grub error 11 w/vert lines i cant see!!

merid · n00b Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 4

ok so i installed gentoo fine, did the conf file for grub and aparently i entered something wrong in the file and i get a error

root (hd1,0

error 11: unrecognized device string

press any key to continue...

when i do it brings me to the boot screen with a messed up screen that i cant see anything...help!
i dont know how to get back into the confg file to fix it.

syg00 · Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 2:10 am Post subject:

Couple of options;
- hit "e" when the grub menu displays (before it times out). Then you can edit the line (one time) to get you up, then fix things from there.
- boot the liveCD and chroot in as the handbook says, and proceedas if a nomal install.

If you used the GUI, I can't help - never used it.

merid · n00b Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 4

ok so i got that fixed(thanks) but now i'm getting a error 17
what is my conf file suppose to look like? i'm not sure i did it right

syg00 · Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 2:55 am Post subject:

There is a grub-errors document in the doco site - also an associated thread in this forum.
Check those.

As for the config, I always found the handbookhad everything I need.
Post the config, and a "fdisk -l" (ell, as in list)

merid · n00b Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 4

disk /dev/hdb: 20 Gb

device boot start end blocks id system
/dev/hdb1 * 1 63 31720+ 82 linux
/dev/hdb2 64 1056 500472 82 linux swap
/dev/hdb3 1057 *end 83 linux

disk /dev/sda: 160 Gb

disk /dev/sda doesn't contain a valid partition table

disk /dev/sdb: 160 GB

device boot start end blocks id system
/dev/sbd1 * 1 38913 7 HPFS/HTFS

file: /boot/grub/grub.conf

default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.12
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.15-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/hdb3

title=Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloader (hd0,1)+1

vga=0x318 video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap

i got the splashimage to work, but i cant find the boot kernel
windows doesnt boot either

syg00 · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:16 am Post subject:

Change the Linux root line - would need to be (hd0,0).
For windows try the following

merid · n00b Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 4

thanks syg, i got my windows partition to boot now. but i'm still haveing trouble with gentoo. it says it cant find my kernel? where do i look for it? i used the gentoo handbook for the livecd for the amd64 version and followed it step by step. please help

syg00 · Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:51 pm Post subject:

Generally simple things - after the make, you need to copy to image over. Typos are a big problem (e.g. gent00 rather than gentoo). /boot needs to be mounted prior to the copy.
Check the kernel name in /boot is exactly the same as you typed it in the grub conf ...
Simple things.

If all else fails, go mount everything, and do the copy/edit again to be sure (using a totally different name).