hi ya jeremy
On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, Jeremy Merritt wrote:
more grub fun :-)
> /dev/hdb2 is the location of /root/grub
i assume you have a type and/or a system install problem
-- what is the disk that windozed is installed on
( presumably hda ?? aka C: )
-- if you installed debian/linux on the same disk
it is still called root(hd0...) and not root(hd1...)
-- if you did install debian ont /dev/hdb2,
than you have a partitioon type problem ...
whch confuses grub with mismatched partition types
on the disk vs what its expecting as its formatted
type on that same partition
( dont use vfat fdisk partition type if you mkfs.ext3'd it )
a) grub is usually /boot/grub ( /"B"oot )
b) if you put grub's files that is needed under /root
than you're gonna go bonkers
( testing in the new world of unknowns )
c) required grub files ...
/boot/grub/device.map
/boot/grub/stage1 /boot/grub/stage2
/boot/grub/FS_stage-1.5 where "FS" is how your
disk is formatted
> ****
> root (hd1,1)
that implies you probably have another disk at /dev/hda
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-686 root=/dev/hdb2 ro
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-2-686
> savedefault
> boot
> ****
>
> The output from this series of commands is:
>
> ****
> root (hd1,1)
> Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xf
why is it type "f" ??? it is NOT linux ...
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- are you sure about your disk names
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> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-686 root=/dev/hdb2 ro
>
> Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition
> ****
exactly .. based on your previous root command
> I did notice that there is no grub.conf in the
> /root/grub folder.
grub.conf is NOT required if yu are typing
those commands manually
c ya
alvin
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