Hello All, I am trying to install grub on my system without success. Here follows what i done.
grub> geometry (hd0) drive 0x80: C/H/S = 59560/16/63, The number of sectors = 60036480, /dev/hda Partition num: 0, Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 Partition num: 2, Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x82 Partition num: 3, Filesystem type is reiserfs, partition type 0x83 Partition num: 4, Filesystem type is reiserfs, partition type 0x83 Ok ,the "fdisk -l /dev/hda" output ; # fdisk -l /dev/hda Disk /dev/hda: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 59560 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 27 13576+ 83 Linux /dev/hda2 30713 59560 14539392 5 Extended /dev/hda3 28 319 147168 82 Linux swap /dev/hda4 320 30712 15318072 83 Linux /dev/hda5 30713 59560 14539360+ 83 Linux Partition table entries are not in disk order hda1 is mounted as /boot, hda4 as /, hda5 as /home and hda5 is a logical partitition (reiserfs) and hda4, hda1 primarys. When I try to install grub as follows : grub-install --root-directory=/boot '(hd0)' And the instalation succed and the grub images files get copied to /boot/boot/grub, /boot/grub is a symbolic link to /boot/boot/grub, BUT when the system boots grub hangs up saying GRUB unlimited times. I have tryed to install grub in a floppy (grub-install '(fd0)') and when I boot the system GRUB says : GRUB Geom error -------- NOTE : cat /proc/ide/hda/geometry physical 16383/16/63 logical 59560/16/63 --------- �Can anybody say me what i am doing wrong? My hardware specifications : K7 Athlon 1 GHz Asus motherboard (A7A266) with the last bios update (v. 1009) IBM ATA100 30 Gb HD (model IBM-DTLA-307030) 256 RAM DDR ... ... And my system is : Debian GNU/Linux Woody kernel 2.2.19 with reiserfs support. GRUB 0.90 the /etc/fstab file: # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 0 0 /dev/hda4 / reiserfs defaults,notail 0 1 /dev/hda5 /home reiserfs defaults,notail 0 2 /dev/hda3 none swap sw 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/fd0 /floppy auto defaults,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0 I have try to install grub manually and no errors reported but GRUB hangs up the same maner. I can only boot my system with the boot floppy with lilo. Thanks in advance, -- C�sar Gonz�lez Revilla Eureka Sistemas http://www.eureka-sistemas.com/ +34 (9)42 233937 -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org mQGiBDvENPsRBACR6yOnNI5XQlZI74I94gms+v2ZJse16rQTIvTh61+L2RSz3CKO r8YDS4m/YBqS3CAufulD5qzwDvZGV1RG9ppj4NTtUEB3tSqvb+AamHiBtg1d5bId ghrHnfwGXlDu3pZd7ttGspVkQKYW/j+I1AFKrFqWJkHU0CV3lavL3MsiHwCgvHOy gCekwREdHIo5NHuO8wCxNjMD/2aV3dZHe6ecW5iCi2apZbCpAjChEGmrExX5Qlw6 rNK6r4wK/LG8VSLJOoc4JOs5PzDBI4YwA8Bv11uAEO64mvw9vOhA9GQ+dK4wYIAi VGsvDy0Sd3eMcavmM3/DZXL0Y1VTi6RSuGjCTaoON2NPFytUijtrDZ7jyxj6MjJw YLFXA/0SvHytqfDSgDuG1kcMqVVf1UgR+wK/eTKaf5z84qA1xWH4i1yPs82qAVBR uDIBcTT9bQAtLjdYVCyCMBMjDt9/vKS4edZCEUYNLmDzCbiKzifSIs/2ENI3r5vT AN0vMBEB0Cs3wtUnQZkjnH3ry8fPg6wjHxrC3q2RTtvTdSf877Q7Q8Opc2FyIEdv bnrDoWxleiBSZXZpbGxhIChCb2xvKSA8Y2VzYXJAZXVyZWthLXNpc3RlbWFzLmNv bT6IVwQTEQIAFwUCO8Q0+wULBwoDBAMVAwIDFgIBAheAAAoJEKMDObuccgOfM9oA oLmxayk7/xMzVo234yDDwLh0M2fAAJ95GuXGAu1ezItbZx/w35rCWccTYLkBDQQ7 xDT+EAQA2MVrAIM0vM27msN5OOsDE7Z+4rzlzYGGSMI9UXtfDEeZa0/8utNyvdTX pe0exVcKM+7t6jGKN+cshxs5O0hDbpKnznjVWvP/LeCC7qzt3KiUsN1NxHpJ8eUh HzC7xEMv5TzADIMneI7HvFOT4qQr0GYFpoJBogZclb1D+kQekV8AAwUEAK/FLk4c +a8HlhCq0pA2AGiWFbFReA3gIErPz9bnIiCR+uzIVivNVm/ZIh6S8dWf8v7Qpa+u udSNpHdxaGSkvI9XjhJVR7wPGLXDJRxYPvp5vm0k5iroKDxDtLzSwvh66tSFPcdY 7KcaWGz0lfIs9QLfvadzZMaBsvC6UmuSftuPiEYEGBECAAYFAjvENP4ACgkQowM5 u5xyA58bPQCfU60JFnyLxr0ug6zKOmIEFzlddSoAn2ucaVAeqOgBTk1Vesev0Ad9 JRpN =m8Jd -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
