On 10/28/07, Bertram Scharpf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > grub> root (hd1,^I > Possible partitions are: > Partition num: 0, Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 > Partition num: 1, Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x82 > Partition num: 4, Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 > Partition num: 5, No BSD sub-partition found, partition type 0xa6 > Partition num: 6, Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x8e > > grub> root (hd1,5,a) > > Error 5: Partition table invalid or corrupt > > grub> rootnoverify (hd1,5,a) > > grub> cat / > > Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition > > Here is a `sfdisk' (Linux) output: > > /dev/hdb1 : start= 1, size= 32255, Id=83 > /dev/hdb2 : start= 32256, size= 2096640, Id=82 > /dev/hdb3 : start= 2128896, size=117974304, Id= 5 > /dev/hdb4 : start= 0, size= 0, Id= 0 > /dev/hdb5 : start= 2128897, size= 4194287, Id=83 > /dev/hdb6 : start= 6323185, size= 37748591, Id=a6, bootable > /dev/hdb7 : start= 44071777, size= 76031423, Id=8e >
I think this is your problem -- the OpenBSD partition needs to be a primary partition (hda1-hda4 in Linux terminology, or (hd0,1) - (hd0,3) in GRUB language, and you have it as an extended partition (hdb6). This is not supported. Reallocated your fdisk partitions so the OpenBSD partition is a primary partition and reinstall (you may have to resize your extended partition, ID=5, to make room). Andrew
