That explains things. I don't recall having to setup a boot partition in the manual. That is an error on my part. I recall that RH and Mandrake don't use a /boot partition which was the reason for my actions. I haven't got any errors with the grub commands root and setup and with a reboot I only got the message: GRUB hard disk error
### end of boot ### this is what I got even after removing the line in fstab: grub> root (hd0,0) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 grub> setup (hd0) Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 16 sectors are embedded. succeeded Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+16 p (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/grub.conf"... succeeded Done. grub> ### end of grub ### Might the bzImage be bad. How would I check or see more info. to diagnose the problem? Kevin Anderson wrote: > > out of curiosity, if you type mount and confirm that /boot is NOT mounted, > then you do an ls -alh /boot, is the grub subdirectory there still? > > Your root and boot partitions are the same. /dev/hda1. They should be hda1 > for boot, hda2 for swap and 3 for root (this is from memory) They will all > be different though. On your fstab, the first 2 lines show hda1 being > loaded as root, and as boot. That is incorrect. > > Ok, I read back through some of your previous posts. From the sound of it, > you've made only a swap and a root partition. You don't have a boot > partition. That is fine, but then the first line of your fstab should be > removed. At this point, I'm starting to guess a bit, but I suspect you'll > have a /boot and a /grub directory right off root. You'll need to move > /grub to be a subdirectory of /boot. > > Now, when you did the root(hd0,0) and the setup(hd0) did you get any errors? > When you restart, does the initial grub menu come up? > > Kev. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jason Louie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 12:36 PM > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Gentoo Grub help > > > Here is the fstab: > > > > /dev/hda1 /boot ext3 > > noauto,noatime 1 1 > > /dev/hda1 / ext3 > > noatime 0 0 > > /dev/hda2 none swap > > sw 0 0 > > /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 > > noauto,ro 0 0 > > > > none /proc proc > > defaults 0 0 > > > > none /dev/shm tmpfs > > defaults 0 0 > > ### End of fstab ### > > > > Yes it was a late night. Vacation can skew your schedule like that :-) > > > > > > Shawn Grover wrote: > > > > > > You need to do something like this: > > > > > > mount /dev/hda1 /boot > > > > > > before you copy your image to the boot partition, and before you setup > Grub. > > > In your fstab file, the default is to NOT mount the /boot partition when > the > > > system comes up. So, if you don't do the mount first, then you are > simply > > > putting the files into a directory - not on the boot partition. > > > > > > (looks like you had a LATE night.... :D ) > > > > > > HTH > > > > > > Shawn > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jason Louie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 10:49 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Gentoo Grub help > > > > > > So do I need to make a boot partition? I did the following: > > > > > > grub> root (hd0,0) > > > grub> setup (hd0) > > > > > > Here is the grub.conf file: > > > > > > timeout 30 > > > default 0 > > > fallback 1 > > > > > > # Splash Image > > > splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz > > > title GNU/Linux > > > root (hd0,0) > > > kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda1 > > > > > > # For installing GRUB into the hard disk > > > title Install GRUB into the hard disk > > > root (hd0,0) > > > setup (hd0) > > > > > > # Change the colors. > > > title Change the colors > > > color light-green/brown blink-red/blue > > > ### end of grub file ### > > > > > > Here is the /boot/ listing: > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Aug 14 00:41 boot -> . > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1333181 Aug 21 02:46 bzImage > > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 21 11:19 grub > > > ### End of listing ### > > > > > > # /etc/mtab > > > /dev/hda1 / ext3 rw,noatime 0 0 > > > /dev/hda1 /boot ext3 rw,noatime 0 0 > > > ### end of mtab ### > > > > > > Was it correct copying the grub directory into /boot/? > > > > > > Shawn Grover wrote: > > > > > > > > Sounds like you forgot to mount the /boot partition before going > through > > > the > > > > Grub setup. I've done this a couple of times when recompiling my > kernel. > > > > Posting your grub.conf file will help some, but I think the problem is > in > > > > how/when grub got installed. > > > > > > > > Shawn > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 2:34 AM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: (clug-talk) Gentoo Grub help > > > > > > > > Hello all, I've just spent the last little while installing Gentoo and > > > have > > > > ran into a little snag. I'm not very formilar with grub or the > details of > > > > the boot process so bare with me. After I install gentoo and reboot > the > > > > computer I get the following output: > > > > GRUB hard disk error > > > > > > > > I've gone through the installation manual and looked to google to find > a > > > > solution but couldn't diagnose the problem. I've complied the kernel > and > > > > copied the bzImage to the /boot directory on /dev/hda1 and installed > grub > > > as > > > > my bootloader. I have two partitions > > > > > > > > /dev/hda1 >> / > > > > /dev/hda2 >> swap > > > > > > > > I've set /dev/hda1 to be bootable using cfdisk. > > > > One odd thing I noticed was that when I installed grub, /grub/ was > created > > > > rather than /boot/grub/ as mentioned in all the gentoo examples I've > seen. > > > > I've tried linking to the /grub/ directory and even copied the > directory > > > > recursivly into the /boot/ directory but the same problem exists. I'm > out > > > > of ideas here and any help is apprieciated. Thx. > > > > > > > > Jason > > > >
