On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 01:50:57PM -0700, Jonathan wrote: > I have been using debian with kernel 2.4.25 (I tried 2.6.8 but it had issues > with my onboard sound and so I stuck with 2.4.25). > My problem is the following: > > I left emule running overnight (which was never a problem before). I > found that emule had failed and shut down my computer. When I turned > it on emule would not work. But more importantly, my system was slow. > Eventually KDE 3.0 decided to freeze on me. So I manually shutdown > and restarted. But since then I haven't been able to boot. Grub > returns error 18 at stage 1.5. I tried booting with a Knoppix 3.0 cd > to check my harddrive. However, Knoppix tells me that ext3 fs cannot > be viewed (the linux harddrive uses ext3). I have been told that > Knoppix should recognize ext3, so does that failure tell me that my > hd is screwed and needs formatting? Or is there a way to reinstall my > boot loader without rewriting my partition table? (boot loader > contains several linux kernels and windows, if that makes a > difference). > If the partition can't be viewed, your problem is probably more than the boot loader. Have you tried to fsck that partition? Have you looked at the partition table with fdisk -l ? According to "info grub", error 18 is "Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS". Do you have an old PC with a newer hard drive, such that the BIOS can't see the entire drive? Do you (or did you) have a separate boot partition?
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