Re: [gentoo-user] Reboot when GRUB starts
Colin wrote: Two commands inside a GRUB shell doesn't sound too bad. Still, I think I should work on getting that stage1.5 file working. Do you think the file might have been damaged somehow? Maybe it just didn't like my CFLAGS? Well, the grub ebuild ignores (unsets, actually) whatever CFLAGS you have, so those cannot have any impact. That said, what version of grub are you using now? I ask because I see a note about adding support for ATARAID in v0.95. If you already have 0.96 (the current version available in portage), or if upgrading to that doesn't resolve the problem, I certainly encourage trying the CVS version of grub, and filing a bug report at http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group_id=68 if that still has the same problem. You might be asked to build/run a debug version (I think this is done with the --maintainer-mode option to ./configure), and report any output, although that might be difficult if it still reboots on you! -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Reboot when GRUB starts
This is really annoying. I just finished a Gentoo install on my computer and rebooted after installing GRUB with the command grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/hde as stated in the Handbook. Right after GRUB loads the stage1.5 file, the system reboots. The first partition is active. Marking partition 2 as active can't get me into Windows, though, so I'm kinda screwed ATM. I created my Gentoo partitions by resizing my NTFS partition with PartitionMagic (I love that software). I moved it down the disk by 32 MB, shrunk it by 20 GB, and converted /home/colin and my swap partition to logical ones. Windows still booted, even after formatting the partitions. I also used PM to switch the entries in the partition table, so that my partitions would be numbered in disk order--a change to BOOT.INI and Windows still worked. It's /dev/hde because it's hooked up to my motherboard's on-board RAID controller--it's got its own CPU, so data transfers are faster. I wanted to use two hard drives, but my other drive was giving a lot of DMA errors and sector read errors. (Surprisingly, it runs fine under Windows.) /boot/grub/grub.conf === default 0 timeout 10 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.11-r9 root (hd0,0) kernel=/kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r9 root=/dev/hde3 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x31B title=Windows XP Pro SP2 rootnoverify (hd0,1) makeactive chainloader +1 /etc/fstab (so you can get an idea of my partitions) === /dev/hde1 /boot ext3 defaults,noatime 1 2 /dev/hde2 /mnt/windrive ntfs ro,umask=070,fmask=070,dmask=070 0 0 /dev/hde3 / reiserfs attrs 0 1 /dev/hde5 /home/colin vfat umask=000,fmask=000,dmask=000 0 0 /dev/hde6 none swapsw 0 0 # That's it for hard drives, the rest is removable media, /proc, /dev/shm -- Colin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Reboot when GRUB starts
On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Colin wrote: /boot/grub/grub.conf === default 0 timeout 10 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.11-r9 root (hd0,0) kernel=/kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r9 root=/dev/hde3 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x31B Shouldn't that be: kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r9 root=/dev/hde3 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x31B title=Windows XP Pro SP2 rootnoverify (hd0,1) makeactive chainloader +1 /etc/fstab (so you can get an idea of my partitions) === /dev/hde1 /boot ext3 defaults,noatime 1 2 /dev/hde2 /mnt/windrive ntfs ro,umask=070,fmask=070,dmask=070 0 0 /dev/hde3 / reiserfs attrs 0 1 /dev/hde5 /home/colin vfat umask=000,fmask=000,dmask=000 0 0 /dev/hde6 none swapsw 0 0 # That's it for hard drives, the rest is removable media, /proc, /dev/shm -- alpha geek n. [from animal ethologists' `alpha male'] The most technically accomplished or skillful person in some implied context. Ask Larry, he's the alpha geek here. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Reboot when GRUB starts
Colin wrote: This is really annoying. I just finished a Gentoo install on my computer and rebooted after installing GRUB with the command grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/hde as stated in the Handbook. Right after GRUB loads the stage1.5 file, the system reboots. What does /boot/grub/device.map contain? Assuming that it has a line that reads (hd0) /dev/hde, then everything should be correct. I guess your next step would be to get dirty with grub. Start with the following: # grub --device-map=/boot/grub/device.map grub root (hd0,0) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 grub setup (hd0) Checking if /boot/grub/stage1 exists... no Checking if /grub/stage1 exists... yes Checking if /grub/stage2 exists... yes Checking if /grub/e2fs_stage1_5 exists... yes Running embed /grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)... 16 sectors are embedded. succeeded Running install /grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+16 p (hd0,0)/grub/stage2 /grub/menu.lst... succeeded The command we are looking for is that final 'install' command. We need to run that again, adding a 'd' after stage1: grub install /grub/stage1 d (hd0) (hd0)1+16 p (hd0,0)/grub/stage2 /grub/menu.lst grub quit The 'd' option is a workaround for BIOSs that get confused about which drive is being used to boot. HTH -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Reboot when GRUB starts
A. Khattri wrote: On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Colin wrote: /boot/grub/grub.conf === default 0 timeout 10 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.11-r9 root (hd0,0) kernel=/kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r9 root=/dev/hde3 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x31B Shouldn't that be: kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r9 root=/dev/hde3 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x31B Good catch! Yes, fix this first. Also, there is no '=' for the title. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Reboot when GRUB starts
Firstly, A. Khattri, I had the grub.conf correct on the disk. I just mistyped it here. There is no equal sign after kernel. On 6/13/05, Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What does /boot/grub/device.map contain? Assuming that it has a line that reads (hd0) /dev/hde, then everything should be correct. (fd0) /dev/fd0 (hd0) /dev/hde (hd1) /dev/hdg And it is. I guess your next step would be to get dirty with grub. Start with the following: # grub --device-map=/boot/grub/device.map grub root (hd0,0) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 grub setup (hd0) Checking if /boot/grub/stage1 exists... no Checking if /grub/stage1 exists... yes Checking if /grub/stage2 exists... yes Checking if /grub/e2fs_stage1_5 exists... yes Running embed /grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)... 16 sectors are embedded. succeeded Running install /grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+16 p (hd0,0)/grub/stage2 /grub/menu.lst... succeeded The command we are looking for is that final 'install' command. We need to run that again, adding a 'd' after stage1: grub install /grub/stage1 d (hd0) (hd0)1+16 p (hd0,0)/grub/stage2 /grub/menu.lst grub quit Okay, I tried that. No dice. I tried removing all occurences of /boot in case it didn't like symlinks, but that didn't work either. The 'd' option is a workaround for BIOSs that get confused about which drive is being used to boot. No, I haven't had problems booting before. The RAID controller's BIOS is set to boot from the primary master (/dev/hde). Windows liked it. -- Colin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Reboot when GRUB starts
On 6/13/05, Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A. Khattri wrote: On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Colin wrote: /boot/grub/grub.conf === default 0 timeout 10 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.11-r9 root (hd0,0) kernel=/kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r9 root=/dev/hde3 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x31B Shouldn't that be: kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r9 root=/dev/hde3 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x31B Good catch! Yes, fix this first. Also, there is no '=' for the title. The handbook shows an equal sign. It's worked before on another system. -- Colin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Reboot when GRUB starts
Colin wrote: Okay, I tried that. No dice. I tried removing all occurences of /boot in case it didn't like symlinks, but that didn't work either. Well, I didn't expect to find any 'dice' here.maybe some error output or at least a better description (command failed, same reboot problem, ...?) ;- The 'd' option is a workaround for BIOSs that get confused about which drive is being used to boot. No, I haven't had problems booting before. The RAID controller's BIOS is set to boot from the primary master (/dev/hde). Windows liked it. Have you booted Linux before on this controller? Don't assume the BIOS isn't brain damaged, just because Windows likes it. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Reboot when GRUB starts
On 6/13/05, Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Colin wrote: Okay, I tried that. No dice. I tried removing all occurences of /boot in case it didn't like symlinks, but that didn't work either. Well, I didn't expect to find any 'dice' here.maybe some error output or at least a better description (command failed, same reboot problem, ...?) ;- No dice = no luck. It's not a very common phrase, at least not where I live. Anyway, the same problem is still here. When the BIOS gives GRUB control, it shows a message that it's loading stage 1.5. And then, almost instantly, the system reboots. I don't know if stage 1.5 loads or not. I don't suppose there's a way to recompile it to show debugging output? The 'd' option is a workaround for BIOSs that get confused about which drive is being used to boot. No, I haven't had problems booting before. The RAID controller's BIOS is set to boot from the primary master (/dev/hde). Windows liked it. Have you booted Linux before on this controller? Don't assume the BIOS isn't brain damaged, just because Windows likes it. No, I haven't. The 2004.3 LiveCD would hang when booted because it couldn't get the right timings for the HPT372N, or something like that, I forget. 2005.0 (2.6.11-gentoo-r3) is the first Gentoo LiveCD to support my controller, so there still might be a few bugs to work out. If it helps any, it's a Highpoint HPT372N IDE RAID controller, integrated into my motherboard (DFI LANParty PRO875B, Intel i865 Canterwood chipset). The hard drive in question is a Western Digital, 120 GB ATA/100, 2 MB cache. -- Colin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Reboot when GRUB starts
Colin wrote: On 6/13/05, Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Colin wrote: Okay, I tried that. No dice. I tried removing all occurences of /boot in case it didn't like symlinks, but that didn't work either. Well, I didn't expect to find any 'dice' here.maybe some error output or at least a better description (command failed, same reboot problem, ...?) ;- No dice = no luck. It's not a very common phrase, at least not where I live. Actually, I got the reference...I was just being a bit condescending about the lack of information in that phrase. Forgive me. Anyway, the same problem is still here. When the BIOS gives GRUB control, it shows a message that it's loading stage 1.5. And then, almost instantly, the system reboots. I don't know if stage 1.5 loads or not. I don't suppose there's a way to recompile it to show debugging output? Well, the loading stage 1.5 message comes *from* the stage 1.5, and I think it is pretty much impossible for that to fail to load since it is embedded in the space between the MBR and the first partition and block mapped. More likely is that grub gets confused trying to talk to the RAID BIOS, and either cannot decipher the ext2 filesystem to find the stage2, or loads what it thinks is the stage2 but turns out to be garbage that causes the reboot. One remaining possiblity here: try renaming /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 to e2fs_stage1_5.sav. Then run: # grub --device-map=/boot/grub/device.map grub root (hd0,0) ... grub setup (hd0) ... grub quit ... The setup command should show 'e2fs_stage1_5 exists...no'. But the install command should still show succeeded at the end. If that all looks good, try rebooting. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Reboot when GRUB starts
On 6/13/05, Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Colin wrote: On 6/13/05, Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Colin wrote: Okay, I tried that. No dice. I tried removing all occurences of /boot in case it didn't like symlinks, but that didn't work either. Well, I didn't expect to find any 'dice' here.maybe some error output or at least a better description (command failed, same reboot problem, ...?) ;- No dice = no luck. It's not a very common phrase, at least not where I live. Actually, I got the reference...I was just being a bit condescending about the lack of information in that phrase. Forgive me. No problem. Besides, a lot of people on this list don't have English as their first language. It's good to point out idioms anyway. Anyway, the same problem is still here. When the BIOS gives GRUB control, it shows a message that it's loading stage 1.5. And then, almost instantly, the system reboots. I don't know if stage 1.5 loads or not. I don't suppose there's a way to recompile it to show debugging output? Well, the loading stage 1.5 message comes *from* the stage 1.5, and I think it is pretty much impossible for that to fail to load since it is embedded in the space between the MBR and the first partition and block mapped. More likely is that grub gets confused trying to talk to the RAID BIOS, and either cannot decipher the ext2 filesystem to find the stage2, or loads what it thinks is the stage2 but turns out to be garbage that causes the reboot. One remaining possiblity here: try renaming /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 to e2fs_stage1_5.sav. Then run: # grub --device-map=/boot/grub/device.map grub root (hd0,0) ... grub setup (hd0) ... grub quit ... The setup command should show 'e2fs_stage1_5 exists...no'. But the install command should still show succeeded at the end. If that all looks good, try rebooting. It worked! One would think stage1.5 would be an integral step between 1 and 2, but apparently now. Gentoo works! (And Windows does too...) I got a lot of errors while booting Gentoo, so I've still got a few bugs to work out. Thanks, guys. -- Colin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Reboot when GRUB starts
Colin schreef: On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Colin wrote: /boot/grub/grub.conf === default 0 timeout 10 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.11-r9 root (hd0,0) kernel=/kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r9 root=/dev/hde3 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x31B Shouldn't that be: kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r9 root=/dev/hde3 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x31B Good catch! Yes, fix this first. Also, there is no '=' for the title. The handbook shows an equal sign. It's worked before on another system. No, it does not: Code Listing 3: grub.conf for non-genkernel users # Which listing to boot as default. 0 is the first, 1 the second etc. default 0 # How many seconds to wait before the default listing is booted. timeout 30 # Nice, fat splash-image to spice things up :) # Comment out if you don't have a graphics card installed splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.11-r3 # Partition where the kernel image (or operating system) is located root (hd0,0) kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/hda3 # The next four lines are only if you dualboot with a Windows system. # In this case, Windows is hosted on /dev/hda6. title=Windows XP rootnoverify (hd0,5) makeactive chainloader +1 Code Listing 4: grub.conf for genkernel users default 0 timeout 30 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.11-r3 root (hd0,0) kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 udev initrd /initrd-2.6.11-gentoo-r3 # Only in case you want to dual-boot title=Windows XP root (hd0,5) makeactive chainloader +1 Perhaps you're thinking of the LiLO config: Code Listing 11: Example /etc/lilo.conf boot=/dev/hda # Install LILO in the MBR prompt# Give the user the chance to select another section timeout=50# Wait 5 (five) seconds before booting the default section default=gentoo# When the timeout has passed, boot the gentoo section # For non-genkernel users image=/boot/kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r3 label=gentoo# Name we give to this section read-only # Start with a read-only root. Do not alter! root=/dev/hda3 # Location of the root filesystem # For genkernel users image=/boot/kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r3 label=gentoo read-only root=/dev/ram0 append=init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 udev initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.11-gentoo-r3 # The next two lines are only if you dualboot with a Windows system. # In this case, Windows is hosted on /dev/hda6. other=/dev/hda6 label=windows GRUB does not take an equal sign in that position, but Istr that Lilo does. Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Reboot when GRUB starts
Holly Bostick wrote: Colin schreef: On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Colin wrote: /boot/grub/grub.conf === default 0 timeout 10 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.11-r9 root (hd0,0) kernel=/kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r9 root=/dev/hde3 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x31B Shouldn't that be: kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r9 root=/dev/hde3 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=0x31B Good catch! Yes, fix this first. Also, there is no '=' for the title. The handbook shows an equal sign. It's worked before on another system. No, it does not: Code Listing 3: grub.conf for non-genkernel users [snip] title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.11-r3 [snip] No, there it is right there. You can see the equal sign right after title. I've fixed GRUB and it's working just fine, and the equal sign is still there. -- Colin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Reboot when GRUB starts
Colin wrote: It worked! One would think stage1.5 would be an integral step between 1 and 2, but apparently now. Gentoo works! (And Windows does too...) I got a lot of errors while booting Gentoo, so I've still got a few bugs to work out. Thanks, guys. The stage1.5 is really a minimal stage2...it is supposed to contain just enough code to decipher the filesystem and locate the real stage2. So, here comes the bad news. If you do anything that moves, updates, or restores the stage2 file, you *must* run those setup instructions again. This is because the location of the stage2 is now block-mapped into the stage1. In fact, you might want to chattr +i /boot/grub/stage2, update package.mask to exclude new versions of grub, etc... -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Reboot when GRUB starts
Richard Fish wrote: Colin wrote: It worked! One would think stage1.5 would be an integral step between 1 and 2, but apparently now. Gentoo works! (And Windows does too...) I got a lot of errors while booting Gentoo, so I've still got a few bugs to work out. Thanks, guys. The stage1.5 is really a minimal stage2...it is supposed to contain just enough code to decipher the filesystem and locate the real stage2. So, here comes the bad news. If you do anything that moves, updates, or restores the stage2 file, you *must* run those setup instructions again. This is because the location of the stage2 is now block-mapped into the stage1. In fact, you might want to chattr +i /boot/grub/stage2, update package.mask to exclude new versions of grub, etc... Two commands inside a GRUB shell doesn't sound too bad. Still, I think I should work on getting that stage1.5 file working. Do you think the file might have been damaged somehow? Maybe it just didn't like my CFLAGS? -- Colin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
