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Sho
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 Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2002 1:35 pm Post subject: Grub problem (root = reiserfs; setup => "Error 17&qu |
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Hi,
I'm in the middle of installing Gentoo 1.4 RC1 using the great installation guide. Unfortunately, I can't get grub to work. I am supposed to do:
| Quote: | grub> root (hd0,0)
grub> setup (hd0)
grub> quit |
Since I partitioned according to the guide's recommendations (I'm pretty new to linux, no unneccessary risks  ), "hd0,0" and "hd0" should be correct. But I used reiserfs on the boot partition (and mounted it with the "notail" option), because I was unable to mount ext2/ext3 filesystems (error message: "to many filesystems mounted").
After doing "root (hd0,0)", grub says: "Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x83"
And "setup (hd0)": "Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition"
Any suggestions? After solving the crazy problem with procps during emerge system, I really hope this is going to be the last major quirk. 
Thanks guys. |
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RageX
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| Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2002 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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I am having the exact same problem.
*edit* I just tried to umount /boot and got the error:
| Code: | | umount: /boot: device is busy |
was going to try to umount boot and mount it again to make sure the -o notail took hold properly. but I was also having the problem when setting hda1 as ext2 or 3. |
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RageX
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| Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2002 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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shazbot, now using the mount command shows no partitions mounted.
er, either i've missed something the last 6 times i've tried to install this (which is more than likely) or something is seriously wrong... or both. |
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Sho
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| Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2002 12:11 am Post subject: |
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Ok, this thread mentions the same problem. I rebooted and restarted the installation using EXT3. 
Please modify the installation guide until the problem with grub is fixed! |
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