On 10/22/07, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I am experiencing the Grub Error 17. I am trying to boot in /dev/sdc3, > >> and I am running F7. The result of 'fdisk -l' (obtained after having > >> booted in Knoppix) is below. Any ideas? If further information is > >> needed, please ask me for it. > >> > >> Disk /dev/sdc: 120.0 GB, 120033041920 bytes > >> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders > >> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > >> > >> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > >> /dev/sdc1 * 1 3187 25597952 6 FAT16 > >> /dev/sdc2 3188 3200 104422+ 83 Linux > >> /dev/sdc3 3201 14593 91514272+ 8e Linux LVM > > > > I am trying the following, but getting a failure: > > > > grub> root (hd2,1) > > Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 > > > > grub> > > > > grub> setup (hd2,1) > > Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes > > Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes > > Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes > > Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd2,1)"... failed (this is not fatal) > > Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd2,1)"... failed (this is not fatal) > > Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd2,1) /boot/grub/stage2 p /boot/grub/menu > > .lst "... succeeded > > Done. > > > > grub> > > grub> setup (hd2,2) > > Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes > > Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes > > Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes > > Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd2,2)"... failed (this is not fatal) > > Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd2,1)"... failed (this is not fatal) > > Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd2,2) /boot/grub/stage2 p /boot/grub/menu > > .lst "... succeeded > > Done. > > > > grub> > > > > Paul > > > Paul, > What exactly are you trying to do? Because what you are doing does > not make much sense. You are installing Grub stage 1 in the boot > record of the second and third partition of the third hard drive. Thanks, Mikkel. I am so frustrated with this that I may be doing things without sense. But let me try to be clearer: I am trying to boot in the F7 partition, which is in /dev/sdc2 and /dev/sdc3 (it is lvm). What precisely should I do in order to be successful with booting in it? Paul
