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 > exists, but the filesystem type cannot be recognized > by GRUB. > > 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 suggestion in the > manual, ext2, so maybe there is a problem with the fs. > Perhaps if I just re-formatted /boot and re-emerge > grub. Or, at least check the fs. Come to think about > it, the sempron seems to find it easier reading the > floppy than the hd. What d'ya think people? And what > *was* that mysterious error all about anyway? Here's > another: if /dev/hda2 *is* corrupt, how comes it that > it can be read and written to without error? > > Discuss :) >
I would only offer that Error 17 is Error 17. It couldn't mount the partition. Any number of possible reasons for that. I once had a problem somewhat like you are suffering through because I had tried to install grub, made some mistake I never understood (it was only my second Gentoo machine) and then installed Gentoo a second time. The outcome of that problem was that the BIOS was jumping to the wrong partition and then going haywire. I kept looking at all the config files and thought everything was right but grub wasn't finding them. That one was only fixed by completely removing all partitions from the drive and starting over. If you were to consider this as an option then I'd turn the Gentoo install upside down and, using the 2005.0 Universal CD, install grub first - before the main install - just as a test. Get it on the eventual boot partition and throw any old kernel on there and see what happens. Use the manual grub install - it's only 3 instructions and one is quit. Couldn't be easier. If grub manages to get the boot started then there's no major incompatibility here and you're just dealing with some mistake that may never be understood, as in my case. If it won't boot (Error 17 again) then it's good data as you'll likely look for a different solution. I've also suffered though one grub problem wherein grub said the drive was hd0 but it ended up being /dev/hde. However that problem at least allowed the machine to start booting and then not find the drive after the kernel was loaded. I think that's not the problem you're having. Also, I'm sorry, but I didn't follow the first part of this thread. If you want to contact me off-line to discuss any of the machine's configuration please feel free to not waste everyone elses bandwidth. cheers, Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
