unknown partition type

[Kam Leo]

On 4/8/06, Dan <grinnz at gmail.com> wrote:
> dpeck wrote:
> > when i try to boot FC5 manually i get a message saying invalid or unknown partition type.  does FC5 simply use a partition type that GRUB cannot recognise?  in this distro has Grub become the GRand "Useless" Bootloader? :-P
> >
> > i wish they would just go back to lilo...it was less complicated...well provided you didn't have to reinstall windows after.
> >
> >
> >
> It's far more likely that you're trying to boot the wrong partition. FC5
> uses ext3 by default, and GRUB has no problem with that filesystem. The
> boot line in your grub.conf suggest it's trying to boot from the first
> partition on the second hard drive. While in the grub prompt, type:
> geometry (hd1)
> to check if this is actually an ext3 partition (or even the right hard
> drive). Check (hd0) and see if you can recognize which is which. If hd0
> is the one you actually want to boot from, then try booting using
> (hd0,0) instead.
> good luck,
> -Dan
>

Try installing GRUB with "force LBA32".