Jüri Izberg wrote:
2009/3/22 René Rebe <[email protected]>:
Can you check with your custom built p4 images if installing
grub works for e.g. reiserfs instead of ext3? It might be just
an grub-incompatible inode size in the ext3 filesystems.
Please let me know if reiser3 works to further track this.
Greetings,
Jüri Izberg wrote:
Hi again,this time i managed to sucessfully build a new t2-7.0
generic,optimized for P4 what installs fine,exept
grub.
I try to describe what i did
1)Coosed -> Edit partition table of hdd:
2)Choose-> Edit partition table using cfdisk
3)Created New-> Primary->Added Botable flag->choosed partition type
and added filesystem type as 83 for Linux->Choosed Write and entered
Yes to write partition tables to disk-> and finaly quit
4)Choosed step 2 from stone Disc setup menu and->Create
a filesystem on the partition->choosed ext3 and pressed enter
5)ext3 filesystem ws created and Mount point dialog appear-> left
default mountpoint /
6)Choosed install the system from stone disk setup menu->choosed start
gasgui package manager from there->
Choosed full install->Coosed install selected packages->ok packages
installed,then auto created /etc/fstab dialog appears->pressed
enter->now keyboard mappings dialog appears and choosed keyboard map
for my language and pressed enter->now root password dialog
appears,typed root password and again pressed enter->now time area
dialog appears,choosed europe and again pressed enter->now timezone
dialog appears,and i choosed one and pressed enter->now date/time
dialog appears,
and again pressed just enter->same thing for locales-> now grub dialog
appears(Grub does not appear to be configured. Automatically install
GRUB now? and i choosed yes and pressed enter,same for
/boot/grub/menu.lst,ok and now i got on terminal following situation:
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 .... no
Error 2: Bad file or directory type
I also tested yesterday pre-built installble binary image
t2-7.0-rc2-minimal-i486.iso->
i followed same steps as i described and it tooked for me 6-7 times to
try and then i finally got somehow gruB sucessfully installed
I think something is wrong with GRUB
thank you
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René Rebe - ExactCODE GmbH - Europe, Germany, Berlin
http://exactcode.de | http://t2-project.org | http://rene.rebe.name
Hi,i did some tests on my two computers
hopefully this helps fix this bug with Grub
here are details:
Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo X
Pentium 4 3,8GHz, 1,5GB Ram, 250GB Sata Hdd
tested with qemu:(if needed then i can try it to install it with cd also)
Grub installs fine with reiserfs on first time(tested two times)
screenshot:http://img26.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshotsuccessfulins.png
Grub fail on ext3
screenshot:http://img26.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshotext3failsonqe.png
Grub fail on ext2
screenshot:http://img26.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshotext3failsonqe.png
tried also on old Compaq Deskpro Workstation 300 with my installcd
P4 Processor 1400Mhz
With reiserfs gcc fails to install: error:while installing GEM file
/mnt/source/7.0.0-generic-x86-pentium4/pkgs/gcc-4.2.4.tar.bz2
(usr/include/c++/4.2.4/javax/swing/tree/DefaultTreeCellEditor.h):Invalid
argument
Error while installing package gcc!
Grub fail on ext3 (gcc installs fine)
Grub fail on ext2 (gcc installs fine)
7.0 is indeed affected by this unfortunate upstream ext2/3 default 256
byte inode change and thus grub fails to read the resulting file-system.
In trunk it works due to the ext4 patch (just tested).
Will merge the ext4 changes int 7.0 and double check.
--
René Rebe - ExactCODE GmbH - Europe, Germany, Berlin
http://exactcode.de | http://t2-project.org | http://rene.rebe.name
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