> Err i seemed to have missed the post. > > Here is what i am talking about. Once u press c at the grub menu > grub> root (hd0,4) > Filesystem type is jfs, partition type 0x83 > > grub> kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5 > [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x1400, size=0x108a19] > > grub>initrd /initrd.img > [Linux-initrd @ 0x1debc000, 0x124000 bytes] > > grub> boot > > Please do the above and post > > > "Boot unsuccessful. > > /dev/hda7(/ for Ubuntu) had vmlinuz as symlink to boot/vmlinuz- > > 2.6.20-16-generic and a vmlinuz.old as symlink to boot/vmlinuz- > > 2.6.20-15-generic,both owned by root and 777 permissions. > > Similarly,initrd.img was symlink to > > symlinks work with grub as long as they are on the same partition as > the grub root (hd0,4) in the abv example. > Grub has auto completion like bash. Hitting tab after a command will > show what grub wants and or sees. > at the grub prompt type root (hd and hit the tab key, grub will list > the disks that it sees. next type (hd0 and hit tab grub should give u > a list of partitions. next type (hd0,4) and hit enter. Grub should > give you a line like > Filesystem type is jfs, partition type 0x83 > type kernel / and hit tab. Grub will show a list of files.
I tried the root (hd0,<Tab> command but it showed some strange output.....it started counting partitions from zero as is well known,but it also showed hda9(ie partition no 10) when I've a total of 2 primary and 1 extended partitions.The extended partition contains 4 partitions for Ubuntu mounted at /,/boot,/home and a swap partition.It also contains a Windows D: partition which was formerly hda9.Presently,after nuking and remaking the /boot partition,the /boot partition is hda9 and all other logical partitions have moved up 1 position each in the partition table. I tried out the commands given above and actually booted into the > system. First time this way. Since its was a long time that I had > installed the OSes I used 'find /boot/grub/stage1' to locate all my root > partitions. However after that grub never returns any output unless its > an error. The "grub>find stage1" command doesn't work if you have a separate /boot partition specially if you are on Live CD......you have to take a fdisk -l and show the *blind* grub the way after mounting your /boot partition....... Easwar's problem turns out to be a corrupted /boot partition. I am > curious to know how he restored all his /boot files after deleting and > re-creating the partition. Is it as simple as backing up the files > somewhere else and pasting them back or getting them from some new source. > It *is* as simple as backing up the files to my /home partition and pasting them back....... ;).What did you expect,I downloaded the kernel and init again? :o Regards, Easwar -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
