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timop
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 Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2002 7:51 am Post subject: should /boot be ext2 |
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I have two harddrives in hda XP and hdb gentoo, and in hdb there is:
hda1 xp fat32
hdb1 /boot ext3
hdb2 swap
hdb3 / ext3
When trying configure grub I get error message :
#grub
grub> root (hd1,0)
filesystem type unknown partition type 0x6
grub> setup (hd1)
error 17: cannot mount selected partition
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menu.lst:
default 0
timeout 15
splashimage=(hd1,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title=Gentoo
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hdb3
title=XP
root (hd0,0)
chainloader +1 |
when booting after these two fails i get only GRUB_ and freeze.
So should hdb1 /boot be ext2 ? |
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therobot
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Location: Canada
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| Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2002 7:56 am Post subject: |
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| I use XFS for my boot partition, I also previously used ext3. |
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neeyo
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| Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2002 8:47 am Post subject: |
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If you used XP's disk manager or DOS fdisk to create your partitions, well ... they won't work. Use the fdisk on the boot cd to redo your partitions.
I use xfs for /, and ext3 for /boot. |
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CoronaLover
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Joined: 20 Jun 2002
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Location: Rosh-ha'ayin, Israel
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| Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2002 9:00 am Post subject: |
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| ext3 for /boot should work, I use it all the time. |
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needlern1
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Location: Marietta, Ga 30068
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| Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2002 9:21 am Post subject: |
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From a google search:
'Filesystem type is fat, partition type 0x6'
It appears that you did format using m$ fdisk or the xp's disk manager. You'll have to format using a linux fdisk as neeyo suggested above. |
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timop
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| Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2002 9:42 am Post subject: |
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| needlern1 wrote: |
It appears that you did format using m$ fdisk or the xp's disk manager. You'll have to format using a linux fdisk as neeyo suggested above. |
well i did partitions with XPs disk manager, but I didn't format with XP diskmanager. |
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Chris W
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Joined: 25 Jun 2002
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
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| Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2002 11:31 am Post subject: |
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Boot from your Gentoo CDROM and then something like:
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# fdisk /dev/hdb
Command (m for help): p
/dev/hdb1 1 7 56196 6 FAT16
/dev/hdb2 8 138 1052257 6 FAT16
/dev/hdb3 139 3649 28202107 6 FAT16
Command (m for help): t
Partition number (1-3): 1
Hex code (type L to list codes): 83
Command (m for help): t
Partition number (1-3): 2
Hex code (type L to list codes): 82
Command (m for help): t
Partition number (1-3): 3
Hex code (type L to list codes): 83
Command (m for help): p
/dev/hdb1 1 7 56196 83 Linux
/dev/hdb2 8 138 1052257 82 Linux swap
/dev/hdb3 139 3649 28202107 83 Linux
Command (m for help): w
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should straighten out the partition types without data loss or a complete reinstall.
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Chris W
"Common sense: The collection of prejudices acquired by age 18." -- Einstein |
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timop
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| Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2002 5:13 am Post subject: |
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many thans Chris W !!
problem was in partitions and when running fdisk, linux partitions really was FAT16 I did convert like you told. Now it works ! |
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