hung boot process
Bob Holtzman
holtzm at sonic.net
Fri Feb 15 06:22:47 UTC 2008
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008, Marius Gedminas wrote:
> 15 : File not found
> This error is returned if the specified file name cannot be found,
> but everything else (like the disk/partition info) is OK.
>
> -- http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#Stage2-errors
Thanks. I should have thought of that.
>
> > A search for error 15 yielded:
> >
> > 1. check rootline in grub.config --> locate *grub.config came up blank
> > 2. reinstall grub w/ grub-install --> /boot initially was missing grub.
> > ran /sbin/grub-install and /boot/grub appeared but contained only
> > a device.map file
> > 3. check /boot partition --> fsck -v /dev/sda6 showed it was clean
> > 4. check for /boot/grub/menu.list --> see no. 2 above.
>
> If you can run grub-install, then you can also run update-grub to
> generate a working menu.lst.
I found your post too late. I wiped my ubuntu installation and reinstalled
Karl's way with one big partition, just to see if the various grub content
got generated and it did. Next I ran locate *grub* from the /root
partition and loaded what that generated into the CD/DVD burner app, the
intent being to reinstall with my own custom partitioning and copy the
grub info from the DVD. Unfortunately I keep getting the message "no files
selected, even after edit -> select all. Since I have never played with
burning CDs or DVDs I am wondering if the burner app doesn't like burning
directories which is what all the grub info is in. If I can get this
solved I'll let you know how my idea turned out.
Luckily I have my old workhorse Redhat 7.3 box to use while I'm screwing
around with Ubuntu on the new box.
>
> The installer should have done that for you. I wonder if a separate
> /boot partition didn't confuse it. If you unmount the /boot partition,
> do you end up with an empty directory, or are there any files left that
> were hidden behind?
I saw content in the boot partition prior to mounting it. Different
content afterward.
> > I tried deleting all partitions and reinstalling a couple of times with
> > the same result.
>
> (I tend to stick with one-big-partition. No problems whatsoever.)
Yes, but with a separate /home partition you can do a clean install
without losing your data if you specify not formatting /home.
--
Bob Holtzman
"If you think you're getting free lunch,
......check the price of the beer!"
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