Re: [CentOS] Reinstalled Windows and GRUB - Cannot boot Linux - SOLVED
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 11:53 AM, MHR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 2:14 AM, partha chowdhury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> glad to know the problem was solved. it was my first post on the ML that >> actually helped someone ! > > That somehow seems to make it all the more worthwhile. It's great > getting answers to questions I post, but giving them when I know them > is way better. That's for sure Mark. Better to give than to receive. You cleared up the cobwebs for me, last night. The actual solution was quick and easy. :-) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Reinstalled Windows and GRUB - Cannot boot Linux - SOLVED
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 2:14 AM, partha chowdhury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > glad to know the problem was solved. it was my first post on the ML that > actually helped someone ! That somehow seems to make it all the more worthwhile. It's great getting answers to questions I post, but giving them when I know them is way better. mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Reinstalled Windows and GRUB - Cannot boot Linux - SOLVED
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 5:14 AM, partha chowdhury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > glad to know the problem was solved. it was my first post on the ML that > actually helped someone ! I will reread that thread later. I have helped a few people also and it makes me happy, when I can do that, and not just ask for help from the list. Thank you! ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Reinstalled Windows and GRUB - Cannot boot Linux - SOLVED
glad to know the problem was solved. it was my first post on the ML that actually helped someone ! ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Reinstalled Windows and GRUB - Cannot boot Linux - SOLVED
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 4:32 PM, MHR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Lanny Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Question: Is /hda3 mounted properly? I don't think so, because when I >> try to boot Linux from the Grub menu on the HD, it gives me "Error 17: >> Cannot mount selected partition" > > When I had this error, it meant that grub could not find the boot > partition itself. (The boot PROM did, but grub doesn't see the disks > the same way and can get lost.) > > Someone just answered earlier in this thread that you need to change > your hd(0,2) to hd(0,1) on the grub boot line. That should work. You > don't need to do this from any special rescue boot, just boot the > system, and when the grub stage 2 boot selection shows with its > countdown, stop it (with the space bar) and use the grub shell to edit > that line and it _should_ boot properly. > > If WCTW, instead of downloading the CentOS 5 DVD, just pull down the > first CD image and burn that. It's a lot shorter than the whole DVD, > and it's all you need to get into rescue mode. All is well now! :-) I corrected the line in /etc/fstab and I can see the NTFS partition. As I expected, changing the line in the GRUB boot menu, as the box was booting, did not survive a reboot. I edited the lines for the 3 Linux Kernels, in /boot/grub/grub.conf and that fixed that problem I knew I had to edit those files, and what MHR (Mark) explained to me tonight, and apparently a poster prior to him, made it *much* easier. I would like to learn how to do things with the Live CD, but as it turns out, I did not need that for this problem and it just added to my frustration. Thanks again, to everyone! ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Reinstalled Windows and GRUB - Cannot boot Linux - SOLVED
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 4:32 PM, MHR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Lanny Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Question: Is /hda3 mounted properly? I don't think so, because when I >> try to boot Linux from the Grub menu on the HD, it gives me "Error 17: >> Cannot mount selected partition" > Someone just answered earlier in this thread that you need to change > your hd(0,2) to hd(0,1) on the grub boot line. That should work. You > don't need to do this from any special rescue boot, just boot the > system, and when the grub stage 2 boot selection shows with its > countdown, stop it (with the space bar) and use the grub shell to edit > that line and it _should_ boot properly. Mark (MHR) and the earlier responder who previously mentioned to change to "root (hd0,1)" in the GRUB boot menu. A_SPECIAL_THANK_YOU! That got me into CentOS5.2 :-) I did notice an error message, when the box was booting, "mounting local filesystems failed" but I think that has to do with mounting the NTFS partition, which I will fix in /etc/fstab after I send this message. > If WCTW, instead of downloading the CentOS 5 DVD, just pull down the > first CD image and burn that. It's a lot shorter than the whole DVD, > and it's all you need to get into rescue mode. OK. I will download the first CD, but not tonight, since my CentOS 5 Installation DVD is now toast. I ran into this problem, Saturday afternoon, and the list is very slow on weekends and then our ADSL went down, because there was a bad card in the phone company Router or some other HW in our subdivision. To everyone who replied, THANK YOU! Lanny ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
