Fail to boot after installation

[satimis]

Hi folks,


86-64 2007-08-02 core ISO


Installation went through w/o problem. After finish on reboot it hangs on "GRUB". The bootloader seems missing.


# fdisk -l

/dev/sda1  *  Linux   (/boot)
/dev/sda2      Linux   ( / )
/dev/sda3      Linux   (/var)
/dev/sda4      Extended
/dev/sda5      Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6      Linux  (/home)

# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
# ls /mnt

Systam.map26   grub         kernel26-fallback.img    lost+found
diag1.img          kconfig26  kernel26.img                vmlinuxz26

# cat /mnt/grub/menu.lst

timeout  5
default   0
color   light-blue/black   light-cyan/blue


# (0) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux
root  (hd0,0)
kernel   /vmlinuz26   root=/dev/sda2   ro
initrd   /kernel26.img

# (1) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux Fallback
root  (hd0,0)
kernel   /vmlinuz26   root=/dev/sda2   ro
initrd   /kernel26-fallback.img

Please advise where shall I check and how to fix the problem. TIA


B.R.
satimis

[devils casper]

Type full path of /boot in grub.conf file.

title  Arch Linux
root  (hd0,0)
kernel  (hd0,0)/vmlinuz26   root=/dev/sda2   ro
initrd   (hd0,0)/kernel26.img

[satimis]

Type full path of /boot in grub.conf file.

title  Arch Linux
root  (hd0,0)
kernel  (hd0,0)/vmlinuz26   root=/dev/sda2   ro
initrd   (hd0,0)/kernel26.img

Thanks for your advice.


Tried your suggestion but still failed, hanging on GRUB

I'm prepared to re-run grub but forget how to "chroot" /dev/sda1, the boot partition. Can you shed me some light? TIA


B.R.
satimis

[devils casper]

I think I am forgetting something. Have you tried /boot along with (hd0,0) in kernel and initrd lines.?

kernel  (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz26   root=/dev/sda2   ro
initrd   (hd0,0)/boot/kernel26.img

[satimis]

I think I am forgetting something. Have you tried /boot along with (hd0,0) in kernel and initrd lines.?

kernel  (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz26   root=/dev/sda2   ro
initrd   (hd0,0)/boot/kernel26.img

Just tried your suggestion. But still failed.


Tried follows after booting up the pc with the installer CD

# grub-install --recheck /dev/sda1
Could not find kernel image


# vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2

.....
.....
List of all partitions:
No filesystem could mount root, tried:
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)

Would it be something else?


satimis

[satimis]

Hi devils_casper,


Problem solved as follows;


Booting up the PC with the installer CD by pressing [Enter]


# fcsk /dev/sda2

# grub
grub> root (hd0,0)

Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists ..... no
Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists ... yes
Checking if "/grub/stage2" exists ... yes
Checking if "/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists ... yes
Running "embed /grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)" ... 23 sectors are embedded.
Succeeded
Running "install /grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+23 p (hd0,0)/grub/stage2 /grub/menu.lst" ... succeeded
Done

grub> kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda2

[Linux-bzImage, setup=0x1c00, size=0x1ca588]

grub> boot
[Arch Linux: /]# reboot


It boots to;
moyhost login: root
[root@myhost ~]#

It is OK now.


B.R.
satimis

[devils casper]

Well Done !