Am Donnerstag, den 08.09.2005, 20:20 +0200 schrieb capsel:
> current:
> hda1 swap
> hda2 reiserfs /
> ---previous1---
> hda1 ext2 /boot
> hda2 reiserfs /
> hda3 swap
> ---previous2---
> hda1 swap
> hda2 ext2 /boot
> hda3 reiserfs /
>
> swap is 258MB, /boot is about 24MB, / is rest of disk which is 10GB
> Should I post output of echo -ne "p\nq\n" | fdisk /dev/hda?
>
> device map:
> (fd0) /dev/fd0
> (hd0) /dev/hda
>
> grub.conf:
> -------------------------------------------------------
> #
> # Sample boot menu configuration file
> #
> #root (hd0,1)
>
> # Boot automatically after 30 secs.
> timeout 30
>
> # By default, boot the first entry.
> default 0
>
> # Fallback to the second entry.
> #fallback 1
>
> # For booting GNU/Linux
> title Gentoo
> root (hd0,1)
> kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda2
> #initrd /initrd.img
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> It doesn't matter which partition layout it is or grub.conf exist it
> still doesn't work.
>
> When you start grub from command line as root it shows how much memory
> it detected. In my case it shows only zeros like this:
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> GNU GRUB version 0.96 (0K lower / 0K upper memory)
>
> [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB
> lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible
> completions of a device/filename. ]
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> After this it halts and only reset works. I can't type anything or
> reset by ALT+CTRL+DEL.
Ok, now we're talking. When you enter Grub this way it doesn't care
about an existing configuration - so IMHO no problem there. Here's what
I would do:
1. Check if top shows reasonable results - if not step 3
2. Re-emerge grub - if that doesn't help - step 3
3. memtest86 for a day
>
> - Lilo works just fine so I can tar my filesystem to disk on USB and
> change partition scheme.
> - No option on BIOS about memory.
> - Laptop (hp pavilion n3390)
>
> And again - what am I doing wrong?
>
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