On Sat, 2009-01-03 at 14:51 -0500, John Aldrich wrote:
> Well, I got it working finally... but i'm having some issues... the
> display is slightly off screen to the right, and I can't adjust it on
> the monitor because the left side is already at 0.
>
> I used to be able to access the display
Well, I got it working finally... but i'm having some issues... the
display is slightly off screen to the right, and I can't adjust it on
the monitor because the left side is already at 0.
I used to be able to access the display settings, etc from the
desktop, but that's not possible. Also,
Quoting Stuart Sears :
Well, when I boot off the install DVD in rescue mode, it shows up
correctly. I'm reinstalling yet again, this time, I told the installer
to swap the disk order from what is in bios. We'll see how that goes...
Hopefully I didn't just end up wiping my /home (and all my MP3 fi
On 03/01/09 14:47, John Aldrich wrote:
Quoting Stuart Sears :
okay, what I would do here is use the grub console to find /boot...
in case you don't know how:
hit 'c' to bring up the console
type root (hd
grub should fill in the disks it can see (hopefully hd0/1/2)
for each of those, try
ro
John Aldrich wrote:
> Quoting Stuart :
> [snip]
>>
>> okay, how many are there? And which one do you want to boot from?
>>
> According to the installer, it's going to write the boot info to
> /dev/sda. Boot is /dev/sdb1.
>
What Grub is doing is writing the boot loader for Grub to /dev/sda.
This sh
Quoting Stuart Sears :
I think, from your previous post, that you may be pointing grub at what
you think is sdc, which may only have
sdc1 - Extended
sdc5 - first logical partition
on it.
Well, I went by what was on the system previously (custom
partitioning, using the same labels as FC6.) I
Quoting Stuart Sears :
okay, what I would do here is use the grub console to find /boot...
in case you don't know how:
hit 'c' to bring up the console
type root (hd
grub should fill in the disks it can see (hopefully hd0/1/2)
for each of those, try
root (hdX,
which should give you the part
On 03/01/09 13:24, John Aldrich wrote:
Quoting Stuart :
At which point does it say that?
Do you get as far as the grub menu?
Partition type 0x5 is an 'Extended' partition. (/dev/sda4 or
equivalent, usually) - this suggests to me that your grub.conf is
incorrect, probably containing a line simi
Quoting Stuart :
At which point does it say that?
Do you get as far as the grub menu?
Partition type 0x5 is an 'Extended' partition. (/dev/sda4 or
equivalent, usually) - this suggests to me that your grub.conf is
incorrect, probably containing a line similar to
root (hd0,3)
But you can see thi
Quoting Stuart :
[snip]
okay, how many are there? And which one do you want to boot from?
According to the installer, it's going to write the boot info to
/dev/sda. Boot is /dev/sdb1.
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Quoting Stuart :
At which point does it say that?
Do you get as far as the grub menu?
Yes. It gets that far, and when I select that, it gives me the error.
Even if I go as far as editing it to try and get into single mode.
Partition type 0x5 is an 'Extended' partition. (/dev/sda4 or
equivale
On 03/01/09 11:10, John Aldrich wrote:
I was using Fedora Core 6, just fine, but decided since it was so out of
date, that I'd upgrade to Fedora 10. Now, for some reason, it won't
boot. It keeps saying "Unknown Partition Type 0x5".
At which point does it say that?
Do you get as far as the grub
I was using Fedora Core 6, just fine, but decided since it was so out
of date, that I'd upgrade to Fedora 10. Now, for some reason, it won't
boot. It keeps saying "Unknown Partition Type 0x5".
This is the same *exact* system that was working with Core 6, all I
did was install over the old v
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