58 reiserfs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33856 Apr 3 09:58 splash.xpm.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Apr 3 09:58 stage1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 137004 Apr 3 09:58 stage2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 201636 Apr 3 09:58 stage2.netboot
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8896 Apr 3 09:58 vstafs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12840 Apr 3 09:58 xfs_stage1_5

Here is my a ls -la of my boot directory
Code:

total 4052
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 1024 Apr 3 09:58 .
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Apr 3 10:09 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 12 02:57 .keep
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 789889 Apr 3 08:31 System.map-2.6.11-gentoo-r3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Apr 3 06:55 boot -> .
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Apr 3 10:04 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1705309 Apr 3 08:39 initrd-2.6.11-gentoo-r3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1613485 Apr 3 08:31 kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r3
drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Apr 3 06:31 lost+found

grub

root (hd0,4)
setup (hd0,4)
quit

--
partition hda5 is active

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help me please

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 4:05 pm Post subject:

bosele,

That looks like an error from the BIOS because you have not flagged at least one partition as bootable.
Boot the liveCD and run fdisk, and mark a partiton as bootable.

I also note that Grub is not installed on the MBR, was that deliberate ?
How do you load grub?
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bosele · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 02 Apr 2005 Posts: 90

fdisk
/dev/hda
--

device boot
/dev/hda1 -fat32 (windows)
/dev/hda2 -fat32 (share
/dev/hda3 -extended
/dev/hda5 * -linux
/dev/hda6 -linux swap
/dev/hda7 -linux

hda5 is bootable, isn't it?

and i don't load grub at all, when i reboot i just get operating system not found
and grub not in mbr is deleberate, i thought specifying (hd,4) as a grub install point would just take care of booting.

i've done this before with debian, although it uses a gui for configuring (part of) the bootloader, so i can't be sure i did everything right in gentoo.

so, where do i go from here?

bosele · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 02 Apr 2005 Posts: 90

ah, read somewhere this just wont work. problem is with extended partitions, i would have to have an active primairy partition to get bios to boot like this, so i think it's attempt 3 for me now.

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 5:56 pm Post subject:

bosele,

Your GRUB install is incorrect - its not on the MBR.

bosele · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 02 Apr 2005 Posts: 90

thanks, what i wanted was just impossible. hadn't checked what logical drives do (or don't do) for you.