> K8N-E. It says:
>
> way too damn slow for
Tell me about it! Pages don't open or give errors or
lead to a rabbit warren of irrelevant links. English
often incomprehensible. No more Asus products for this
buckaroo!
>
> It said that LBA mode will be disabled if the disk
> was "formatted"
> with
> K8N-E. It says:
>
> way too damn slow for
Tell me about it! Pages don't open or give errors or
lead to a rabbit warren of irrelevant links. English
often incomprehensible. No more Asus products for this
buckaroo!
>
> It said that LBA mode will be disabled if the disk
> was "formatted"
> with
> PartitionMagic is the best for this, but at $70 it is a bit pricey.
> There may be free programs to do this, but I have no experience with them.
QTparted: open-source alternative to PQMagic, _and_ it's significantly
faster (e.g. resizing a 40GB NTFS partition to 10GB with PQMagic took
me an hour
> that before jumping on people trying to help.
>
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maxim wexler wrote:
>>Maxim, if you want the system to boot from the hard
>>disk, I really think
>>you have no choice but to repartition and re-install
>>the system, with
>>boot as the first partition.
>>
>>
>
>On the Sempron there are two HDs, the 120G, pri-mast
>and a 3.5G(fat32) as a pri-
On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, maxim wexler wrote:
> > I imagine any CD included with a motherboard is old
> > before it hits the
> > shelves...
>
> So what? The "tool" will still work. Kindly read what
> I wrote!
I *did* read what you wrote.
My point was if there was an update on the CD it would be old.
--- "A. Khattri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Jun 2005, maxim wexler wrote:
>
> > So there must be a problem w/
> > the Asus K8N-E(Sempron box) BIOS. I updated it
> using
> > the tool that came w/ the support CD but it only
> made
> > matters worse:
>
> Did you download the latest B
On Sun, 26 Jun 2005, maxim wexler wrote:
> Now, the Asus brd does have raid capability. Would
> that be a way out of this morass?
Its probably software RAID - you're better off using Linux's own software
RAID.
> How does raid work?
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html
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On Sun, 26 Jun 2005, maxim wexler wrote:
> So there must be a problem w/
> the Asus K8N-E(Sempron box) BIOS. I updated it using
> the tool that came w/ the support CD but it only made
> matters worse:
Did you download the latest BIOS from Asus's site and use that?
I imagine any CD included with a
>
> Maxim, if you want the system to boot from the hard
> disk, I really think
> you have no choice but to repartition and re-install
> the system, with
> boot as the first partition.
On the Sempron there are two HDs, the 120G, pri-mast
and a 3.5G(fat32) as a pri-slave. LBA is set to auto
in the
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> Richard Fish wrote:
>
>> No, it can understand reiserfs and xfs filesystems just fine.
>
>
> Actually, grub does have an issue with reiserfs.
True, I had forgotten about that. Thanks for the correction.
> As already mentioned, using reiserfs on boot is a compl
Richard Fish wrote:
A. Khattri wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, maxim wexler wrote:
I tried to mkreiserfs /dev/hda2, the boot partition,
My guess is that grub only
understands ext2 file-systems so can't work with your boot partition.
No, it can understand reiserfs and xfs filesystems just fine.
> By diverse means, we arrive at the same end.
>
> Holly
Thanks, Holly. I remember thinking your suggestion too
drastic to contemplate. Starting to look more
reasonable now :o
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A. Khattri wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, maxim wexler wrote:
>
>> This reminds me. When I installed 2005.0(sempron-box)
>> I tried to mkreiserfs /dev/hda2, the boot partition,
>> since that gave no problem in 2004.3(k6-box)but it
>> gave me some sort of error, forget which, so I went
>> for the de
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 18:30:19 -0400 (EDT), A. Khattri wrote:
> You should leave /boot as an ext2 partition. My guess is that grub only
> understands ext2 file-systems so can't work with your boot partition.
GRUB does understand ReiserFS, although it is a complete waste of space
using Reiser on a /
maxim wexler schreef:
>>Error 17
>>
>>Installing to /dev/hda2, the gentoo boot part, gave
>>same result
>>
>>Well, at least now it gives me an error num.
>
>
> ...answering himself
>
> 17 : Cannot mount selected partition
> This error is returned if the partition requested
> exists, but the fil
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, maxim wexler wrote:
> This reminds me. When I installed 2005.0(sempron-box)
> I tried to mkreiserfs /dev/hda2, the boot partition,
> since that gave no problem in 2004.3(k6-box)but it
> gave me some sort of error, forget which, so I went
> for the default, or anyways, the sugg
On 6/24/05, maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Error 17
> >
> > Installing to /dev/hda2, the gentoo boot part, gave
> > same result
> >
> > Well, at least now it gives me an error num.
>
> ...answering himself
>
> 17 : Cannot mount selected partition
> This error is returned if the parti
> Error 17
>
> Installing to /dev/hda2, the gentoo boot part, gave
> same result
>
> Well, at least now it gives me an error num.
...answering himself
17 : Cannot mount selected partition
This error is returned if the partition requested
exists, but the filesystem type cannot be recognized
by
> > -- it *is* set to [auto] in the BIOS? BTW, HD is
> Maybe if you turn on LBA it will help. It says here
> that grub can access the full disk with LBA:
see above. In the BIOS there are two choices, auto and
disabled. If there's another way to turn LBA on, I'm
all ears!
>
> You might need
>
> Yep. Can you force LBA on?
Used grub-install --force-lba /dev/hda. After a bunch
of fd0 I/O errors(?) it said everything was fine, no
errors found. Then I rebooted, got:
GRUB Loading stage1.5
GRUB loading, please wait...
Error 17
Installing to /dev/hda2, the gentoo boot part, gave
same re
maxim wexler wrote:
>grub> configfile (hd0,1)/grub/grub.conf # /dev/hda2
>
>Error 18: Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported
>by BIOS
>
>has this anything to do with LBA being "off" in POST
>-- it *is* set to [auto] in the BIOS? BTW, HD is
>listed in POST screen thus:
>
>Pri Master: Maxtor 4
maxim wexler wrote:
> Went through the "saved" pile and found this:
>
>
>>Try 1 (should bring up the boot menu):
>>grub> configfile (hd0,3)/grub/grub.conf
>
>
> grub> configfile (hd0,1)/grub/grub.conf # /dev/hda2
>
> Error 18: Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported
> by BIOS
>
> has thi
Went through the "saved" pile and found this:
> Try 1 (should bring up the boot menu):
> grub> configfile (hd0,3)/grub/grub.conf
grub> configfile (hd0,1)/grub/grub.conf # /dev/hda2
Error 18: Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported
by BIOS
has this anything to do with LBA being "off" in POS
> So it look like we have to go back to trying to get
> the CD booting to
> work. Copy the /lib/grub/i386-pc/stage2_eltorito to
> the boot/grub
> directory on the ISO image, re-run the mkisofs
> command we used before,
> and burn the resulting ISO to a CD.
Before that. I used emerge --buildpkgonl
maxim wexler wrote:
>> Or maybe the selected shell didn't initialize,
>> including grub's if this
>> is at that point?
>
>
> Then I realised the one word GRUB appearing in upper
> left corner of the screen is just a truncated version
> of the above.
Ah, ok, I see now. It looks like the stage1
>
> Or maybe the selected shell didn't initialize,
> including grub's if this
> is at that point?
I managed to emerge grub-0.96 finally onto the
non-booting machine hoping that would turn the trick,
and ran grub-install. The result was the same as near
the start of this thread:
GRUB Loading stag
[digest-mode reply]
Richard Fish schreef:
maxim wexler wrote:
But it's a dead console. The caps lock key and the num
lock key turn the leds on and off but typing letters
does nothing.
I've been trying to come up with a reasonable explanation for this
behavior.
OK, it
> /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2005.0
> exists,
> you can change the symlink to point to that, run
> emerge --sync, and that
> should get your portage tree up to date on the k6.
Done. Now it's
!!! ARCH is not set ... are you missing the
/etc/make.profile symlink?
!!! Is the symlink co
> OK, it may not be a reasonable explanation, but it
> does make 'sense'--
> is it possible that the text color is the same as
> the background color,
> so that letters are being typed, but you simply
> don't *see* them? I
LOL Yeah, it's invisible ascii! You have to heat the
screen with a blow-dry
>
> I've been trying to come up with a reasonable
> explanation for this
> behavior. Assuming that you can enter the BIOS
somewhere in the code there must be a line that says
print the letters G-R-U-B to a console then stop.
> setup screens with this
> keyboard, I have no answer to why this would
Richard Fish schreef:
> maxim wexler wrote:
>>
>>But it's a dead console. The caps lock key and the num
>>lock key turn the leds on and off but typing letters
>>does nothing.
>
>
>
> I've been trying to come up with a reasonable explanation for this
> behavior.
OK, it may not be a reasonable
maxim wexler wrote:
>> Is /etc/make.profile correct? It should be symbolic
>> link to
>> ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2005.0
>
>
> It is but it links to 2004.3, which is what I used on
> the k6. The sempron uses 2005.0
>
If the directory /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2005.0
> I assume you meant the directory "ls -l
> /usr/portage/sys-boot/grub"?
You are right.
> Well, the 0.95-20040823 ebuild is masked ~x86
> (testing). But you should
> also have 0.96, 0.96-r1, and 0.96-r2, and 0.96-r1 is
> marked stable.
Nope, nothing higher than 0.95.
>
> Do you get a differen
maxim wexler wrote:
> well, it built the .94 version, the one I already
> have. All the while interspersing yellow-flagged
> warnings about upgrading to a version that uses
> tool-chain functions. Is that the one I need? How do I
> tell it to build the .96? I've run merge --sync a
> couple of time
> "emerge --buildpkgonly --oneshot grub" should do for
well, it built the .94 version, the one I already
have. All the while interspersing yellow-flagged
warnings about upgrading to a version that uses
tool-chain functions. Is that the one I need? How do I
tell it to build the .96? I've run merge
maxim wexler wrote:
> Thanks for hanging in there with me, Richard
No problem.
>> Anyway, back to grub. 2 things.
>> upgrade to 0.96, repeat
>
> machine. Then I used it to wget the tarball that
> emerge -av, on the sempron box, says it needs,
> pppconfig-2.3.9, and copied it to a floppy. I put
Thanks for hanging in there with me, Richard
> Anyway, back to grub. 2 things.
> upgrade to 0.96, repeat
If I could setup ppp on the sempron box it would be
much simpler. But pppconfig is not on the 2005.0 pkg
CD. I managed to set it up on the k6(2004.3)box
alright and it sure came in handy. IIRC
maxim wexler wrote:
> Arrrgh, everytime I hit or an
> the find dialogue opens and
> Im knocked out of this text window.
> Firefox v.1.0.4
That's not normal. If this is on Linux, possibly an extension you have
installed is a problem, or there is some breakage in your ~/.gtkrc-2.0
file? Someth
> What happens if you try to mount it under Linux or
> view it under
> Windows? Do you see the files?
>
> You can double check the ISO by doing:
>
> # mount -o loop cdboot.iso /mnt/cdrom
>
> And then compare the files to those on your /boot
> partition.
hmmm,
livecd / # mount -o loop cdboot
maxim wexler wrote:
>>If you have a FAT partition for sharing files
>>between Linux and XP, you
>>
>>
>Done. Same result. Perhaps the call to mkisofs was at fault.
>
>
>
What happens if you try to mount it under Linux or view it under
Windows? Do you see the files?
You can double check th
> If you have a FAT partition for sharing files
> between Linux and XP, you
Done. Same result. Perhaps the call to mkisofs was at fault.
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maxim wexler wrote:
>> possible level, and may be more reliably. But maybe
>> your burner is
>> broken (?)
>
>
> No, it's fine. Still under warranty. Works fine under
> WinXP.
If you have a FAT partition for sharing files between Linux and XP, you
could copy the ISO to there and burn it under X
> possible level, and may be more reliably. But maybe
> your burner is
> broken (?)
No, it's fine. Still under warranty. Works fine under
WinXP. The reason I mentioned broadband is because big
files(like install isos and pkg cds) can be downloaded
in minutes instead of days. I can certainly down
maxim wexler wrote:
> COASTER!
Well, you could try again adding "speed=0" to the command, before the
name of the ISO. That will drop the burning speed to the lowest
possible level, and may be more reliably. But maybe your burner is
broken (?)
So, this friend of yours with the broadband and th
Neil Bothwick wrote:
>You can put a lot of this into /etc/defaults/cdrecord, to save (mis)
>typing it every time.
>
>
>
Cool, thanks.
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--- Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The correction was to replace "dev=/dev/cdrom" with
> "dev=/dev/hdc".
COASTER!
Tried booting with the reader drive(Creative 24x DVD)
-- it went clunk, clunk, clunk...nothing appeared on
the screen but a blinking cursor.
Tried booting with the wri
On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 22:27:05 +0200, Richard Fish wrote:
> If so, then we are ready to proceed with burning. Here is the command
> that I use:
>
> cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrom -immed -eject driveropt=burnfree
>
> If your drive doesn't support burnfree, just take out the whole
> "driveropt=burnfree"
maxim wexler wrote:
>>or to a USB key, and
>>
>>
>
>don't even know what that is
>
>
>
Also goes by the name "USB flash device"...small devices that could fit
on a keychain (hence the 'key' part of that) that work like a small
removable disk.
-Richard
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--- maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Richard, please resend your follow up to this post
> where you complain about the late hour. I deleted it
> by mistake! It apparently had an important
> correction.
>
> BTW, how long before these posts find there way into
> an archive.
>
> -maxim
>
maxim wexler wrote:
>Richard, please resend your follow up to this post
>where you complain about the late hour. I deleted it
>by mistake! It apparently had an important correction.
>
>
The correction was to replace "dev=/dev/cdrom" with "dev=/dev/hdc".
>BTW, how long before these posts find t
Richard, please resend your follow up to this post
where you complain about the late hour. I deleted it
by mistake! It apparently had an important correction.
BTW, how long before these posts find there way into
an archive.
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> But, something just occurred to medoes this
> system have 2 CD
> burners, or a burner and a reader? If not, you will
a burner and a reader
> You may want to copy the .iso file over the network
only dial-up available here. Networking different
computers is a project in the long queue of
Richard Fish wrote:
> cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrom -immed -eject driveropt=burnfree
Sorry, it is getting late here.
For you, that command line should be:
cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc -immed -eject driveropt=burnfree
Someday I will proofread my messages before posting...
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maxim wexler wrote:
>Now, before burning it, I'm aware there have been
>changes made in the burning process since the 2.6
>kernel. My experience using cdrecord has only been
>wtth 2.4's, all coaster-making events :( From what
>I've seen on line it should be as easy as
>
>#cdrecord /dev/hdc/ .
>
>
> You typod something. Looks like you put a space
> between the '-' and the
> first character of one of the options.
Success!
> these files included. You then use cdrecord to
> write the ISO image to
> the CD.
Now, before burning it, I'm aware there have been
changes made in the burning proc
Richard Fish wrote:
>>But I have another question: At what point does
>>vmlinuz(under /tmp/cdboot/boot)make it onto the CD?
>>The path to stage2_eltorito seems to pass it by.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>When you run mkisofs, it creates an ISO (cdrom filesystem) image with
>all of the files in the cdboot d
maxim wexler wrote:
>>>'cdboot/boot/grub/stage2_eltorito' !
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>That should be "-b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito"...so
>>take the 'cdboot' off
>>the front of that.
>>
>>
>
>Nope. Now I get:
>
>mkisofs: No such file or directory. Invalid node - -
>
>
You typod something. Lo
> >'cdboot/boot/grub/stage2_eltorito' !
> >
> >
>
> That should be "-b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito"...so
> take the 'cdboot' off
> the front of that.
Nope. Now I get:
mkisofs: No such file or directory. Invalid node - -
But I have another question: At what point does
vmlinuz(under /tmp/cdboot/b
maxim wexler wrote:
>>There be a '.' (or './', if you like) at the end of
>>that, and yes, you
>>should still be inside the cdboot directory.
>>
>>cd cdboot
>>mkisofs -o /tmp/cdboot.iso -R \
>>-b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito \
>>-no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 \
>>-boot-info-table "./"
>>
--- maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> >
> > There be a '.' (or './', if you like) at the end
> of
> > that, and yes, you
> > should still be inside the cdboot directory.
> >
> > cd cdboot
> > mkisofs -o /tmp/cdboot.iso -R \
> > -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito \
> > -no-em
>
> There be a '.' (or './', if you like) at the end of
> that, and yes, you
> should still be inside the cdboot directory.
>
> cd cdboot
> mkisofs -o /tmp/cdboot.iso -R \
> -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito \
> -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 \
> -boot-info-table "./"
>
Here's 5 diffe
maxim wexler wrote:
>
>
>>mkisofs -o /tmp/cdboot.iso -R \
>>-b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito \
>>-no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table
>>\
>>
>>
>Not it's:
>
>mkisofs: Missing pathspec.
>Usage: mkisofs [options] file...
>
>
>
There be a '.' (or './', if you like) at the end
> mkisofs -o /tmp/cdboot.iso -R \
> -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito \
> -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table
> \
Not it's:
mkisofs: Missing pathspec.
Usage: mkisofs [options] file...
You didn't say return to / so I'm assuming you want
me to issue the command from livecd tmp #
maxim wexler wrote:
>>splashimage=(cd)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>>title Gentoo
>>kernel (cd)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4
>>
>>
> ^
>I'm guessing this should be (cdrom), my first
>cd-drive(/dev/hdc)
>
>
No, it should be '(cd)'. It is the device name that the stage2_eltorito
> I can also give you the instructions for making a
> bootable CD if you
> want to try that. It isn't terribly hard, actually
> it is a bit easier
> than getting grub to work from a hard disk! But a
> CD-RW drive/disk
> would be the most useful...
>
> cd /tmp
> mkdir -p cdboot/boot/grub
> cd cd
maxim wexler wrote:
>>to copy your kernel
>>to the floppy also, and load it from there. Your
>>kernel is going to
>>have to be fairly petite to fit...probably less than
>>1.2M or so.
>>
>>
>the kernel is already 1.57M. Are you saying I should
>reconfig the kernel? I recall modularizing most
> to copy your kernel
> to the floppy also, and load it from there. Your
> kernel is going to
> have to be fairly petite to fit...probably less than
> 1.2M or so.
the kernel is already 1.57M. Are you saying I should
reconfig the kernel? I recall modularizing most of the
stuff I wouldn't need unt
maxim wexler wrote:
>>There are 2 distinct problems here:
>>
>>1. Booting from floppyMaxim and I are very close
>>to solving this
>>one...only fixing up the grub.conf file remains.
>>Rebuilding grub is not
>>going to help a bit for this problem.
>>
>>
>
>In grub.conf commented out root(hd
> There are 2 distinct problems here:
>
> 1. Booting from floppyMaxim and I are very close
> to solving this
> one...only fixing up the grub.conf file remains.
> Rebuilding grub is not
> going to help a bit for this problem.
In grub.conf commented out root(hd0,1) line; modified
kernel line
rob3 wrote:
>I still recommend that the problem child, so to speak, can be bypassed
>by simply going to www.gnu.org, and downloading the latest source, and
>compiling it outside of the Gentoo emerge system. Then when Gentoo gets
>its ebuild working, you can always go back, doing a search on grub,
Uwe Klosa wrote:
>Well rob, I think you have to work with your attitude. I have setup several
>systems whithout any problem emerging and setting up grub.
>The problem might be on your side.
>
>Regards
>Uwe
>
>rob3 wrote:
>
>
>>Holly Bostick wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>maxim wexler schreef:
>>>
>>
Well rob, I think you have to work with your attitude. I have setup several
systems whithout any problem emerging and setting up grub.
The problem might be on your side.
Regards
Uwe
rob3 wrote:
> Holly Bostick wrote:
>
>
>>maxim wexler schreef:
>>
>>
>>
Remove the "root (hd0,1)" line. Th
Holly Bostick wrote:
>maxim wexler schreef:
>
>
>>>Remove the "root (hd0,1)" line. That should (I
>>>hope) let you boot
>>>gentoo from the floppy.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Arrrgh! Now when I choose "Gentoo" from the menu:
>>
>>Booting 'Gentoo'
>>kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4
>>
>>Error 15: File not
maxim wexler schreef:
>>Remove the "root (hd0,1)" line. That should (I
>>hope) let you boot
>>gentoo from the floppy.
>
>
>
> Arrrgh! Now when I choose "Gentoo" from the menu:
>
> Booting 'Gentoo'
> kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4
>
> Error 15: File not found
>
> Press any key to continue...
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4
or possibly
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4
which would be more the way I usually do it.
On 6/4/05, maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > Remove the "root (hd0,1)" line. That should (I
> > hope) let you boot
> > gentoo from the fl
maxim wexler wrote:
>>Remove the "root (hd0,1)" line. That should (I
>>hope) let you boot
>>gentoo from the floppy.
>>
>>
>
>
>Arrrgh! Now when I choose "Gentoo" from the menu:
>
>Booting 'Gentoo'
>kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4
>
>Error 15: File not found
>
>Press any key to continue...
>
>
> >
> Remove the "root (hd0,1)" line. That should (I
> hope) let you boot
> gentoo from the floppy.
Arrrgh! Now when I choose "Gentoo" from the menu:
Booting 'Gentoo'
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4
Error 15: File not found
Press any key to continue...
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Struggled once also with a grub problem, and there was a thing that solved
If my grub.conf was like this, :
title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.11-r8 (+fb +splash -agpart +sata)
root (hd0,1)
kernel=/kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r8 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr splash=verbose
initrd=/initrd-gentoo-hi
Richard Fish wrote:
>maxim wexler wrote:
>
>
>
>>>Ah, some progress at last! Seems like there is a
>>>problem in the
>>>grub.conf file, but nothing too serious. Could you
>>>re-post that file?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>default 0
>>timeout 30
>>title=Gentoo
>>root (hd0,1)
>>
>>
>>
>>
maxim wexler wrote:
>>I took a peek at the manual for your MB. You might
>>want to double check
>>the BIOS settings for the hard disk and make sure
>>that LBA/Large mode is
>>set to "Auto".
>>
>>
>
>It *is*. The only other choice is "disabled".
>
>
>
>>Also, what is the CHS reported by the
maxim wexler wrote:
>>Ah, some progress at last! Seems like there is a
>>problem in the
>>grub.conf file, but nothing too serious. Could you
>>re-post that file?
>>
>>
>>
>default 0
>timeout 30
>title=Gentoo
>root (hd0,1)
>
>
Remove the "root (hd0,1)" line. That should (I hope) let you bo
>
> Ah, some progress at last! Seems like there is a
> problem in the
> grub.conf file, but nothing too serious. Could you
> re-post that file?
>
default 0
timeout 30
title=Gentoo
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4
title=WinXP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
> -Richard
> I took a peek at the manual for your MB. You might
> want to double check
> the BIOS settings for the hard disk and make sure
> that LBA/Large mode is
> set to "Auto".
It *is*. The only other choice is "disabled".
>
> Also, what is the CHS reported by the kernel in the
> dmesg output? If i
maxim wexler wrote:
>Oops,
>
>What I was trying to say before I hit the wrong key, I
>paused the boot screen on the non-booting gentoo box
>and took a look at the HD line. It says the LBA mode
>is off. 32 bit mode is off. DMA mode is UDMA6, PIO
>mode is 4
>
>FWIW
>
I took a peek at the manual for
maxim wexler wrote:
>>You should now reboot, and get a boot menu from the
>>floppy disk. If so,
>>
>>
>
>Here's what happens: Grub loading stage2
>
>followed by the menu. Gentoo or WinXp. WinXP boots OK.
>When Gentoo is chosen however, a console opens with
>the words: Booting Gentoo
>
Oops,
What I was trying to say before I hit the wrong key, I
paused the boot screen on the non-booting gentoo box
and took a look at the HD line. It says the LBA mode
is off. 32 bit mode is off. DMA mode is UDMA6, PIO
mode is 4
FWIW
-mw
__
Disc
> You should now reboot, and get a boot menu from the
> floppy disk. If so,
Here's what happens: Grub loading stage2
followed by the menu. Gentoo or WinXp. WinXP boots OK.
When Gentoo is chosen however, a console opens with
the words: Booting Gentoo
root (hd0,1)
then nothi
maxim wexler wrote:
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-legacy-faq.en.html
HTH,
Michael
Thanks for the tip. But before I try this(and this
goes for Richard F's suggestion) how do I safely get
rid of the grub I have? Or do I need to? The emerge -C
flag comes w/ dire warnings, The manual e
maxim wexler wrote:
>http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-legacy-faq.en.html
>
>
>>HTH,
>>
>>Michael
>>
>>
>
>Thanks for the tip. But before I try this(and this
>goes for Richard F's suggestion) how do I safely get
>rid of the grub I have? Or do I need to? The emerge -C
>flag comes w/ dire
>
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-legacy-faq.en.html
>
> HTH,
>
> Michael
Thanks for the tip. But before I try this(and this
goes for Richard F's suggestion) how do I safely get
rid of the grub I have? Or do I need to? The emerge -C
flag comes w/ dire warnings, The manual entry for -c
ment
maxim wexler wrote:
>but #grub
>
>GNU GRUB version 0.94 (640K lower / 3072K upper
>memory)
>
>
>
Well, you could try updating grub. 0.96-r1 is what is current for
stable x86.
I could also send you directly my stage1, e2fs_stage_1_5, and stage2
files. It would allow us to eliminate (or
maxim wexler wrote:
And which OS are you choosing from the menu again,
maxim (assuming you
get to a menu)? Or does this affect all OSes in your
menu?
no choice. After grub-install I get the
Grub loading stage1.5
Grub loading, please wait...
message(white text,black bg). To get back to
Macr
Maxim,
I just had to chroot iinto my system from livecd and I got a similar
error message from Grub (referring to your 3rd post) anyways try this
command it let me use Grub from inside chroot:
mount -o bind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev
I got it from this thread on forums:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewt
maxim wexler schreef:
>>And which OS are you choosing from the menu again,
>>maxim (assuming you
>>get to a menu)? Or does this affect all OSes in your
>>menu?
>
>
> no choice. After grub-install I get the
>
> Grub loading stage1.5
> Grub loading, please wait...
>
> message(white text,black bg
> And which OS are you choosing from the menu again,
> maxim (assuming you
> get to a menu)? Or does this affect all OSes in your
> menu?
no choice. After grub-install I get the
Grub loading stage1.5
Grub loading, please wait...
message(white text,black bg). To get back to
Macroshaft I boot int
>
> Ok, quick comparison to my results...
>
> grub> root (hd0,0)
> Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
>
> grub> setup (hd0)
> Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no
> Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... yes
> Checking if "/grub/stage2" exists... yes
> Checking if "/grub/e
On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:55:39 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote:
> > Yes, it is optional, and worth disabling if you have problems. GRUB
> > will bail out with no error message if you set an incorrect path for
> > splashimage.
> You're right, of course, Neil, but from the original post I believe we
> a
Neil Bothwick schreef:
> On Tue, 31 May 2005 14:51:49 -0700 (PDT), maxim wexler wrote:
>
>
>>Whoa! IIRC splashimage is optional. Can somebody weigh
>>in here?
>
>
> Yes, it is optional, and worth disabling if you have problems. GRUB will
> bail out with no error message if you set an incorrect
On Tue, 31 May 2005 14:51:49 -0700 (PDT), maxim wexler wrote:
> Whoa! IIRC splashimage is optional. Can somebody weigh
> in here?
Yes, it is optional, and worth disabling if you have problems. GRUB will
bail out with no error message if you set an incorrect path for
splashimage.
--
Neil Bothw
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