On Sunday 21 June 2015 14:39:13 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 21 June 2015 13:40:00 EBo wrote: > > Gene, > > > > It has been nearly a decade since I had to rescue a grub install. > > Normally I would boot from a live CD/DVD and attempt a repair the > > system without using grub at the command line. One thing to look > > for on the net is for "grub rescue" > > <https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/776643-how-to-rescue-a-non-bo > >ot ing-grub-2-on-linux/> This should explain the esoterics of grub > > high magic. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > EBo -- > > I'll see, page is printing now, and the new cd image has been > downloaded in case this doc doesn't help. > > Thanks EBo. It may be that a fresh mobo is the fix, ISTR having > HD0/SDA problems once before, but I would have though those bugs had > been introduced to a can of Raid by now. The machine itself is both > old & just different enough to make access difficult.
So I took the printout oput & tried to execute the rescue commands to boot it. I got to the "insmode normal" and got the out of disk error again. Triggers memory, so I started a new install, but chose manual disk configuration, then nuked the 499Gb sda1, then tried to create a /boot partition, but found it wouldn't let me do less than 1 GB. Then configured the rest of it, up to the swap as /. Thats based on the theory that since grub is the last thing installed, it was too far into the disk to be found by this bios, which in computer eons, is just above the KT boundary. Making a small /boot partition should put things within reach. At least that is the theory until it won't boot after this install. :) The rest of the install is continueing as if it didn't know any better. Half an hour to boot testing again. In the meantime, trying to break the spindle bearings in, I left it running at about 170r's last night, bearing at bottom of quill cooled about 10F overnight when compared to the black body swarf bellows on the post. Ran it back up to 400 revs & an hour later its 24F hotter than the bellows. As this will be several thou in spindle growth, where should I quit this monkey business and ask Grizzly for a properly fitted and tensioned quill assembly? Or some means of cooling. In the meantime, its quiet enough I can leave it running until I don't see it cooling overnight, indicating equalibrium or the rest is the grease viscosity losses. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
