Just did a stage 3 install following a HD crash on a new HD. The initial install went without issue and I booted from the HD normally. I then went through and installed a bunch of packages - xorg, kde, etc. I installed genkernel, compiled a custom kernel, and updated /boot/grub/menu.lst.
Upon rebooting, I ended up at a grub command line. I can setup the hard drive without errors: grub> root (hd0,0) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 grub> setup (hd0) Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 17 sectors are embedded. succeeded Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+17 p (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/menu.lst"... succeeded Done. No errors, says everything's good. Reboot and I'm right back at the command line. I can do root (hd0,0) kernel = /vmlinuz-blah boot and boot into the system, so I know the system and hd0,0 is bootable. (I'm writing this message on it after doing the above.) There are three hard drives in the system. I've verified that the BIOS is set to boot from the first hard drive, which grub sees as hd0. I've also, just to test it out, setup grub on hd1 and hd2, with hd0,0 set as root. I still get the same thing. Grub package version 0.97-r9 installed. /boot is mounted to sda1, an ext2 partition. / is mounted to sda3, an ext3 partition. I'm not seeing any error messages on bootup or in grub. I have no idea where to go with this and so far, web searches haven't been helpful. Anyone have a clue? -- "Governments are suspicious of literature because it is a force that eludes them." - Emile Zola
