FC3 boot problem

[Jonathan Berry]

Hi Mustafa,

On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 23:47:18 +0200, Mustafa Orkun
<moblinux at myrealbox.com> wrote:
> hi again.i've booted with the rescue cd.typed grub:
> 
> grub> root (hd0,1)
>   Filesystem type is ext2fs, Partition type 0x83
> grub> setup (hd0)
>   Checking if " /boot/grub stage1" exists...yes
>   Checking if " /boot/grub stage2" exists...yes
>   Checking if " /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists...yes
>   Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"...16 sectors are embedded
> Succeeded
> Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+16 p(hd0,1)/boot/grub/stage2
> Done.
> ----------------------------------------------
> 
> then booted again and saw again:
> 
> GRUB Loading stage1.5
> 
> GRUB loading,please wait...
> ----------------------------------------------
> there is no image and the booting halts.i've booted with the XP cd again
> and there is only windows for now :(
> Mustafa Orkun yazmış:
> 

This is really kind of baffling.  Perhaps you should try installing
grub like this:
      grub> root (hd0,1)
      grub> install /boot/grub/stage1 d (hd0) /boot/grub/stage2 p
/boot/grub/menu.lst

These are slightly modified from:
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-legacy-faq.en.html#q11
only in that you do not have a seperate /boot/ partition.  I'm
thinking you do not need stage1.5, but I could be wrong about that. 
Worth a try, though.

Also, you might look at making a grub floppy at (of course, only if
you do have a floppy drive):
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-legacy-faq.en.html#q11

You could boot to the rescue CD to create the floppy, then boot off
the floppy to boot to FC3.  Maybe then you could have some more
choices as to how to correct this problem.  Does your drive seem
healthy?  Seems like you can boot Windows fine, but that is the only
other thing I can think of, unless stage1.5 is indeed giving you
trouble.

Also check some of the other FAQs on the GRUB page.  One thing it
talked about making sure your /boot/grub/device.map was correct.  Some
more info about your hardware (partitions: output of "fdisk -l") would
be really helpful.

Jonathan