09/10/2011 23:10, richard2 wrote: > hi > It sat at the end of its install wirh a flashind screen with a debiam > logo on it, went to a cosole and scrolling seg fault meesage. No > keyboard entry possible. > rebooted got a grub error > "error hd0,msdos5 read error > entering rescue mode > > > anything I can do ? > > and wth is msdos5 doing with linux ? > > Richard > >
Hello, "hd0,msdos5" is the fifth partition of the first hard drive, "msdos" means the disk is using a msdos "historical" IBM partition scheme, which is still the default choice for most partition utilities (could be "gpt" or a few others). Grub module for those disks is "part_msdos". Grub2 as found in wheezy numbers disks from zero, and partitions from one, the message means grub can't access the fifth partition of your first disk, most probably the partition you (or "automagic" from grub) designated as bearing the /boot or / (root) file-system. Could be a file-system corruption, disk problem, a file-system type grub doesn't yet support, an address error, or just a plain bug. More infos about your setup is needed at this stage to help diagnose a problem. Maybe "parted -l" or "fdisk -l" output to start with. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e921598.6040...@googlemail.com
