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Abe_the_Man
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 Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 6:30 am Post subject: new install grub troubles |
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I decided to give gentoo another try after a couple months. Everything went really well untill configureing grub here's what happens.
grub> root (hd0,2)
filesystem type is reiserfs, partition type 0x83
grub> setup (hd0)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1/" exists... no
Checking if "/grub/stage1/" exists... no
Error 15 file not found
What's going on here?? I also tried installing lilo but i couldn't get it to boot propperly.
Please help. Have new games......must.....play!
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percking
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 7:13 am Post subject: |
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I really have no idea but i have to ask...
did you look and see if those files are there??
If not did you look to see what they are and where to find copies??
and if the boot drive is mounted at all??
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Pete_Keller
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 3:05 am Post subject: |
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Abe, did you configure your system like the install guide listed with /dev/hda1 as your boot partition, /dev/hda2 as your swap partition, and /dev/hda3 as your root (/) partition?
If so, your line should be root (hd0,0),
and the second line should be setup (hd0)
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MauriceXSi
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 6:18 pm Post subject: Re: new install grub troubles |
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[quote="Abe_the_Man"]
Error 15 file not found
What's going on here?? I also tried installing lilo but i couldn't get it to boot propperly.
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Jeezzz, I've got the same problem!
Just did a stage1 install, followed the install guide, reboot and receive the same error!
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captnjameskirk
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 6:41 pm Post subject: Re: new install grub troubles |
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Error 15 file not found
What's going on here?? I also tried installing lilo but i couldn't get it to boot propperly.
Jeezzz, I've got the same problem!
Just did a stage1 install, followed the install guide, reboot and receive the same error!
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I just did a fresh install, and I think I found the problem. Even though your boot parition is /boot, what you have to do is leave out the "/boot" in everything relating to the setup. In otherwords, you type in
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root (hd0,X)/grub/kernel-your.kernel.ver root=/dev/hdaX
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root (hd0,X)/boot/grub/kernel-your.kernel.ver root=/dev/hdaX
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Do this with the splashimage, initrd, etc, etc. Now it boots up fine. Crazy, huh? I think this is probably a bug in the newest version of grub which get's pulled in by an emerge sync.
Also note that this is a different error than the original poster's (not finding the stages). When you get that error, it usually means you're trying to run grub after wiping out the boot parition. You need to remerge grub first (which will install the stages into /boot). There may be another way around this without remerging it, but that's the easiest way.
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jasm
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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FYI
When I look at my boot partition, it contains a symbolic link to itself (beside all the kernels and related stuff of course). I don't know how it got there however. I just did a normal stage 3 install | Code: | #> mount /boot
#> cd /boot
#> ls -l
<...snip...>
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Sep 6 18:46 boot -> .
<...snip...> |
I've also double checked this with another distro ... found exactly the same link.
Note that my menu.lst file also contains the "/boot" part.
Adding this link to inside the boot partition might solve it. |
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