[ltp] GRUB Geom Error

Jesper Schaumburg-Müller linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 04 Jun 2004 23:05:32 +0200


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Hi.

I think that GRUB and LILO are alternatives as bootloader. You have to
choose either to use GRUB or to use GRUB.
I use GRUB on my R50 Debian installation.
The GRUB behavior is determined by /boot/grub/menu.lst (appended to the
mail).
I don't know if you can use it. You will of course have to edit it
according to your configuration.
Regards Jesper

fre, 2004-06-04 kl. 22:25 skrev Sanne N:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am trying Liniux for the first time, Suse 9.1 personal on my T40 237319G . 
> I installed from the CD using default options (except for changing the 
> keyboard layout). I never touched the IBM hidden partition.
> After the install, when trying to boot, the system hangs with 'GRUB Geom 
> Error'. I tried restoring to factory settings from the Acces IBM menu. It 
> seems to work, but when booting it gives the same result.
> I also tried installing Suse with LILO instead. It fails with:
> 
> Error ocurred while installing  LILO
> Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed
> Added Linux *
> Fatal: Image name, label or alias contains a blank character: 'windows 1'
> 
> and then continues to boot with the same result as previously. So I tried 
> modifying the lilo.conf file during setup. In the lines that goes:
> 
> other = /dev/hda1
> ### Don't change this comment -YaST2 identifier:
> Original name: windows 1###
>   label = windows_1
> 
> other = /dev/hda2
> ###Don't change this comment -YaST2 identifier:
> Original name: windows 2###
> label = windows_2
> 
> I changed 'windows 1' and 'windows_1' to simply 'windows1'. I did nothing to 
> the windows 2 block.
> Now it fails with:
> 
> Error Ocurred while installing LILO
> Added Linux *
> Added windows1
> Added windows_2
> Added Failsafe
> Fatal: open /boot/memtest.bin: No such file or directory
> 
> and gives the GRUB error again on boot. Does anyone know what this is about? 
> Does it look like a problem with the BIOS or the GRUB/LILO conf?
> Any help or suggestion will be much appreciated, as I clearly don't have any 
> idea what I am doing...
> Sanne
> 
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# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
#            grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
#            grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
#            and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.           
default		0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout		15

# Pretty colours
color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line)  and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
#      password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title		Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root		(hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader	+1
#
# title		Linux
# root		(hd0,1)
# kernel	/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default optons below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specifiv kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
# kopt=root=/dev/hda2 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,1)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
##      alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
##      lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##      altoptions=(recovery mode) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
##      howmany=7
# howmany=all

## ## End Default Options ##

##title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.5-1-686 
##root		(hd0,1)
##kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.5-1-686 root=/dev/hda2 ro 
##initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.5-1-686
##savedefault
##boot

##title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.5-1-686 (recovery mode)
##root		(hd0,1)
##kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.5-1-686 root=/dev/hda2 ro single
##initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.5-1-686
##savedefault
##boot

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.25-1-386 
root		(hd0,1)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.25-1-386 root=/dev/hda2 ro 
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.4.25-1-386
savedefault
boot

##title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.25-1-386 (recovery mode)
##root		(hd0,1)
##kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.25-1-386 root=/dev/hda2 ro single
##initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.4.25-1-386
##savedefault
##boot

title		Windows XP
root		(hd0,0)
#makeactive
chainloader	+1


### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

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