Re: Grub setup fails

2011-07-30 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Karthik Bhuvanagiri wrote: > Hi, > > I get the following error while setting up grub > > grub>setup (hd0) > Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no > Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... no >Error 2: Bad file or directory t

Re: Grub setup fails

2011-07-30 Thread Karthik Bhuvanagiri
Verified that stage1 file exists in /boot/grub directory. Still error comes up. What could be the problem? 2011/7/30 Karthik Bhuvanagiri > Hi, > > I get the following error while setting up grub > > grub>setup (hd0) > Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" e

Grub setup fails

2011-07-30 Thread Karthik Bhuvanagiri
Hi, I get the following error while setting up grub grub>setup (hd0) Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... no Error 2: Bad file or directory type same error even with grub>setup (hd0,2). I've CD-ROM

Re: [Fwd: Re: Grub Setup]

2007-04-22 Thread Dan D .
On Sun Apr 22 23:18 , 'Tijnema !' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > >Could you give some details about partition type, and hard drive ( >(P)ATA / SATA ). >And you should check kernel configuration. >Also, you could add the following option to the kernel line: >vga=6 >which gives you more small lette

Re: [Fwd: Re: Grub Setup]

2007-04-22 Thread Dan D .
On Sun Apr 22 22:09 , 'Tijnema !' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >On 4/22/07, Alan Lord [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> This error can also be due to not having the correct filesystem driver >> builtin to your kernel. If hda3 is ext3 or ReiserFS or something make >> sure you have the right driver B

Re: [Fwd: Re: Grub Setup]

2007-04-22 Thread Tijnema !
On 4/22/07, Dan D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun Apr 22 20:36 , 'Tijnema !' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > > >> > >> The kernel is loading now, but I get another Error: > >> > >> VFS: Cannot open root device "hda3" or unknown-block(0,0) > >> Please append a correct "root=" boot option > >> K

Re: [Fwd: Re: Grub Setup]

2007-04-22 Thread Joel Means
Dan D. wrote: > > On Sun Apr 22 20:36 , 'Tijnema !' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > >>> The kernel is loading now, but I get another Error: >>> >>> VFS: Cannot open root device "hda3" or unknown-block(0,0) >>> Please append a correct "root=" boot option >>> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to

Re: [Fwd: Re: Grub Setup]

2007-04-22 Thread Dan D .
On Sun Apr 22 20:36 , 'Tijnema !' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >> >> The kernel is loading now, but I get another Error: >> >> VFS: Cannot open root device "hda3" or unknown-block(0,0) >> Please append a correct "root=" boot option >> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on >> u

Re: [Fwd: Re: Grub Setup]

2007-04-22 Thread Dan D .
On Sun Apr 22 21:20 , 'Rick Shelton' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > > setup (hd0) > Checking if "/boot/grup/stage1" exists... no > Checking if "/grup/stage1" exists... yes > ... > > >I noticed this typo. 'grup' should probably be 'grub'. >hopefully it was just a typo whe

Re: [Fwd: Re: Grub Setup]

2007-04-22 Thread Tijnema !
On 4/22/07, Alan Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Ahh, I understand. The mount point /boot doesn't exists at that > >> time and root means the root directory (/), that resides on hda3. > >> > >> The kernel is loading now, but I get another Error: > >> > >> VFS: Cannot open root device "hda3" or

Re: [Fwd: Re: Grub Setup]

2007-04-22 Thread Alan Lord
>> Ahh, I understand. The mount point /boot doesn't exists at that >> time and root means the root directory (/), that resides on hda3. >> >> The kernel is loading now, but I get another Error: >> >> VFS: Cannot open root device "hda3" or unknown-block(0,0) >> Please append a correct "root=" boot o

Re: [Fwd: Re: Grub Setup]

2007-04-22 Thread Rick Shelton
setup (hd0) Checking if "/boot/grup/stage1" exists... no Checking if "/grup/stage1" exists... yes ... I noticed this typo. 'grup' should probably be 'grub'. hopefully it was just a typo when copying into the email message. but might be worth double checking if you

Re: [Fwd: Re: Grub Setup]

2007-04-22 Thread Tijnema !
On 4/22/07, Joel Means <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This post didn't seem to make it to the list, so I am forwarding it now. now it does :) From: Dan D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Sun Apr 22 18:09 , Joel Means <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > > >Dan D. wrote: > >> > >> On Sun Apr 22 16:55 , 'Tijnema !'

[Fwd: Re: Grub Setup]

2007-04-22 Thread Joel Means
This post didn't seem to make it to the list, so I am forwarding it now. Original Message Subject: Re: Grub Setup Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:07:06 +0200 From: Dan D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun Apr 22 18:09 , Joel Me

Re: Grub Setup

2007-04-22 Thread Tijnema !
On 4/22/07, Dan D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun Apr 22 19:12 , 'Tijnema !' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > >> kernel /boot/lfskernel-2.6.16.38 root=/dev/hda1 > >> > >> Error 15: File not found > >> > >> but /boot/lfskernel-2.6.16.38 exists!! > >> > >> what's wrong? > > > >That is because whe

Re: Grub Setup

2007-04-22 Thread Dan D .
On Sun Apr 22 19:12 , 'Tijnema !' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >> kernel /boot/lfskernel-2.6.16.38 root=/dev/hda1 >> >> Error 15: File not found >> >> but /boot/lfskernel-2.6.16.38 exists!! >> >> what's wrong? > >That is because when the kernel is looking, only the boot partition is >virtually moun

Re: Grub Setup

2007-04-22 Thread Tijnema !
On 4/22/07, Dan D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun Apr 22 16:55 , 'Tijnema !' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > > >On 4/22/07, Dan D. [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hello! > >> > >> setup (hd0) > >> Checking if "/boot/grup/stage1" exists... no > >> Checking if "/grup/stage1" exists... yes > >>

Re: Grub Setup

2007-04-22 Thread Joel Means
Dan D. wrote: > > On Sun Apr 22 16:55 , 'Tijnema !' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > >> On 4/22/07, Dan D. [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hello! >>> >>> setup (hd0) >>> Checking if "/boot/grup/stage1" exists... no >>> Checking if "/grup/stage1" exists... yes >>> ... >>> >>> is this ok? I don't know,

Re: Grub Setup

2007-04-22 Thread Dan D .
On Sun Apr 22 16:55 , 'Tijnema !' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >On 4/22/07, Dan D. [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello! >> >> setup (hd0) >> Checking if "/boot/grup/stage1" exists... no >> Checking if "/grup/stage1" exists... yes >> ... >> >> is this ok? I don't know, I think it isn't, because th

Grub Setup

2007-04-22 Thread Dan D .
Hello! setup (hd0) Checking if "/boot/grup/stage1" exists... no Checking if "/grup/stage1" exists... yes ... is this ok? I don't know, I think it isn't, because the LFS-Book sais "If all went well, GRUB will have reported finding its files in /boot/grub." I've mounted /dev/hda1 in $LFS/boot

Re: Grub Setup

2007-04-22 Thread Tijnema !
On 4/22/07, Dan D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello! > > setup (hd0) > Checking if "/boot/grup/stage1" exists... no > Checking if "/grup/stage1" exists... yes > ... > > is this ok? I don't know, I think it isn't, because the LFS-Book > sais "If all went well, GRUB will have reported finding it

Re: grub setup Error 22

2006-02-24 Thread Eric Stout
On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Alan Lord wrote: > > as grub won't be able to install to a boot sector of a "virtual" disk > > > > it needs a physical device. Grub won't have loaded any drivers to make > > the raid array visable at boot time > > > > you need a single disk really. > > > > Matt > > > > I in

Re: grub setup Error 22

2006-02-23 Thread Alan Lord
> as grub won't be able to install to a boot sector of a "virtual" disk it needs a physical device. Grub won't have loaded any drivers to make the raid array visable at boot time you need a single disk really. Matt I installed grub on an old IBM Rackmount server with dual processors and

Re: grub setup Error 22

2006-02-23 Thread Matt Darcy
Subhash Chandra wrote: AFAIK, grub is okay with H/W raid. I use raid 0 h/W raid. how ever you need inbuilt raid drivers in kernel to actually use linux. On 2/23/06, Titus Dingjan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Matt Darcy wrote: /boot cannot reside on raid 0 5 or 6 paritions. It's a hardware rai

Re: grub setup Error 22

2006-02-23 Thread Subhash Chandra
AFAIK, grub is okay with H/W raid. I use raid 0 h/W raid. how ever you need inbuilt raid drivers in kernel to actually use linux. On 2/23/06, Titus Dingjan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt Darcy wrote: > >/boot cannot reside on raid 0 5 or 6 paritions. > > > It's a hardware raid5 on a compaq sma

RE: grub setup Error 22

2006-02-23 Thread Titus Dingjan
Matt Darcy wrote: >/boot cannot reside on raid 0 5 or 6 paritions. It's a hardware raid5 on a compaq smart array 641 does that make it any different? <>-- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above infor

Re: grub setup Error 22

2006-02-23 Thread Matt Darcy
Dan Nicholson wrote: On 2/22/06, Dan Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm not a raid man, but I noticed a while back that RedHat extensively patches grub, and a few of their patches specifically have to do with grub. Uh, specifically have to do with raid. /boot cannot reside on raid 0 5

Re: grub setup Error 22

2006-02-22 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 2/22/06, Dan Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not a raid man, but I noticed a while back that RedHat extensively > patches grub, and a few of their patches specifically have to do with > grub. Uh, specifically have to do with raid. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs

Re: grub setup Error 22

2006-02-22 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 2/22/06, Titus Dingjan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > grub> device (hd0) /dev/cciss/c0d0 > Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+16 p (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2 > /boot/grub/menu.lst"... <1, 0, 512>[1]<2, 0, 512>[2]<2, 0, > 7680>[2][3][4][5][6] > [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]<

grub setup Error 22

2006-02-22 Thread Titus Dingjan
2fs, partition type 0x83 grub> device (hd0) /dev/cciss/c0d0 grub> setup (hd0) Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs

Re: grub setup problem

2005-11-30 Thread rick
>rick wrote these words on 11/29/05 13:55 CST: > > Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs-stage1-5" exists ... no" >Then Randy McMurchy wrote >Did you copy this file into /boot/grub as the book instructs you to? > Nope, missed that, thanks to all who pointed it out. Of course I broke something else, Im ge

Re: grub setup problem

2005-11-30 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 11/30/05, Jeremy Huntwork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think what Thorsten meant was that for a ext{2,3} partition, you can > boot just fine without having that file in place in your grub directory. > I've done that several times. So that line shouldn't be a cause for > concern. That's inte

Re: grub setup problem

2005-11-30 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
Jeremy Byron wrote: thorsten wrote: As far as I know, this stage1-5 is not needed. Yes it is. The book tells you to copy the necessary stage1-5 files just below the copy command for the stage 1/2 files. If you are following the book, all you need is the e2fs-stage1-5 file. If you use reis

Re: grub setup problem

2005-11-29 Thread Jeremy Byron
thorsten wrote: Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists ... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists ... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs-stage1-5" exists ... no" As far as I know, this stage1-5 is not needed. Yes it is. The book tells you to copy the necessary stage1-5 files just below t

Re: grub setup problem

2005-11-29 Thread thorsten
> Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists ... yes > Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists ... yes > Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs-stage1-5" exists ... no" As far as I know, this stage1-5 is not needed. Thorsten -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfrom

Re: grub setup problem

2005-11-29 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 11/29/05, rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Finally made it to 8.4 with apparent success, only took 4 > tries to get here, but I do have an error under grub when I > do the setup (hd0,0) command I receive the message > > Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists ... yes > Checking if "/boot/grub/s

Re: grub setup problem

2005-11-29 Thread Randy McMurchy
rick wrote these words on 11/29/05 13:55 CST: > Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs-stage1-5" exists ... no" Did you copy this file into /boot/grub as the book instructs you to? -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Lin

grub setup problem

2005-11-29 Thread rick
Finally made it to 8.4 with apparent success, only took 4 tries to get here, but I do have an error under grub when I do the setup (hd0,0) command I receive the message Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists ... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists ... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs-st

Re: Grub Setup

2005-10-26 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, 25 Oct 2005, Jedediah Klusman wrote: From my understanding grub syntax for dectecting the neccisary files is root (hdn,m) where n is the dev, and m is the partition. /dev/hda1 is my lfs partition. However when i issue the command root (hd0,0) it come back with no such drive or devic

Grub Setup

2005-10-25 Thread Jedediah Klusman
From my understanding grub syntax for dectecting the neccisary files is root (hdn,m) where n is the dev, and m is the partition. /dev/hda1 is my lfs partition. However when i issue the command root (hd0,0) it come back with no such drive or device. is this because the partition is mounted? an

RE: grub setup Segmentation fault

2005-03-30 Thread Zareh Aratoon
Resolved. I upgraded the host OS kernel to 2.6.10, ran the grub command and it was successful. From: "Zareh Aratoon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: LFS Support List To: lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org Subject: grub setup Segmentation fault Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:09:35 -0800

grub setup Segmentation fault

2005-03-30 Thread Zareh Aratoon
, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device/filename. ] grub> root (hd0,2) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 grub> setup (hd0) Segmentation fault root:/sources/grub-0.95# The system is a Dell Power Edge 2850, with a