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[SKR]Abe
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 Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2003 10:28 am Post subject: Grub Trub ? |
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Ok, installed it again !
This time I have the following.
hda1 - windows xp install
hda2 - boot
hda3 - swap
hda4 - root
I pretty much followed the install guide to the letter, but everytime i was supposed to use hda1, I used hda2, (added 1 to each number)
Now, when booting, i get a black screen with "Invalid partition table"
Any ideas ?
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meowsqueak
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What stage of the boot process results in the black screen? Can you see any evidence that GRUB is running?
If so, what does your grub.conf look like? |
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[SKR]Abe
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2003 10:55 am Post subject: |
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bios screen, black screen "Invalid Partition Table"
Im guessing its grub
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[SKR]Abe
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result - a little twattling about with it and managed to figure out the correct numbers and stuff
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Gentree
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2003 9:54 pm Post subject: Re: Grub Trub ? |
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| [SKR]Abe wrote: | Ok, installed it again !
I pretty much followed the install guide to the letter, but everytime i was supposed to use hda1, I used hda2, (added 1 to each number)
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Hi ,
pretty much, but not quite<g>
grub is confusing with its different device numbering . You say lower you've cracked it but for any others reading:
hda becomes (hd0)
hda1 becomes (hd0,0) etc.
Dont install grub to (hda0,0) if you mean the MBR , this should be setup (hd0)
IN GENERAL READ THE x86 INSTALL GUIDE: this had been recently rewritten and is much, much clearer and more helpful. |
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