Re: FW: Bit of an emergency!!

very cool. after changing (hd0,1) to (hd0,0)
it started to boot, but failed, tried again and changed hda2 to hda1
now it works, thanks all, i should avoud big updates when i have big
projects on the comp

On 12/20/06, Damien Hull <dhull@digitaloverload.net> wrote:
>
> When you boot the system go into the grub menu.
>
> 1. Read the instructions on the screen
> 2. edit your grub settings
> 3. change (hd0,1) to (hd0,0)
>
> Hope that helps.
>
>
> Blake Eggemeyer wrote:
> > i reinstalled grub from live cd, but nothing has changed, as soon a i
> find a
> > set of instructions for chroot onlline, ill try it
> >
> > On 12/20/06, Blake Eggemeyer <i.linwin@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> i checked fstab, hba1 is root, and hda2 is swap, iml trying the live cd
> to
> >> fix grub solution
> >>
> >> On 12/19/06, James Zuelow < James_Zuelow@ci.juneau.ak.us> wrote:
> >>
> >>> James Zuelow wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Blake Eggemeyer wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> think its 0x82, just typed the error up fast
> >>>>>
> >>>> =20
> >>>> You mounted your HDD and retrieved your data, so you didn't
> >>>> accidentally reformat your partition to be swap. That's good.=20
> >>>> =20
> >>>> Is your / partition really on /dev/hda2?
> >>>> =20
> >>>> IIRC the default partition for the Debian (and Ubuntu) installer is
> >>>> to use /dev/hda1 for / and /dev/hda2 for swap.=20
> >>>> =20
> >>>> That would be consistent with the error you're seeing. It doesn't
> >>>> explain why both the grub root entry and the kernel root=3D entry =
> >>>>
> >>> would
> >>>
> >>>> both have been changed though. If they're wrong, mount the drive,
> >>>> change the entries, chroot to it and run update-grub. =20
> >>>> =20
> >>>> Also if you mount the drive again, what does /etc/fstab say? You're
> >>>> getting a grub error so this is an outside chance, but if /etc/fstab
> >>>> is wrong (say it says /etc/sda2 instead of /etc/hda2) you can still
> >>>> boot*, but you will build unbootable initrd images. Maybe the kernel
> >>>> install took a peek at /etc/fstab as well. =20
> >>>> =20
> >>>> James Zuelow....................CBJ MIS (907)586-0236
> >>>> Network Specialist...Registered Linux User No. 186591
> >>>> =20
> >>>> *try it, it's fun! Just remember to change it back again.
> >>>>
> >>> Yah, I did the same thing - didn't hit reply to all.
> >>>
> >>> James Zuelow....................CBJ MIS (907)586-0236
> >>> Network Specialist...Registered Linux User No. 186591
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