Grub and Ext3 problems I think???

Spow · Guest

k, went through the install on the webpage and everything worked fine, when I try to reboot without the CD, Grub returns an Error #2 after stage 1.5

Then I notice when I use the CD and try to mount /dev/hda3 I get:
ext3: No journal on filesystem on ide0(3,3)

could this be the problem? I can still get into it and look at the fstab file, which I think is correct. Never setup the HD like this manually before, but having fun [

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Spow · Guest

k, now I went and checked fstab and fixed the noauto for /boot but now I'm getting an error 15 in grub??

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20485

I doubt I can help, but posting your fstab and menu.lst files may help.

dArkMaGE · Apprentice Joined: 20 Apr 2002 Posts: 152

you did remember to format the filesystem by running
mke2fs -j
maybe you forgot the '-j' and have just a normal ext2 filesystem when it is expecting to find a ext3 filesystem

Spow · Guest

fstab except for the comments

/dev/hda1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 1
/dev/hda3 / ext3 noatime 0 1
/dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

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

title=A sample title
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda3

************************************

On line 1 of the fstab file, if I have it at ext2 I get a grub error 2, ext3 grub error 15.

Spow · Guest

Can the /boot partition be a ext3 filesystem? That's what mine is, but when I manually mount it, it says there is no journaling.

Spow · Guest

Used tune2fs -j to convert them, still a Grub Error 2. Think I'm posting enough on here tonight??

fghellar · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2002 5:37 am Post subject:

The way I see it, since /boot stays normally unmounted for everyday use, there isn't much point in having a journal in there. It will turn out to be just a waste of disk space. My suggestion is to stick with ext2.
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fghellar · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2002 5:38 am Post subject:

Let me find what those errors mean...
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fghellar · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2002 5:50 am Post subject:

Ok, found them here: http://www.gnu.org/manual/grub-0.90/html_chapter/grub_13.html

It can also help if you post the results of fdisk -l /dev/hda.
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fghellar · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2002 5:55 am Post subject:

Looks like it's a bug involving grub: http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-grub@gnu.org/msg05278.html

Still, I believe that if you use ext2 you'll be fine.
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Spow · Guest

Disk /dev/hda: 64 heads, 63 Sectors, 1023 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 50 100768 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 51 83 66528 82 Linux Swap
/dev/hda3 84 1023 1895040 83 Linux

So is there a way to convert a ext3 filesystem back to ext2 ? Also, does emerge grub recompile grub?

klieber · Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2002 1:42 am Post subject:

Spow · Guest

should the /boot and root partitions be extended ones or primary ones? Or would this be giving me problems?

klieber · Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2002 11:20 am Post subject:

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st0w · n00b Joined: 25 Apr 2002 Posts: 4 Location: NYC

Another thought -- did you remember to enable ext3 support in the kernel? I'm switching over from the BSD camp, but it seems to me that support for the type of file system you're trying to boot off would be a useful thing to have.

And I noticed while building mine that ext3fs support was *not* enabled in the kern by default.
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Spow · Guest

Ok, did a total re-install, re-did the disk paritions, made both root and boot partitions ext2, changed the fstab file for ext2 paritions, and.....

still a GRUB error.....

So, I've had experience with LILO, so I "emerge lilo". Installs LILO fine, configure lilo.conf, run LILO, and .....

LI

that's right, lilo hangs at boot after just displaying LI. I read about making the boot parition below the magical 1024 cylinder limit, mine ends at cylinder 26.

anyone else frustrated?

fghellar · Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2002 1:44 am Post subject:

Try adding
LBA32
to the top of your lilo.conf (and don't forget to run /sbin/lilo again

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Spow · Guest

I did that and also tried linear, no luck...

Spow · Guest

Another complete reinstall, no luck. Anyone else having these problems?

fghellar · Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2002 7:38 am Post subject:

Well, let's try harder then... List your hardware here. Everything: motherboard, bios version, hard disk manufacturer/model etc.
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eyevee99 · Apprentice Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 239

hda - missing at the moment
hdb - dvd
hdc - drive with linux
hdd - cdrw

hdc1 /boot
hdc2 swap
hdc3 /

grub installed
root (hd0,0) because hd2,0 (what I thought it should be) is reported as non existant
setup (hd0)

menu.lst

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

title=Gentoo Linux
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hdc3

eyevee99 · Apprentice Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 239

in my excitment I never actual compiled the kernel.

:P

I'm betting that why I get file not found.

duh!

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