error2: bad file or directory type

[Runn3r.cze]

i have installed kubuntu 7.04 and windows xp on my comp. and i want to try debian, so i get debian dvd and installed it on hdb2. the installation was ok, but i restarted my computer grub gave me only this error message:

error2: bad file or directory type

i even couldn't choose what system i want to mount...

so i booted system rescue cd and renewed the grub settings from kubuntu and add there the path to debian. now i can normally boot to kubuntu or windows, but when i want to boot debian, i still get the same error.

what is the problem? could it be caused by the second hard drive/partition???

[devils casper]

Post the output of 'sudo fdisk -l' command and contents of /boot/grub/device.map file.

[Runn3r.cze]

sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1        2420    19438618+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2            2551        4865    18595237+  83  Linux
/dev/hda3            2421        2550     1044225   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/hdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdb1   *           1       12749   102406311    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hdb2           12750       19457    53882010   83  Linux

/boot/grub/device.map

(hd0)	/dev/hda
(hd1)	/dev/hdb

the debian entry in /boot/grub/menu.lst is

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-4-486
root		(hd1,1)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-486 root=/dev/hdb2 ro 
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-486
savedefault

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-4-486 (single-user mode)
root		(hd1,1)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-486 root=/dev/hdb2 ro single
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-486

i coppied it from /boot/gurb/menu.lst file generated by debian during installation...

[devils casper]

Remove /boot from kernel and initrd lines.

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-4-486
root		(hd1,1)
kernel		/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-486 root=/dev/hdb2 ro 
initrd		/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-486

savedefault

[Runn3r.cze]

Remove /boot from kernel and initrd lines.

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-4-486
root		(hd1,1)
kernel		/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-486 root=/dev/hdb2 ro 
initrd		/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-486

savedefault

it doesn't help... when i do it, i get another error

error 15: file not found

i can't remove /boot from it, because the files are stored in /boot direcotry

[devils casper]

Check the contents of Debian's /boot folder. Does it have vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-486 file?

[Runn3r.cze]

yes, i've already checked it and the files are there...

[devils casper]

error2: bad file or directory type

GRUB throws this error in two cases only.
File doesn't exist OR If its a symlink instead of actual file.

Check the output of ls -l command. vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-486 should be a actual file not a symlink.

[Runn3r.cze]

this is the outpup of ls -l in debian /boot directory

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   71818 2007-03-26 18:32 config-2.6.18-4-486
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    4096 2007-07-26 21:24 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4346213 2007-07-26 21:01 initrd.img-2.6.18-4-486
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  716728 2007-03-27 00:39 System.map-2.6.18-4-486
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1220128 2007-03-27 00:39 vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-486

it looks same as in ubuntu where it works good