Re: Grub Error 17: won't load after I add a new partition with cfdisk
2005/12/17, All Nicks Are Taken <all.nicks.are.taken@gmail.com>:
> I decided to add a new partition for /var , as it was beginning to fill up
> my root partition. so I added a new one with cfdisk, and then my whole
> partition numbering changed - every partition got incremented by 1. so I
> changed everything needed in fstab, then rebooted, and then grub gave me
> error 17 - I needed to boot up with my Debian CD, delete the new partition
> and then reboot again.
> What do I need to do in order to prevent this? when I was using lilo, I
> just ran `lilo` after making a change to the partition table or kernel, and
> it was ok. I assume there is some parallel action needed to be done in grub,
> but what would it be ?
> thanks in advance.
>
maybe knowing it now is useless...
(i have been a lilo fan for a while, but now I converted to grub)
with grub you do not need to use recover CD, you can enter in the
shell and modify the entry of your favorite kernel by hand specifing
the right device to boot from.
PAolo
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