Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-07-02 Thread James Hiscock
PartitionMagic is the best for this, but at $70 it is a bit pricey. There may be free programs to do this, but I have no experience with them. QTparted: open-source alternative to PQMagic, _and_ it's significantly faster (e.g. resizing a 40GB NTFS partition to 10GB with PQMagic took me an hour

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-29 Thread maxim wexler
--- A. Khattri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 26 Jun 2005, maxim wexler wrote: So there must be a problem w/ the Asus K8N-E(Sempron box) BIOS. I updated it using the tool that came w/ the support CD but it only made matters worse: Did you download the latest BIOS from Asus's

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-29 Thread A. Khattri
On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, maxim wexler wrote: I imagine any CD included with a motherboard is old before it hits the shelves... So what? The tool will still work. Kindly read what I wrote! I *did* read what you wrote. My point was if there was an update on the CD it would be old. You

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-29 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: Maxim, if you want the system to boot from the hard disk, I really think you have no choice but to repartition and re-install the system, with boot as the first partition. On the Sempron there are two HDs, the 120G, pri-mast and a 3.5G(fat32) as a pri-slave. LBA is

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-29 Thread maxim wexler
that before jumping on people trying to help. Smart Alec! Help my eye! __ Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-28 Thread A. Khattri
On Sun, 26 Jun 2005, maxim wexler wrote: So there must be a problem w/ the Asus K8N-E(Sempron box) BIOS. I updated it using the tool that came w/ the support CD but it only made matters worse: Did you download the latest BIOS from Asus's site and use that? I imagine any CD included with a

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-28 Thread A. Khattri
On Sun, 26 Jun 2005, maxim wexler wrote: Now, the Asus brd does have raid capability. Would that be a way out of this morass? Its probably software RAID - you're better off using Linux's own software RAID. How does raid work? http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html -- --

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-25 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 18:30:19 -0400 (EDT), A. Khattri wrote: You should leave /boot as an ext2 partition. My guess is that grub only understands ext2 file-systems so can't work with your boot partition. GRUB does understand ReiserFS, although it is a complete waste of space using Reiser on a

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-25 Thread Richard Fish
A. Khattri wrote: On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, maxim wexler wrote: This reminds me. When I installed 2005.0(sempron-box) I tried to mkreiserfs /dev/hda2, the boot partition, since that gave no problem in 2004.3(k6-box)but it gave me some sort of error, forget which, so I went for the default, or

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-25 Thread maxim wexler
By diverse means, we arrive at the same end. Holly Thanks, Holly. I remember thinking your suggestion too drastic to contemplate. Starting to look more reasonable now :o -mw Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-25 Thread Richard Fish
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: Richard Fish wrote: No, it can understand reiserfs and xfs filesystems just fine. Actually, grub does have an issue with reiserfs. True, I had forgotten about that. Thanks for the correction. As already mentioned, using reiserfs on boot is a complete

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-24 Thread maxim wexler
Went through the saved pile and found this: Try 1 (should bring up the boot menu): grub configfile (hd0,3)/grub/grub.conf grub configfile (hd0,1)/grub/grub.conf # /dev/hda2 Error 18: Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS has this anything to do with LBA being off in POST -- it

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-24 Thread Zac Medico
maxim wexler wrote: Went through the saved pile and found this: Try 1 (should bring up the boot menu): grub configfile (hd0,3)/grub/grub.conf grub configfile (hd0,1)/grub/grub.conf # /dev/hda2 Error 18: Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS has this anything to do

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-24 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: grub configfile (hd0,1)/grub/grub.conf # /dev/hda2 Error 18: Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS has this anything to do with LBA being off in POST -- it *is* set to [auto] in the BIOS? BTW, HD is listed in POST screen thus: Pri Master: Maxtor 4R12010

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-24 Thread maxim wexler
Yep. Can you force LBA on? Used grub-install --force-lba /dev/hda. After a bunch of fd0 I/O errors(?) it said everything was fine, no errors found. Then I rebooted, got: GRUB Loading stage1.5 GRUB loading, please wait... Error 17 Installing to /dev/hda2, the gentoo boot part, gave same

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-24 Thread maxim wexler
-- it *is* set to [auto] in the BIOS? BTW, HD is Maybe if you turn on LBA it will help. It says here that grub can access the full disk with LBA: see above. In the BIOS there are two choices, auto and disabled. If there's another way to turn LBA on, I'm all ears! You might need to

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-24 Thread maxim wexler
Error 17 Installing to /dev/hda2, the gentoo boot part, gave same result Well, at least now it gives me an error num. ...answering himself 17 : Cannot mount selected partition This error is returned if the partition requested exists, but the filesystem type cannot be recognized by GRUB.

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-24 Thread Mark Knecht
On 6/24/05, maxim wexler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Error 17 Installing to /dev/hda2, the gentoo boot part, gave same result Well, at least now it gives me an error num. ...answering himself 17 : Cannot mount selected partition This error is returned if the partition requested

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-24 Thread A. Khattri
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, maxim wexler wrote: This reminds me. When I installed 2005.0(sempron-box) I tried to mkreiserfs /dev/hda2, the boot partition, since that gave no problem in 2004.3(k6-box)but it gave me some sort of error, forget which, so I went for the default, or anyways, the

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke--update

2005-06-24 Thread Holly Bostick
maxim wexler schreef: Error 17 Installing to /dev/hda2, the gentoo boot part, gave same result Well, at least now it gives me an error num. ...answering himself 17 : Cannot mount selected partition This error is returned if the partition requested exists, but the filesystem type

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-19 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: Or maybe the selected shell didn't initialize, including grub's if this is at that point? Then I realised the one word GRUB appearing in upper left corner of the screen is just a truncated version of the above. Ah, ok, I see now. It looks like the stage1 loader in

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-19 Thread maxim wexler
So it look like we have to go back to trying to get the CD booting to work. Copy the /lib/grub/i386-pc/stage2_eltorito to the boot/grub directory on the ISO image, re-run the mkisofs command we used before, and burn the resulting ISO to a CD. Before that. I used emerge --buildpkgonly from

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-18 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: Is /etc/make.profile correct? It should be symbolic link to ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2005.0 It is but it links to 2004.3, which is what I used on the k6. The sempron uses 2005.0 If the directory /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2005.0 exists,

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-18 Thread Holly Bostick
Richard Fish schreef: maxim wexler wrote: But it's a dead console. The caps lock key and the num lock key turn the leds on and off but typing letters does nothing. I've been trying to come up with a reasonable explanation for this behavior. OK, it may not be a reasonable explanation,

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-18 Thread maxim wexler
I've been trying to come up with a reasonable explanation for this behavior. Assuming that you can enter the BIOS somewhere in the code there must be a line that says print the letters G-R-U-B to a console then stop. setup screens with this keyboard, I have no answer to why this wouldn't

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-18 Thread maxim wexler
OK, it may not be a reasonable explanation, but it does make 'sense'-- is it possible that the text color is the same as the background color, so that letters are being typed, but you simply don't *see* them? I LOL Yeah, it's invisible ascii! You have to heat the screen with a blow-dryer to

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-18 Thread maxim wexler
/usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2005.0 exists, you can change the symlink to point to that, run emerge --sync, and that should get your portage tree up to date on the k6. Done. Now it's !!! ARCH is not set ... are you missing the /etc/make.profile symlink? !!! Is the symlink

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-15 Thread maxim wexler
Thanks for hanging in there with me, Richard Anyway, back to grub. 2 things. upgrade to 0.96, repeat If I could setup ppp on the sempron box it would be much simpler. But pppconfig is not on the 2005.0 pkg CD. I managed to set it up on the k6(2004.3)box alright and it sure came in handy. IIRC I

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-15 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: Thanks for hanging in there with me, Richard No problem. Anyway, back to grub. 2 things. upgrade to 0.96, repeat machine. Then I used it to wget the tarball that emerge -av, on the sempron box, says it needs, pppconfig-2.3.9, and copied it to a floppy. I put that in

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-15 Thread maxim wexler
emerge --buildpkgonly --oneshot grub should do for well, it built the .94 version, the one I already have. All the while interspersing yellow-flagged warnings about upgrading to a version that uses tool-chain functions. Is that the one I need? How do I tell it to build the .96? I've run merge

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-15 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: well, it built the .94 version, the one I already have. All the while interspersing yellow-flagged warnings about upgrading to a version that uses tool-chain functions. Is that the one I need? How do I tell it to build the .96? I've run merge --sync a couple of times for

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-14 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: Arrrgh, everytime I hit forward-slash or an apostrophe the find dialogue opens and Iapostrophem knocked out of this text window. Firefox v.1.0.4 That's not normal. If this is on Linux, possibly an extension you have installed is a problem, or there is some breakage in

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-13 Thread maxim wexler
If you have a FAT partition for sharing files between Linux and XP, you Done. Same result. Perhaps the call to mkisofs was at fault. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-13 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: If you have a FAT partition for sharing files between Linux and XP, you Done. Same result. Perhaps the call to mkisofs was at fault. What happens if you try to mount it under Linux or view it under Windows? Do you see the files? You can double check the ISO by

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-13 Thread maxim wexler
What happens if you try to mount it under Linux or view it under Windows? Do you see the files? You can double check the ISO by doing: # mount -o loop cdboot.iso /mnt/cdrom And then compare the files to those on your /boot partition. hmmm, livecd / # mount -o loop cdboot.iso

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 22:27:05 +0200, Richard Fish wrote: If so, then we are ready to proceed with burning. Here is the command that I use: cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrom -immed -eject driveropt=burnfree file.iso If your drive doesn't support burnfree, just take out the whole driveropt=burnfree

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-10 Thread maxim wexler
--- Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The correction was to replace dev=/dev/cdrom with dev=/dev/hdc. COASTER! Tried booting with the reader drive(Creative 24x DVD) -- it went clunk, clunk, clunk...nothing appeared on the screen but a blinking cursor. Tried booting with the writer

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-10 Thread Richard Fish
Neil Bothwick wrote: You can put a lot of this into /etc/defaults/cdrecord, to save (mis) typing it every time. Cool, thanks. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-10 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: COASTER! Well, you could try again adding speed=0 to the command, before the name of the ISO. That will drop the burning speed to the lowest possible level, and may be more reliably. But maybe your burner is broken (?) So, this friend of yours with the broadband and the

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-10 Thread maxim wexler
possible level, and may be more reliably. But maybe your burner is broken (?) No, it's fine. Still under warranty. Works fine under WinXP. The reason I mentioned broadband is because big files(like install isos and pkg cds) can be downloaded in minutes instead of days. I can certainly

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-10 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: possible level, and may be more reliably. But maybe your burner is broken (?) No, it's fine. Still under warranty. Works fine under WinXP. If you have a FAT partition for sharing files between Linux and XP, you could copy the ISO to there and burn it under XP. A USB

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-09 Thread maxim wexler
You typod something. Looks like you put a space between the '-' and the first character of one of the options. Success! these files included. You then use cdrecord to write the ISO image to the CD. Now, before burning it, I'm aware there have been changes made in the burning process

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-09 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: Now, before burning it, I'm aware there have been changes made in the burning process since the 2.6 kernel. My experience using cdrecord has only been wtth 2.4's, all coaster-making events :( From what I've seen on line it should be as easy as #cdrecord /dev/hdc/file . Ha!

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-09 Thread Richard Fish
Richard Fish wrote: cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrom -immed -eject driveropt=burnfree file.iso Sorry, it is getting late here. For you, that command line should be: cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc -immed -eject driveropt=burnfree file.iso Someday I will proofread my messages before posting... -RIchard --

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-09 Thread maxim wexler
But, something just occurred to medoes this system have 2 CD burners, or a burner and a reader? If not, you will a burner and a reader You may want to copy the .iso file over the network only dial-up available here. Networking different computers is a project in the long queue of

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-09 Thread maxim wexler
Richard, please resend your follow up to this post where you complain about the late hour. I deleted it by mistake! It apparently had an important correction. BTW, how long before these posts find there way into an archive. -maxim __ Discover

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-09 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: or to a USB key, and don't even know what that is Also goes by the name USB flash device...small devices that could fit on a keychain (hence the 'key' part of that) that work like a small removable disk. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-08 Thread maxim wexler
'cdboot/boot/grub/stage2_eltorito' ! That should be -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito...so take the 'cdboot' off the front of that. Nope. Now I get: mkisofs: No such file or directory. Invalid node - - But I have another question: At what point does vmlinuz(under /tmp/cdboot/boot)make it

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-08 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: 'cdboot/boot/grub/stage2_eltorito' ! That should be -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito...so take the 'cdboot' off the front of that. Nope. Now I get: mkisofs: No such file or directory. Invalid node - - You typod something. Looks like you put a space between

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-07 Thread maxim wexler
mkisofs -o /tmp/cdboot.iso -R \ -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito \ -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \ Not it's: mkisofs: Missing pathspec. Usage: mkisofs [options] file... You didn't say return to / so I'm assuming you want me to issue the command from livecd tmp #.

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-07 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: mkisofs -o /tmp/cdboot.iso -R \ -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito \ -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \ Not it's: mkisofs: Missing pathspec. Usage: mkisofs [options] file... There be a '.' (or './', if you like) at the end of that, and yes,

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-07 Thread maxim wexler
There be a '.' (or './', if you like) at the end of that, and yes, you should still be inside the cdboot directory. cd cdboot mkisofs -o /tmp/cdboot.iso -R \ -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito \ -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 \ -boot-info-table ./ Here's 5 different

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-07 Thread Zac Medico
--- maxim wexler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There be a '.' (or './', if you like) at the end of that, and yes, you should still be inside the cdboot directory. cd cdboot mkisofs -o /tmp/cdboot.iso -R \ -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito \ -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-07 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: There be a '.' (or './', if you like) at the end of that, and yes, you should still be inside the cdboot directory. cd cdboot mkisofs -o /tmp/cdboot.iso -R \ -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito \ -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 \ -boot-info-table ./ Here's 5

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-06 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: to copy your kernel to the floppy also, and load it from there. Your kernel is going to have to be fairly petite to fit...probably less than 1.2M or so. the kernel is already 1.57M. Are you saying I should reconfig the kernel? I recall modularizing most of the stuff I

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-06 Thread maxim wexler
I can also give you the instructions for making a bootable CD if you want to try that. It isn't terribly hard, actually it is a bit easier than getting grub to work from a hard disk! But a CD-RW drive/disk would be the most useful... cd /tmp mkdir -p cdboot/boot/grub cd cdboot cp

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-06 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: splashimage=(cd)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz title Gentoo kernel (cd)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4 ^ I'm guessing this should be (cdrom), my first cd-drive(/dev/hdc) No, it should be '(cd)'. It is the device name that the stage2_eltorito creates when

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-05 Thread Holly Bostick
maxim wexler schreef: Remove the root (hd0,1) line. That should (I hope) let you boot gentoo from the floppy. Arrrgh! Now when I choose Gentoo from the menu: Booting 'Gentoo' kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4 Error 15: File not found Press any key to continue... You might want to

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-05 Thread rob3
Holly Bostick wrote: maxim wexler schreef: Remove the root (hd0,1) line. That should (I hope) let you boot gentoo from the floppy. Arrrgh! Now when I choose Gentoo from the menu: Booting 'Gentoo' kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4 Error 15: File not found Press any key to continue...

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-05 Thread Richard Fish
rob3 wrote: I still recommend that the problem child, so to speak, can be bypassed by simply going to www.gnu.org, and downloading the latest source, and compiling it outside of the Gentoo emerge system. Then when Gentoo gets its ebuild working, you can always go back, doing a search on grub,

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-05 Thread maxim wexler
There are 2 distinct problems here: 1. Booting from floppyMaxim and I are very close to solving this one...only fixing up the grub.conf file remains. Rebuilding grub is not going to help a bit for this problem. In grub.conf commented out root(hd0,1) line; modified kernel line to

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-05 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: There are 2 distinct problems here: 1. Booting from floppyMaxim and I are very close to solving this one...only fixing up the grub.conf file remains. Rebuilding grub is not going to help a bit for this problem. In grub.conf commented out root(hd0,1) line; modified

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-05 Thread maxim wexler
to copy your kernel to the floppy also, and load it from there. Your kernel is going to have to be fairly petite to fit...probably less than 1.2M or so. the kernel is already 1.57M. Are you saying I should reconfig the kernel? I recall modularizing most of the stuff I wouldn't need until

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-04 Thread maxim wexler
Remove the root (hd0,1) line. That should (I hope) let you boot gentoo from the floppy. Arrrgh! Now when I choose Gentoo from the menu: Booting 'Gentoo' kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4 Error 15: File not found Press any key to continue...

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-04 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: Remove the root (hd0,1) line. That should (I hope) let you boot gentoo from the floppy. Arrrgh! Now when I choose Gentoo from the menu: Booting 'Gentoo' kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4 Error 15: File not found Press any key to continue... See my second

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-04 Thread Mark Knecht
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4 or possibly kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4 which would be more the way I usually do it. On 6/4/05, maxim wexler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Remove the root (hd0,1) line. That should (I hope) let you boot gentoo from the floppy.

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-03 Thread Michael Ulm
maxim wexler wrote: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-legacy-faq.en.html HTH, Michael Thanks for the tip. But before I try this(and this goes for Richard F's suggestion) how do I safely get rid of the grub I have? Or do I need to? The emerge -C flag comes w/ dire warnings, The manual

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-03 Thread maxim wexler
Oops, What I was trying to say before I hit the wrong key, I paused the boot screen on the non-booting gentoo box and took a look at the HD line. It says the LBA mode is off. 32 bit mode is off. DMA mode is UDMA6, PIO mode is 4 FWIW -mw __

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-03 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: Oops, What I was trying to say before I hit the wrong key, I paused the boot screen on the non-booting gentoo box and took a look at the HD line. It says the LBA mode is off. 32 bit mode is off. DMA mode is UDMA6, PIO mode is 4 FWIW I took a peek at the manual for your MB.

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-03 Thread maxim wexler
Ah, some progress at last! Seems like there is a problem in the grub.conf file, but nothing too serious. Could you re-post that file? default 0 timeout 30 title=Gentoo root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4 title=WinXP rootnoverify (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 -Richard --

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-03 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: Ah, some progress at last! Seems like there is a problem in the grub.conf file, but nothing too serious. Could you re-post that file? default 0 timeout 30 title=Gentoo root (hd0,1) Remove the root (hd0,1) line. That should (I hope) let you boot gentoo from the

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-03 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: I took a peek at the manual for your MB. You might want to double check the BIOS settings for the hard disk and make sure that LBA/Large mode is set to Auto. It *is*. The only other choice is disabled. Also, what is the CHS reported by the kernel in the dmesg

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-03 Thread Richard Fish
Richard Fish wrote: maxim wexler wrote: Ah, some progress at last! Seems like there is a problem in the grub.conf file, but nothing too serious. Could you re-post that file? default 0 timeout 30 title=Gentoo root (hd0,1) Remove the root (hd0,1) line. That should (I

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-02 Thread maxim wexler
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-legacy-faq.en.html HTH, Michael Thanks for the tip. But before I try this(and this goes for Richard F's suggestion) how do I safely get rid of the grub I have? Or do I need to? The emerge -C flag comes w/ dire warnings, The manual entry for -c mentions

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-02 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-legacy-faq.en.html HTH, Michael Thanks for the tip. But before I try this(and this goes for Richard F's suggestion) how do I safely get rid of the grub I have? Or do I need to? The emerge -C flag comes w/ dire warnings, The

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-01 Thread Michael Ulm
maxim wexler wrote: And which OS are you choosing from the menu again, maxim (assuming you get to a menu)? Or does this affect all OSes in your menu? no choice. After grub-install I get the Grub loading stage1.5 Grub loading, please wait... message(white text,black bg). To get back to

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-06-01 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: but #grub GNU GRUB version 0.94 (640K lower / 3072K upper memory) Well, you could try updating grub. 0.96-r1 is what is current for stable x86. I could also send you directly my stage1, e2fs_stage_1_5, and stage2 files. It would allow us to eliminate (or

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-05-31 Thread maxim wexler
maybe you can try this, root (hd0,1) setup (hd0) That's better. But it still doesn't work. Staring at a console right now telling me to please wait. grub root (hd0,1) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 grub setup (hd0) Checking if /boot/grub/stage1 exists... no Checking if

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-05-31 Thread ZeeGeek
On 6/1/05, maxim wexler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: maybe you can try this, root (hd0,1) setup (hd0) That's better. But it still doesn't work. Staring at a console right now telling me to please wait. that's right, isn't it? it's working if you see the console giving you the list. if

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-05-31 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: maybe you can try this, root (hd0,1) setup (hd0) That's better. But it still doesn't work. Staring at a console right now telling me to please wait. grub root (hd0,1) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 grub setup (hd0) Checking if /boot/grub/stage1

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-05-31 Thread maxim wexler
choosing menu, then you'll need splashimage set in Whoa! IIRC splashimage is optional. Can somebody weigh in here? __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new Resources site http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ --

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-05-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 31 May 2005 14:51:49 -0700 (PDT), maxim wexler wrote: Whoa! IIRC splashimage is optional. Can somebody weigh in here? Yes, it is optional, and worth disabling if you have problems. GRUB will bail out with no error message if you set an incorrect path for splashimage. -- Neil

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-05-31 Thread Holly Bostick
Neil Bothwick schreef: On Tue, 31 May 2005 14:51:49 -0700 (PDT), maxim wexler wrote: Whoa! IIRC splashimage is optional. Can somebody weigh in here? Yes, it is optional, and worth disabling if you have problems. GRUB will bail out with no error message if you set an incorrect path for

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-05-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:55:39 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: Yes, it is optional, and worth disabling if you have problems. GRUB will bail out with no error message if you set an incorrect path for splashimage. You're right, of course, Neil, but from the original post I believe we are not

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-05-31 Thread maxim wexler
Ok, quick comparison to my results... grub root (hd0,0) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 grub setup (hd0) Checking if /boot/grub/stage1 exists... no Checking if /grub/stage1 exists... yes Checking if /grub/stage2 exists... yes Checking if /grub/e2fs_stage1_5

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-05-31 Thread Holly Bostick
maxim wexler schreef: And which OS are you choosing from the menu again, maxim (assuming you get to a menu)? Or does this affect all OSes in your menu? no choice. After grub-install I get the Grub loading stage1.5 Grub loading, please wait... message(white text,black bg). To get back

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-05-31 Thread Scott Jones
Maxim, I just had to chroot iinto my system from livecd and I got a similar error message from Grub (referring to your 3rd post) anyways try this command it let me use Grub from inside chroot: mount -o bind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev I got it from this thread on forums:

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-05-30 Thread Richard Fish
maxim wexler wrote: Hello everyone, Don't you just hate it when you repair the mistakes and it STILL don't work. Yes!! grub setup (hd0) Any chance you can post the full output of the setup command? Maybe there is a clue in there... -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-05-30 Thread maxim wexler
Any chance you can post the full output of the setup command? Maybe there is a clue in there... Yikes! Now I get Error 12: Invalid device requested so much different from grub setup (hd0) Checking if /boot/grub/stage1 exists... yes Checking if /boot/grub/stage2 exists... yes

Re: [gentoo-user] grub still broke

2005-05-30 Thread ZeeGeek
On 5/31/05, maxim wexler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any chance you can post the full output of the setup command? Maybe there is a clue in there... Yikes! Now I get Error 12: Invalid device requested so much different from grub setup (hd0) Checking if /boot/grub/stage1