Grub issues

okiipapasan · posted: 2010-02-26 22:19

I downloaded one of the 8.5 full iso's, not sure which but I think this one:

========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://www.mepisimo.com/antix/Test-releases/antiX-M8.5/antiX-M8.5-rc3.iso"
linktext was:"http://www.mepisimo.com/antix/Test-rele ... .5-rc3.iso"
====================================
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Booted fine off the Live CD, install ran fine, but when I went to boot it couldn't find my HDD. Installed BrowserLinux because I gave my 8.2 iso away, went to boot, same issue. Used the dd command to wipe the MBR, tried to install 8.5 again from the live CD. Same result. Tried to install BrowserLinux into a separate partition and let it reinstall grub so I could just edit the menu.lst afterwards. No luck. Wiped the MBR, repartitioned the HDD to a 2GB swap (sda1 in BL, HDC1 in antix, 5GB primary BL (sda2, hdc2), 5GB primary antix (sda3, hdc3) 7+GB extended housing sda5,hdc5 /Home partition. Installed BL and grub fine, installed antix and grub to hdc3, edited BL menu.lst to chainload into antix's grub. Antix'x grub screen loads, I select Antix, but still nada. I forgot to write the error message, lol. So I will be back momentarily with that also.

EDIT: Here it is:
pnp 00:0b: can't evaluate _crs: 12298

Then it goes to the loading , please wait message but just hangs there.

Any help would be appreciated.

rokytnji · posted: 2010-02-27 00:05

okiipapasan, just got back from surgery. So give me a couple of days and I will post my multigrub/boot/fdisk -l with AntiX 8.5, Puppy, Windows, and I forgot whatelse is on that Laptop for now and maybe you can glean from what I will post How I ended up with everything booting up ok from Mepis/AntiX grub. Just give me some time to rest this eye a bit first.

okiipapasan · posted: 2010-02-27 00:31

No hurry, rokytnji (how the devil do you pronounce that, by the way? __{{emoticon}}__ )

Thanks for taking the time to respond. Rest well and feel better.

rokytnji · posted: 2010-02-27 14:43

row-kit-knee

okiipapasan · posted: 2010-02-27 16:52

Heh, I was way off. I was reading it like"rocket ningee"

Like a two foot tall ninja with a thruster strapped to his back, lol.

Thanks for the help again.

rokytnji · posted: 2010-02-27 18:05

Ok. Here below I am going to upload a text file that contains what is going on with my IBM T23 laptop

Edit: some how I managed not to upload the text file for the IBM. AHA. The sxtenstion .txt is not allowed. .doc is not allowed either, huh?

Shoot. I am going to boot up my IBM A22 which only has Puppy and AntiX 8.5 on it.

rokytnji · posted: 2010-02-27 19:21

Since I don't know how to use the upload feature __{{emoticon}}__

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timeout 10
color cyan/blue white/blue
foreground ffffff
background 0639a1

gfxmenu /boot/grub/message

title antiX at hda1, kernel 2.6.32-1-mepis-smp
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-1-mepis-smp root=/dev/hda1 nomce quiet nosplash vga=791 
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-1-mepis-smp
boot

title Biker says dammit boot Puppy Dingo 4 on /dev/hda5
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=82556d61-ef58-4a0e-9a8d-0aedfa59ed29 ro
# kopt_2_6=root=UUID=82556d61-ef58-4a0e-9a8d-0aedfa59ed29 ro nosplash quiet

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,0)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
##      alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
##      lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
##      lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##      altoptions=(single-user) single
# altoptions=(init-3) 3

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
##      howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
##      memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title        antiX-M8.5, kernel 2.6.32-1-mepis-smp
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-1-mepis-smp root=UUID=82556d61-ef58-4a0e-9a8d-0aedfa59ed29 ro nosplash quiet 
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-1-mepis-smp

title        antiX-M8.5, kernel 2.6.32-1-mepis-smp (init-3)
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-1-mepis-smp root=UUID=82556d61-ef58-4a0e-9a8d-0aedfa59ed29 ro nosplash quiet 3
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-1-mepis-smp

title        antiX-M8.5, kernel memtest86+
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/memtest86+.bin

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 20.0 GB, 20003880960 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2432 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf048567a

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1         660     5301418+  83  Linux
/dev/hda2            2341        2432      738990   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda3             661        1329     5373742+   5  Extended
/dev/hda4            1330        2340     8120857+  83  Linux
/dev/hda5             661        1329     5373711   83  Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order

rokytnji · posted: 2010-02-27 19:25

On Mine. hda4 is /home for AntiX. hda1 is / (root) for AntiX. hda5 is a full install of Puppy Dingo 4. This Laptop is just a AntiX and Puppy Linux Dual booter.

rokytnji · posted: 2010-02-27 19:37

Don't know if this will help with the pnp error

========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php/Cheatcodes"
linktext was:"http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php/Cheatcodes"
====================================

okiipapasan · posted: 2010-02-28 20:00

Here is the message I get if I leave it alone during the"Loading, please wait" message

Gave up waiting for root device.
-Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
-check root delay= (did the system wait long enough?)
-check root= (did the system wait for the right device?)
-Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev)
ALERT! /dev/hdc3 does not exist. Dropping to a shell.

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2010-02-28 20:36

posting your menu.lst and the output of fdisk -l (that's a lower case L) might be beneficial.

eriefisher · posted: 2010-02-28 21:42

You could try"root=uuid-XXXXXXXXXX......." just to make sure your pointing in the correct direction.

okiipapasan · posted: 2010-03-01 07:33

fdisk -l

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Disk /dev/hdc: 20.4 GB, 20416757760 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2482 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000aaa33

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdc1               1         262     2104483+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hdc2             263         917     5261287+  83  Linux
/dev/hdc3             918        1572     5261287+  83  Linux
/dev/hdc4            1573        2482     7309575    5  Extended
/dev/hdc5            1573        2482     7309543+  83  Linux

and

menu.lst

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timeout 15
color cyan/blue white/blue
foreground ffffff
background 0639a1

gfxmenu /boot/grub/message

title antiX at hdc3, kernel 2.6.32-1-mepis-smp
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-1-mepis-smp root=/dev/hdc3 nomce quiet nosplash vga=normal resume=/dev/hdc1
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-1-mepis-smp
boot

title 
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdc2

title MEMTEST
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin

okiipapasan · posted: 2010-03-01 07:51

eriefisher wrote:You could try"root=uuid-XXXXXXXXXX......." just to make sure your pointing in the correct direction.

Would I need to change this in my fstab along with my menu.lst?

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2010-03-01 13:45

I may be wrong, but I think hdc3 would be (hd2,2).