Re: GRUB loader error message
Here is the fdisk -l output from today. If this is of
any help. There was no physical drive swapping, all I
did was set the BIOS to look at hdb first, before hda.
It WAS looking at hda first before.
Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id
System
/dev/hda1 * 1 2433 19543041 7
HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 2434 4865 19535040 f
W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 2434 3197 6136798+ 83
Linux
/dev/hda6 3198 3337 1124518+ 82
Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda7 3338 4865 12273628+ 83
Linux
Disk /dev/hdb: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7476 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id
System
/dev/hdb1 * 1 3188 25607578+ c
W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hdb2 3189 7298 33013575 83
Linux
/dev/hdb3 7299 7476 1429785 5
Extended
/dev/hdb5 7299 7476 1429753+ 82
Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/hdd: 30.0 GB, 30020272128 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3649 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id
System
/dev/hdd1 1 3649 29310561 83
Linux
--- Roby <ElectricalSciences@Adelphia.net> wrote:
> Jeremy Merritt wrote:
>
> > I was having trouble getting the grub loader to
> work
> > on my machine after having to re-install Windoze
> XP.
> > Finally I got the grub menu to come up but Debian
> will
> > not load properly.
> >
> > /dev/hdb2 is the location of /root/grub
> >
> > The commands for loading Debian are listed as
> follows:
> >
> > ****
> > root (hd1,1)
> > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-686 root=/dev/hdb2
> ro
> > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-2-686
> > savedefault
> > boot
> > ****
> >
> > The output from this series of commands is:
> >
> > ****
> > root (hd1,1)
> > Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xf
> > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-686 root=/dev/hdb2
> ro
> >
> > Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition
> > ****
> >
> > I did notice that there is no grub.conf in the
> > /root/grub folder.
> >
> > (Note: Windows XP will load off the grub menu,
> > although it gives some errors also.)
> >
> > What is going on here? Any help is appreciated.
>
> Assuming that this still true:
> =========================================
> Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 2433 19543041 7 HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/hda2 2434 4865 19535040 5 Extended <<<<------
> /dev/hda5 2434 3197 6136798+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hda6 3198 3337 1124518+ 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda7 3338 4865 12273628+ 83 Linux
>
> Disk /dev/hdb: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7476 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hdb1 1 3188 25607578+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
> /dev/hdb2 * 3189 7298 33013575 83 Linux <<<<<------
> /dev/hdb3 7299 7476 1429785 5 Extended
> /dev/hdb5 7299 7476 1429753+ 82 Linux swap
> =============================================
>
> ... then I'd *guess* that you swapped roles of the
> two disks
> so that hdb2 is now the extended partition (type
> 0x0f) on the
> 40 gB drive. As grub said, you can't mount an
> extended partition,
> but you CAN mount logical partitions within an
> extended.
>
> Did you swap the positions of the drives on the
> cable (with cable select
> active) or change drive jumpers defining
> master/slave?
>
>
>
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