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Cazzantonio
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 Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:45 pm Post subject: gentoo grub cannot read stage1 on install [SOLVED] |
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I'm trying to install gentoo amd64 on a core2 notebook. I had a previous ubuntu installation (I needed to use the notebook and had little time to install it), and before deleting it I'm using this ubuntu to chroot into the gentoo stage 3 on /dev/sda5.
The disk is partitioned this way:
| Code: | Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc0000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 17 136521 de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 * 18 1233 9767520 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 1234 30401 234291960 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1234 2450 9775521 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 2451 3667 9775521 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 3668 9748 48845601 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 9749 27990 146528833+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 27991 30401 19366326 83 Linux |
I did all except configuring and compiling the kernel (I'll do it later, after fixing this) and I run into this problem when I try to install grub on the mbr:
| Code: | (chroot) heavensdoor / # grub-install --no-floppy /dev/sda
The file /boot/grub/stage1 not read correctly. |
If I try the grub shell:
| Code: | grub> root (hd0,4)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
grub> setup (hd0)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no
Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... no
Error 2: Bad file or directory type
grub> |
This is my grub.conf (if it matters... it can't even read stage1...):
| Code: | timeout 2
default 0
fallback 1
hiddenmenu
splashimage=(hd0,4)/boot/grub/gentoo.xpm.gz
password --md5 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
title=Gentoo Linux
password --md5 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.27-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/sda1 quiet video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr:3 vga=791 |
I'm using grub-static since it has less dependancy issues on amd64.
If I try to install grub using the one present in the ubuntu istallation (selecting (hd0,4)) It succeeded! What is the problem on the gentoo grub?
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DONAHUE
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| Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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you do not have a separate boot partition? you did in the chroot? You did emerge grub in the change root after making /boot and mounting it (if separate partition)?
| Code: | grub
find /boot/grub/stage1
quit |
will tell where grub has been installed |
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Cazzantonio
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| Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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find /boot/grub/stage1 returns file not found (error 15).
I did not create a separate boot partition, grub-static was correctly emerged and installed.
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DONAHUE
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I suggest emerge grub give up static, think the dependency problem on 64 bit is old news and not a current problem.
Had the install worked you would have /boot/grub/stage1 plus the rest of the grub files.
What version is the grub-static?
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Cazzantonio
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| Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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I've non yet decided if I want to go multilib or not, so a static grub leaves me the freedom to choose between the two solutions.
However, this problem is so strange that I want to find how it works. Grub-static should work as well as regular compiled grub.
I've done hundreds of gentoo installations and I never saw such a thing.
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| Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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| What version is the grub-static? regular old grub <= 97.2 has a problem with inode 256 ext2fs. here I would get version .97 unless I package keyworded for ~x86 or ~amd64 |
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Cazzantonio
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Thanks! All problems gone with grub-static-0.97-r9!
Really that was starting to drive me crazy. I thought it was a problem of my partition table and I was going to fdisk all sda...
I owe you a beer or two!
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