major grub problem

**budman7** · 03-25-2005

I just installed Yoper. And I did not install a bootloader, I was just going to add Yoper to the menu.lst file in SUSE.

But, after installing Yoper and rebooting, all I get is a GRUB> prompt. When I type [codefind /boot/grub/stage1][/code]
I get Error 15, file not found.
This is my menu.lst file

Code:

gfxmenu &#40;hd0,3&#41;/boot/message
title slackware10.1
 kernel &#40;hd0,5&#41;/boot/vmlinuz-ide-2.4.29 ro  root=/dev/hda6

title Sourcemage
 kernel &#40;hd0,4&#41;/boot/vmlinubz-2.6.11.2 root=/dev/hda5

title Sourcemage 2.6.8.1
 kernel &#40;hd0,4&#41;/boot/vmlinubz-2.6.8.1 root=/dev/hda5

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier&#58; Original name&#58; linux###
title SUSE LINUX 9.2
    kernel &#40;hd0,3&#41;/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4 vga=0x31a selinux=0 splash=silent resume=/
dev/hda3 desktop elevator=as showopts
    initrd &#40;hd0,3&#41;/boot/initrd

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier&#58; Original name&#58; windows###
title Windows
    root &#40;hd0,0&#41;
    chainloader +1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier&#58; Original name&#58; floppy###
title Floppy
    root &#40;fd0&#41;
    chainloader +1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier&#58; Original name&#58; failsafe###
title Failsafe -- SUSE LINUX 9.2
    kernel &#40;hd0,3&#41;/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4 showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off vga=no
rmal noresume selinux=0 barrier=off nosmp noapic maxcpus=0  3
&#58;

And everything is right. All of the partitions are where they are supposed to be.

Your help is appreciated.

***Dapper Dan*** · 03-25-2005

I would use the SuSE CD 1 as a rescue to re-install grub to the MBR, pointing to your SuSE /boot/grub/menu.lst.

**budman7** · 03-25-2005

Using the "rescue" option on the dvd, I could not figure it out. So, I was going to update SUSE and see if it would repair GRUB that way. But when I looked at the options that were there, one of the options was to boot an installed system. And that worked great.

**budman7** · 03-25-2005

Well, it worked great to get me into the system, but still no joy when I reboot

So I used the repair option to repair the bootloader. But, still no joy

I did see an optiion to activate the bootloader partition, so I did that. I go now to see if it worked.

**budman7** · 03-25-2005

no joy

**budman7** · 03-25-2005

I tried using the SUSE dvd to repair GRUB. The SUSE dvd said it successfuly repaired the MBR. So, I rebooted. Result=GRUB>.

So, I came to the conclusion that GRUB was hopelessly damaged beyond repair. So, I used my Win98 boot disk and did fdisk /mbr. Removing GRUB.

Then I went back to the SUSE dvd, and repaired GRUB again. And again I was told that the MBR was successfully repaired. Reboot, result=GRUB>.

I am out of ideas, short of reinstalling SUSE.

Your help is appreciated.

**Flatline** · 03-25-2005

When you have the grub prompt, will it boot if you enter

Code:

kernel &#40;hd0,3&#41;/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4

?

**budman7** · 03-25-2005

I get error 1, Filename must be either an absolute filename or blocklist.

The syntax is correct though. I had it written down.

I was reading Nerderello's GRUB tut and he says there is a way to reinstall GRUB from within Linux. I am going to try that.

**Flatline** · 03-25-2005

Sorry; try it without the root= part.

**budman7** · 03-25-2005

If I try

Code:

kernel &#40;hd0,3&#41;  /boot/vmlinuz

I get error 1

If I try

Code:

kernel &#40;hd0,3&#41;/boot/vmlinuz

I get error 18 Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS
Which is really confusing

If I try in a console

Code:

grub-install /dev/hda

When I reboot i get error 18, but no GRUB prompt, it just hangs.

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