Re: "grub" command works, but GRUB boot loader hangs

[Wilhelm Wienemann]

Hello Ben!

On Sun, 05 Aug 2001, Ben Liblit wrote:

> Wilhelm Wienemann wrote:
> > > Now things start to fall apart.
> > 
> > Maybe you have to make a link in /boot like the description in
> > FAQ 11 (cd /boot && ln -s . boot).
> 
> I don't think FAQ 11 is relevent.  That FAQ concerns having distinct "/"
> and "/boot" partitions, which I do not have.  Furthermore, the problems
> I am seeing concern basic detection of drives and partitions.  The
> situation addressed by FAQ 11 would not come up until later, when GRUB
> is looking for specific files in a selected partition.  I cannot even
> select a partition at all.  

Maybe you can give us an output of linux 'fdisk -l' and furthermore
a listing of your '/boot/grub/menu.lst'.

> My drives are clearly being misdetected, and a command like "root (hd0,0)" 
> simply hangs the machine outright.

How did you map the harddisks in GRUBs menu.lst?

                WDC AC22100H ATA hard drive
                        channel: secondary
                        role: master
                        Linux device: /dev/hdc
                                      ^^^^^^^^
                        GRUB drive: 0x80 (hd0)
                                    ^^^^
                        geometry: 4092/16/63 (C/H/S)
                        primary partition:
                        Linux device: /dev/hdc
                                      ^^^^^^^^
                        GRUB drive: (hd0,0)
                        filesystem: ReiserFS (0x83)
                                              ^^^^ 
Is the whole disk one partition?
If so, where is the swap partition?

bye - Wilhelm

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