GRUB error: out of disk.

[arielby]

I installed a new Debian Squeeze (from a NetInst I found in my house) on my Thinkpad T40, but GRUB failed to install. So I used the NetInst's rescue mode shell to install GRUB via the instructions for LFS. When I booted the Computer, GRUB gave me a nice "error: out of disk." message. I tried to use various online instructions to boot the computer from rescue mode, but GRUB gives me the OOD error message every time I try to access /boot.

My computer has a single partition+swap: /dev/hda1+/dev/hda5 on /dev/hda. Any help?

[devils casper]

Boot up from LiveCD of any Linux distro and post the output of fdisk -l command here.

[Leppie]

at the boot menu press "e" and delete the following line from the menu entry:

if  [ -n \${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi

then press CTRL+x to boot into your install.
open your 10_linux script with a text editor (using root permissions):

# vim /etc/grub.d/10_linux

find the following section and comment out the line you removed at boot like this:

    menuentry "$1" {
    recordfail=1
  # if [ -n \${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi

save the file and exit, then run update-grub:

# update-grub

you should now be able to boot normally.

[devils casper]

GRUB installation has been failed and I think problem is in disk structure only.
if thread starter has installed GRUB Legacy instead of GRUB2 then there wont be any grub.d folder in /etc.

[Leppie]

GRUB installation has been failed and I think problem is in disk structure only.
if thread starter has installed GRUB Legacy instead of GRUB2 then there wont be any grub.d folder in /etc.

AFAIK squeeze should default to grub2, i haven't seen a comment that grub has been downgraded to grub legacy...

[devils casper]

Thread starter has installed GRUB through LFS manual only and I don't think instructions for GRUB2 installation are available there. I might be wrong though.

[Leppie]

Thread started has installed GRUB through LFS manual only and I don't think instructions for GRUB2 installations are available there. I might be wrong though.

i'm sorry, i completely missed the lfs part there... i think i need glasses...