On 8/23/07, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I seem to be having trouble installing
> grub on i586 systems.
>
> What I use is the
> "install-x86-minmal-2006.0.iso" cd to boot the system
> and follow the hadbook install guide. But I use the stage3 tarfile:
> stage3-i586-2006.1.tar.bz2
>
> Everything runs fine until I try to reboot off the hard drive.
> I get this
>
> Grub loading stage1.5
>
> Grub loading, please waite...
> Error 16
>
> It's repeatable on (2) different (amd k6) systems.
>
> Googling mostly reveals suggestions about file system
> being corrupt. I ran file system chekcs (reiserfsck)
> per previous instuctions and /boot and / come back
> clean and happy.
>
> The ide disk setup is very simple:
> fdisk /dev/hda
> # Device BootStartEnd Blocks Id System
> # /dev/hda1 * 1 50 401593+ 83 Linux
> # /dev/hda2 51 185 1084387+ 82 Linux swap
> # /dev/hda3 * 186 2434 18065092+ 83 Linux
>
> and grub
>
> default 0
> fallback 1
> timeout 30
>
> #0
> title=kernel-2.6.21-gentoo-r4
> root(hd0,1)
> kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.21-gentoo-r4 root=/dev/hda3
> #0
> title=kernel-2.6.21-gentoo-r4
> root(hd0,1)
> kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.21-gentoo-r4 root=/dev/hda1
>
>
Grub method of numbering has always confused me but I thought that
root(hd0,1) would point to the hda2 partition which is the swap
partition. Shouldn't it be root(hd0,0) to point it to the hda1
partition? I could easily be wrong but that is what I would try.
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