try unhide! On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 08:01:40AM +0000, anonymous wrote: > > URL: > <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=13044> > > Summary: GRUB changes system ID on partition > Project: GNU GRUB > Submitted by: None > Submitted on: Tue 05/10/2005 at 04:01 > Category: Disk & Partition > Severity: Major > Priority: 5 - Normal > Item Group: Software Error > Status: None > Privacy: Public > Assigned to: None > Originator Name: > Originator Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Open/Closed: Open > Release: 0.96-r1 > Reproducibility: Once > Planned Release: > > _______________________________________________________ > > Details: > > I have not tried reproducing this bug, so hopefully this has happened to > someone else who can add more information on what happened to them. Since I > have not reproduced this bug, I will include everything I did before I > rebooted. > > I originally posted my error messages in the Gentoo Forums, so anyone who is > interested can look here: > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-2394790.html#2394790 > > I had GRUB working wonderfully on my system, until I made a few minor changes > to my grub.conf file. I uncommented the fallback line, and added the lines > hide (hd1,0) > hide (hd1,1) > hide (hd1,2) > to my grub.conf file under the Windows heading. When I rebooted, I got the > following message: > GRUB Loading stage1.5. > > GRUB loading, please wait... > Error 17 > > I used a Knoppix CD to try to diagnose the problem. After changing back my > grub.conf, here's what happened when I ran grub from the command line: > grub> root hd(1,0) > Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x93 > > grub> setup (hd0) > Error 17: cannot mount selected partition > > It took me a while to realize that instead of focusing on the line that gave > me the error 17 message, the problem was with the "partition type 0x93" > message, which I had completely overlooked. I ran fdisk, and sure enough my > partition table had been changed. My hard disk had four partitions on it. > Partitions 0-3 had system ID 0x83 and partition 4 had system ID 0x82. None of > the partitions were set bootable. When I looked at my partition table with > fdisk, I saw that the first partition had been set bootable and the first > three partitions had system ID 0x93. I changed the system ID back with fdisk > and now GRUB works fine, and I can boot to my Linux system. Did GRUB do this? > I'm a bit skeptical, myself, because it seems like such a big bug would have > been caught beforehand. Before I rebooted, I also made the first partition > unbootable with fdisk, so it is possible that this is an fdisk bug (I'll send > a message their way, too). Good luck, and hopefully someone can confirm this, > if it truly is a GRUB problem. > > > > _______________________________________________________ > > Carbon-Copy List: > > CC Address | Comment > ------------------------------------+----------------------------- > eklitzke --AT-- berkeley --DOT-- edu | Originator Email > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > > Reply to this item at: > > <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=13044> > > _______________________________________________ > Message sent via/by Savannah > http://savannah.gnu.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-grub mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
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