Re: GRUB GRUB GRUB etc

[Chris Synan]

another piece of info, this may shed some light on the situation:

I just installed LILO, and set it up and boot it.

This is what I get now, when i boot:

L 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 etc.....

There is alot more google content regarding this error than the "GRUB
GRUB GRUB" error.  Unfortunately alot of the talk about this error is
way over my head.  But there is one message on google groups that has
"GRUB GRUB GRUB" and "L 02 02 02"... maybe this will help.

Kind of confusing, because this is a pretty modern machine, dont know
why im having so much trouble.

Now that i've installed lilo, I think i will have to uninstall it
(emerge unmerge) before i can try the grub-install.  I will give it a
try tomorrow, i have been fighting with this for many hrs and now very
sleepy.

Thanks for your help and suggestions!

PS If the answer is that I need to chuck this HDD then that's FINE i'm
happy to do it, i just really need to get GNU/linux running on this
box!!

Thanks again,

Chris


On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 06:37, Titus Winters wrote:
> Well, emerge might not be actually setting your computer up to use
> the newly compiled GRUB as your bootloader.  (Possibly, I'm not a
> gentoo user.)  Try running
> 
> # /usr/local/sbin/grub-install /dev/hda
> 
> or
> 
> # /usr/sbin/grub-install /dev/hda 
> 
> (depending on where the script gets installed to.)
> 
> Then cross your fingers, reboot, and give it a shot.
> 
> -Titus
> 
> On (10/02 01:51), Chris Synan wrote:
> > I am booting to the Gentoo 1.4 CD, then chroot 
> > 
> > please keep in mind alot of this stuff is somewhat over my head so if i
> > dont make sense, ask again and i'll do my best to clarify
> > 
> > I am not running grub-install but I can only assume that "emerge" the
> > gentoo package tool IS.  
> > 
> > I have had several people look at my menu.lst and grub.conf and fstab
> > and fdisk etc.etc. and i think we are in agreement that that stuff is ok
> > now.  but still all I get is GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB
> > 
> > I am compiling with emerge, it downloads source and compiles it from an
> > ".ebuild" script, best as i understand it.  I have tried .90 and .92
> > with same results.
> > 
> > Like i said, at first my CFLAGS was "-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe"  first I
> > removed the -O3 and tried again.  Then I also removed the march part
> > leaving only "-pipe"
> > 
> > still none of these options work.. including stripping the machine
> > bare.  also this guy on #gentoo has the same mobo as me so i guess we
> > rule that out.
> > 
> > The ebuild release is .90r7 i beileve, also we have tried .92
> > 
> > thanks!!
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 06:18, Titus Winters wrote:
> > > Uh . . hmm.  Let me ask some silly questions to make sure we are
> > > on the same page.
> > > 
> > > - How are you booting to recompile / reinstall Grub?  
> > > - You are running grub-install after recompiling, right?  (make install 
> > >   doesn't do it)
> > > - What commands are you using to do the recompile?  Any configuration
> > >   options?
> > > - Is there a Portage release for GRUB?  What version is that?
> > > 
> > > -Titus
> > > 
> > > On (10/02 00:08), Chris Synan wrote:
> > > > I am on .90
> > > > 
> > > > I have spent countless hours trying to fix this, i have stumped 100's of
> > > > people on the #gentoo
> > > > 
> > > > Any ideas would be GREATLY appreciated!!
> > > > 
> > > > thanks
> > > > 
> > > > PS i have removed all drives except the IDE and still doesnt work,, i
> > > > have recompiled grub with no CFLAGS except "-pipe".. NOTHING
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 05:09, Titus Winters wrote:
> > > > > What version of Grub did you install?  I've had similar problems with
> > > > > the 0.92 release, but using 0.91 or even 0.90 seemed to clear it up.
> > > > > 
> > > > > -Titus
> > > > > 
> > > > > On (09/25 23:06), Chris Synan wrote:
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I have just installed Gentoo and Grub.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > When I reboot I don't get the "Stage 1.5" message.  Instead all I 
> > > > > > get is
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB 
> > > > > > GRUB
> > > > > > GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB 
> > > > > > GRUB
> > > > > > GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB 
> > > > > > GRUB
> > > > > > GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB ...
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > well, you get the point.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > anyway, I have done alot of digging around on google and IRC and i 
> > > > > > find
> > > > > > hints of the problem?  Some other people have had this problem when 
> > > > > > they
> > > > > > have SCSI RAID and IDE drives on the machine.  That is what I have
> > > > > > also.. but I removed the SCSI card and still get the same error.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I am confident that my menu.lst is set up properly, because I have
> > > > > > installed GRUB on a few other machines and it has worked OK.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Here are some stats of the machine:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > PIII 800 512mb ram
> > > > > > Adaptec AAA 131 SCSI RAID (only supports MS) 2x IBM drives
> > > > > > WD IDE drive (w/ gentoo)
> > > > > > ASUS CUSL2 Mobo
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > on the gentoo drive
> > > > > > /dev/hda1 = boot
> > > > > > /dev/hda2 = swap
> > > > > > /dev/hda3 = root
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > menu.lst:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > root (hd0,0)
> > > > > > kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda3
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > if anyone has seen this or has any idea how to fix, I would love to 
> > > > > > hear
> > > > > > it!! thanks,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > chris
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
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> > > > > > 
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