On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 23:04 +0000, Paul wrote: > Paul Howarth <paul <at> city-fan.org> writes: > > > > > Paul_Malone <at> kywb.uscourts.gov wrote: > > > I installed Fedora Core 3 on /dev/sda2 and the installation seemed to go > > > okay. However, when I tried rebooting into Linux, grub hangs with the > > > message: "Grub loading stage2...". I booted off the installation DVD > > > using "linux rescue" and even though /boot/grub/grub.conf seemed to look > > > okay, I tried > > > # grub-install /dev/sda2 --recheck > > > # dd if=/dev/sda2 of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1 > > > > Try using bootpart (http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm) under Windows to > > generate your bootsect.lnx and see if that works any better. > > > > Paul. > > > > I just tried bootpart and it stops after displaying > Bootsector from C.H. Hochstatter > GRUB > > I also tried upgrading the kernel to 2.6.9-1.678_FC3. Now I get a little more > information when I try booting from a Grub boot floppy: > > Booting 'Fedora Core 2.6.9-1.678_FC3' > root hd0,1 > Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x83 > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.678_FC3 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet > Error 22: No such partition > Press any key > > Any other suggestions? Only other thing I can think of is that your /boot partition is 50GB (and 6500+ cylinders) from the start of the disk and maybe the first stage bootloader can't reach it? If that's the problem (and it may not be - maybe a grub expert could comment?) you'll have a hard time fixing it without reinstalling both Linux and Windows. Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
