Re: [gentoo-user] HELP! grub stops, only hard reset helps
Am Donnerstag, den 08.09.2005, 20:20 +0200 schrieb capsel: current: hda1 swap hda2 reiserfs / ---previous1--- hda1 ext2 /boot hda2 reiserfs / hda3 swap ---previous2--- hda1 swap hda2 ext2 /boot hda3 reiserfs / swap is 258MB, /boot is about 24MB, / is rest of disk which is 10GB Should I post output of echo -ne p\nq\n | fdisk /dev/hda? device map: (fd0) /dev/fd0 (hd0) /dev/hda grub.conf: --- # # Sample boot menu configuration file # #root (hd0,1) # Boot automatically after 30 secs. timeout 30 # By default, boot the first entry. default 0 # Fallback to the second entry. #fallback 1 # For booting GNU/Linux title Gentoo root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda2 #initrd /initrd.img It doesn't matter which partition layout it is or grub.conf exist it still doesn't work. When you start grub from command line as root it shows how much memory it detected. In my case it shows only zeros like this: GNU GRUB version 0.96 (0K lower / 0K upper memory) [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device/filename. ] - After this it halts and only reset works. I can't type anything or reset by ALT+CTRL+DEL. Ok, now we're talking. When you enter Grub this way it doesn't care about an existing configuration - so IMHO no problem there. Here's what I would do: 1. Check if top shows reasonable results - if not step 3 2. Re-emerge grub - if that doesn't help - step 3 3. memtest86 for a day - Lilo works just fine so I can tar my filesystem to disk on USB and change partition scheme. - No option on BIOS about memory. - Laptop (hp pavilion n3390) And again - what am I doing wrong? -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Heinz Sporn SPORN it-freelancing Mobile: ++43 (0)699 / 127 827 07 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.sporn-it.com Snail: Steyrer Str. 20 A-4540 Bad Hall Austria / Europe -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] HELP! grub stops, only hard reset helps
-Original Message- From: Heinz Sporn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 September 2005 07:19 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] HELP! grub stops, only hard reset helps [snip] Ok, now we're talking. When you enter Grub this way it doesn't care about an existing configuration - so IMHO no problem there. Here's what I would do: 1. Check if top shows reasonable results - if not step 3 2. Re-emerge grub - if that doesn't help - step 3 3. memtest86 for a day Re-emerge and re-install Grub. If Grub hangs when you try to install it, which I assume is what is happening, then you can try starting as: # grub --no-floppy, to see if it works. Grub hanging basically implies that there's a hardware hick up of some sort. If Lilo works fine regardless and re-emerging/re-installing Grub does not resolve the problem, could you please show us your Lilo config file to see if we can draw some parallels between the two boot loaders. -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] HELP! grub stops, only hard reset helps
Ok, now we're talking. When you enter Grub this way it doesn't care about an existing configuration - so IMHO no problem there. Here's what I would do: 1. Check if top shows reasonable results - if not step 3 2. Re-emerge grub - if that doesn't help - step 3 3. memtest86 for a day I don't know what are not reasonable results in top - haven't ever seen such results. IMHO it shows correct values about memory, processes, buffers and cpu load. I tryed grub 0.96, 0.97 with same results, reemerging them didn't helped. If you use grub what CFLAGS do you have? I've got -march=i586 -mcpu=pentium3 -O -pipe. If it is memory failure what other effects would I see on my system? My friend had broken RAM and linux was very unstable, he had random compilation errors and other strange effects. Is it possible that grub wants to have RAM in first memory slot and I have it in second one? I'll leave memtest for a night. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] HELP! grub stops, only hard reset helps
Re-emerge and re-install Grub. If Grub hangs when you try to install it, which I assume is what is happening, then you can try starting as: # grub --no-floppy, to see if it works. Grub hanging basically implies that there's a hardware hick up of some sort. If Lilo works fine regardless and re-emerging/re-installing Grub does not resolve the problem, could you please show us your Lilo config file to see if we can draw some parallels between the two boot loaders. grub hangs while booting and there are no errors when I install it on mbr (BIOS supports only mbr booting). -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] HELP! grub stops, only hard reset helps
On 2005-09-09 11:30:55 +0200 (Fri, Sep), capsel wrote: grub hangs while booting and there are no errors when I install it on mbr (BIOS supports only mbr booting). Excuse me, but could you describe what EXACTLY you can see on screen before GRUB hangs? -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by 'grep -i virus $MESSAGE' Trust me. pgp7hS2OGNCsH.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] HELP! grub stops, only hard reset helps
Am Donnerstag, den 08.09.2005, 11:44 +0200 schrieb capsel: It is second time i'm posting about this problem on this group, maybe I did it wrong last time... Maybe. But maybe it's just because you didn't provide ANY piece of information like grub.conf, disk/partition layout, etc. etc. so the problem is GRUB it doesn't matter what partitions I have or how do I install it (always successfull) it still shows no memory at all (run grub from bash, delete grub, What on earth do you mean by: shows no memory at all ? put zeros where amount of memory is, and you will see same text I do), no menu or command prompt. I've read man grub and info grub and I'm sure that it is not problem of devices (hdX,Y) or menu file (menu.lst, grub.conf). HELP PLEASE! -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Heinz Sporn SPORN it-freelancing Mobile: ++43 (0)699 / 127 827 07 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.sporn-it.com Snail: Steyrer Str. 20 A-4540 Bad Hall Austria / Europe -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] HELP! grub stops, only hard reset helps
current: hda1 swap hda2 reiserfs / ---previous1--- hda1 ext2 /boot hda2 reiserfs / hda3 swap ---previous2--- hda1 swap hda2 ext2 /boot hda3 reiserfs / swap is 258MB, /boot is about 24MB, / is rest of disk which is 10GB Should I post output of echo -ne p\nq\n | fdisk /dev/hda? device map: (fd0) /dev/fd0 (hd0) /dev/hda grub.conf: --- # # Sample boot menu configuration file # #root (hd0,1) # Boot automatically after 30 secs. timeout 30 # By default, boot the first entry. default 0 # Fallback to the second entry. #fallback 1 # For booting GNU/Linux title Gentoo root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda2 #initrd /initrd.img It doesn't matter which partition layout it is or grub.conf exist it still doesn't work. When you start grub from command line as root it shows how much memory it detected. In my case it shows only zeros like this: GNU GRUB version 0.96 (0K lower / 0K upper memory) [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device/filename. ] - After this it halts and only reset works. I can't type anything or reset by ALT+CTRL+DEL. - Lilo works just fine so I can tar my filesystem to disk on USB and change partition scheme. - No option on BIOS about memory. - Laptop (hp pavilion n3390) And again - what am I doing wrong? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
