Re: fixing the "grub loading stage1.5" hanging error

2007-10-30 Thread Mike Gualtieri
Thanks, I didn't realize it was that simple. I just linked stage1 directly to stage2, however the machine still hangs. Now on boot I only see the string "GRUB" with a flashing cursor after it. The machine will only respond to a ctrl-alt-del to restart it. I figured I'd try installing it again wit

Re: fixing the "grub loading stage1.5" hanging error

2007-10-30 Thread Tracy Kirk
To answer your question, no, we are not umounting before installing grub, and yes, we are syncing after installing grub. Here is the process that we are following to install grub. It used to be a lot simpler, but we keep adding changes in an attempt to resolve the problem we are seeing with th

Re: how to resize and repositioned the GRUB menu triangle ?

2007-10-30 Thread J.Bakshi
adrian15 wrote: > J.Bakshi wrote: > >> I am talking about the menu displayed by menu.lst How can I resize >> and repositioned that menu ? > > Ah, it's not a triangle but a rectangle. > > You should edit source code for doing this. If you are prepared to > edit source code I might give you some clue

Re: how to resize and repositioned the GRUB menu triangle ?

2007-10-30 Thread adrian15
J.Bakshi wrote: I am talking about the menu displayed by menu.lst How can I resize and repositioned that menu ? Ah, it's not a triangle but a rectangle. You should edit source code for doing this. If you are prepared to edit source code I might give you some clues on how to do that. adrian

Re: how to resize and repositioned the GRUB menu triangle ?

2007-10-30 Thread J.Bakshi
adrian15 wrote: > J.Bakshi wrote: > >> How can I resize and repositioned the menu triangle shown in GUI >> interface of GRUB ? > > > menu triangle? > > Are you talking about any GRUB editor in gnome or the boot menu when > you first boot your computer? I am talking about the menu displayed by menu

Re: how to resize and repositioned the GRUB menu triangle ?

2007-10-30 Thread adrian15
J.Bakshi wrote: How can I resize and repositioned the menu triangle shown in GUI interface of GRUB ? menu triangle? Are you talking about any GRUB editor in gnome or the boot menu when you first boot your computer? Which GRUB are you using? Is it patched with splashimage or gfxboot suppo

how to resize and repositioned the GRUB menu triangle ?

2007-10-30 Thread J.Bakshi
Dear list, I am using GRUB-0.97 How can I resize and repositioned the menu triangle shown in GUI interface of GRUB ? "viweport' command is not available in 0.97 !! So what may be the alternative ? Kindly suggest, thanks -- ~~ Joydeep Bakshi, Linux System A

Re: FINALLY SUCESS : Re: {LITTLE SUCCESS} Re: microSD problem GRUB loading Stage1.5 Read error

2007-10-30 Thread J.Bakshi
adrian15 wrote: > J.Bakshi wrote: >> Dear Adrian and Benoît, >> >> FINALLY the SUCESS... :-) >> >> I have reinstalled the GRUB once more in the microsd card of motorola >> L7i & >> this time qemu succesfully boot the GRUB from my phone. >> >> This can't be possible with out all your he

Re: FINALLY SUCESS : Re: {LITTLE SUCCESS} Re: microSD problem GRUB loading Stage1.5 Read error

2007-10-30 Thread adrian15
J.Bakshi wrote: Dear Adrian and Benoît, FINALLY the SUCESS... :-) I have reinstalled the GRUB once more in the microsd card of motorola L7i & this time qemu succesfully boot the GRUB from my phone. This can't be possible with out all your help. many many thanks. So qemu is bootin

Re: {LITTLE SUCCESS} Re: microSD problem GRUB loading Stage1.5 Read error

2007-10-30 Thread adrian15
J.Bakshi wrote: Here are the details 1> I executed cfdisk as "cfdisk /dev/sda" and make /dev/sda1 non-bootable. then try to boot using qemu and it gives error FATAL INIT 18 BOOT FAILURE ` 2> Then I again executed cfdisk and

FINALLY SUCESS : Re: {LITTLE SUCCESS} Re: microSD problem GRUB loading Stage1.5 Read error

2007-10-30 Thread J.Bakshi
Dear Adrian and Benoît, FINALLY the SUCESS... :-) I have reinstalled the GRUB once more in the microsd card of motorola L7i & this time qemu succesfully boot the GRUB from my phone. This can't be possible with out all your help. many many thanks. So qemu is booting the microsd but

Re: {LITTLE SUCCESS} Re: microSD problem GRUB loading Stage1.5 Read error

2007-10-30 Thread J.Bakshi
adrian15 wrote: > J.Bakshi wrote: >> OK Adrian and Benoît, >> >> this time one more success. >> As Adrian asked ; I have executed qemu from root. And this time I don't >> need /dev/sda1 because qemu >> opens with /dev/sda >> >> But again it shows the same error >> >> ~~~``` >>

Re: {LITTLE SUCCESS} Re: microSD problem GRUB loading Stage1.5 Read error

2007-10-30 Thread adrian15
J.Bakshi wrote: OK Adrian and Benoît, this time one more success. As Adrian asked ; I have executed qemu from root. And this time I don't need /dev/sda1 because qemu opens with /dev/sda But again it shows the same error ~~~``` Booting from Hard Disk Non -system Disk

Re: {LITTLE SUCCESS} Re: microSD problem GRUB loading Stage1.5 Read error

2007-10-30 Thread J.Bakshi
adrian15 wrote: > Benoit Donnette wrote: >>> rather than /dev/sda I have tried with /dev/sda1 that is the fat16 >>> partition. >>> >>> qemu -boot c -hda /dev/sda1 >>> >>> and qemu opens the screen :-) >>> but with the error >> Well, bear in mind that mobile phones usually implement parts of the >>

Re: {LITTLE SUCCESS} Re: microSD problem GRUB loading Stage1.5 Read error

2007-10-30 Thread adrian15
Benoit Donnette wrote: rather than /dev/sda I have tried with /dev/sda1 that is the fat16 partition. qemu -boot c -hda /dev/sda1 and qemu opens the screen :-) but with the error Well, bear in mind that mobile phones usually implement parts of the Mass storage standard (a good deal of it) and

Re: {LITTLE SUCCESS} Re: microSD problem GRUB loading Stage1.5 Read error

2007-10-30 Thread Benoit Donnette
> > Hello Adrian, > > a little success. > > rather than /dev/sda I have tried with /dev/sda1 that is the fat16 > partition. > > emu -boot c -hda /dev/sda1 > > and qemu opens the screen :-) > but with the error > > ~~~``` > Booting from Hard Disk > > Non -system Disk or Disk

Re: microSD problem GRUB loading Stage1.5 Read error

2007-10-30 Thread adrian15
J.Bakshi wrote: Hi Adrian, yesterday I tested as you suggest. In my linux system the microsd has been detected as /dev/sda So I did " qemu -boot c -hda /dev/sda " and it replied back "could not open hard disk image /dev/sda" Run it as root which usually has all the permissions to access /dev/

Re: fixing the "grub loading stage1.5" hanging error

2007-10-30 Thread adrian15
Michael L. Gualtieri wrote: Thanks, adrian15! Your info was able to help me drill down farther to the error. You're welcome. It looks like grub is hanging on this line of the source: file: stage2/bios.c line: err = biosdisk_int13_extensions ((read + 0x42) << 8, drive, &dap); Ok. biosdisk_i

Re: fixing the "grub loading stage1.5" hanging error

2007-10-30 Thread adrian15
Tracy Kirk wrote: We are not sure why or how the stage2 file is getting corrupt, but we are able to install grub and reboot sometimes 50-100 times before we see the problem creep up again. You might that this is an stupid question but I should ask you. Do you umount the usb disk before instal

{LITTLE SUCCESS} Re: microSD problem GRUB loading Stage1.5 Read error

2007-10-30 Thread J.Bakshi
J.Bakshi wrote: > adrian15 wrote: > >> J.Bakshi wrote: >> >>> Dear All, >>> >>> I have tried to install GRUB 0.97 in the microSD card of motorola L7i >>> mobile. >>> GRUB has detected the microSD of motorola L7i as (hd1) and the fat16 >>> partition of that card as (hd1,0) >>> I have execute

{LITTLE SUCCESS} Re: microSD problem GRUB loading Stage1.5 Read error

2007-10-30 Thread J.Bakshi
J.Bakshi wrote: > adrian15 wrote: > >> J.Bakshi wrote: >> >>> Dear All, >>> >>> I have tried to install GRUB 0.97 in the microSD card of motorola L7i >>> mobile. >>> GRUB has detected the microSD of motorola L7i as (hd1) and the fat16 >>> partition of that card as (hd1,0) >>> I have execute