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?
My computer is a late 90's Compaq Presario, but I've been running debian on my PC for several months. So I don't think that is an issue. I can only boot using a knoppix cd so everything is readonly. I ran fdisk -l and both /dev/hda and /dev/hdb cannot be opened. However, hda isn't effected. I can mount it without a problem. hdb is the disk with linux and the where the problem lives. fsck won't work. To the other reply, I can't boot into anything other than knoppix. linux 2 and starting grub does not do anything, but thanks for trying! - Jonathan _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]