On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:00:26 + (UTC), James wrote:
> 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 2434180650
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
>
Hello Benno Schulenberg,
> > GRUB cannot read files from a tail-packed Reiser filesystem.
>
> Huh? How is this machine able to boot then? Here /boot isn't a
> separate partition, but just a subdir of /, which is mounted
> without notail, and has been so for years.
As Volker said, maybe thi
Neil Bothwick wrote:
> GRUB cannot read files from a tail-packed Reiser filesystem.
Huh? How is this machine able to boot then? Here /boot isn't a
separate partition, but just a subdir of /, which is mounted
without notail, and has been so for years.
# mount | grep " / "
/dev/hda9 on / type r
Hello Florian Philipp,
> > If you must use reiserfs on /boot (it's a complete waste of space,
> > ext2 is more sensible), you must mount it with the notail option.
> > GRUB cannot read files from a tail-packed Reiser filesystem.
>
> You do not only need to mount it with notail, you need to writ
Am Donnerstag 23 August 2007 19:14:12 schrieb Neil Bothwick:
> Hello James,
>
> > 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.
>
> If you must use reiserfs o
Hello James,
> 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.
If you must use reiserfs on /boot (it's a complete waste of space, ext2
is more sensible), you must m
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 driv
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