Re: Experiencing the Grub Error 17

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On 10/23/07, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > However, I still get the grub prompt when booting. This is a bit
> > annoying, as, in order to have it completing the boot, I have to run
> > the command
> >
> > configfile (hd0)/grub/grub.conf.
>
> I've never encountered that.  What's in your /boot/grub?
>
> [tim@bigblack ~]$ ll /boot/grub/
> total 226
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root     63 2007-06-22 16:12 device.map
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7616 2007-06-22 16:12 e2fs_stage1_5
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7456 2007-06-22 16:12 fat_stage1_5
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6720 2007-06-22 16:12 ffs_stage1_5
> -rw------- 1 root root   1969 2007-10-19 12:45 grub.conf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6720 2007-06-22 16:12 iso9660_stage1_5
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8192 2007-06-22 16:12 jfs_stage1_5
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     11 2007-06-22 16:12 menu.lst -> ./grub.conf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6880 2007-06-22 16:12 minix_stage1_5
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   9248 2007-06-22 16:12 reiserfs_stage1_5
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  22647 2007-04-23 13:59 splash.xpm.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    512 2007-06-22 16:12 stage1
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 104924 2007-08-05 14:46 stage2
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7040 2007-06-22 16:12 ufs2_stage1_5
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6272 2007-06-22 16:12 vstafs_stage1_5
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8864 2007-06-22 16:12 xfs_stage1_5
>
> GRUB actually uses a configuration file called menu.lst, the grub.conf
> file that we're used to playing with is a symlink to it.  Perhaps you
> don't have the link?

Thanks, Tim. In my case,

#  ll /boot/grub/
total 208
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     60 2007-10-22 22:26 device.map
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     60 2007-10-22 22:26 device.map.backup
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7616 2007-10-23 01:16 e2fs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7456 2007-10-23 01:16 fat_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6720 2007-10-23 01:16 ffs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6720 2007-10-23 01:16 iso9660_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8192 2007-10-23 01:16 jfs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6880 2007-10-23 01:16 minix_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   9248 2007-10-23 01:16 reiserfs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    512 2007-10-23 01:16 stage1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 104924 2007-10-23 01:16 stage2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7040 2007-10-23 01:16 ufs2_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6272 2007-10-23 01:16 vstafs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8864 2007-10-23 01:16 xfs_stage1_5
#

There is *no* menu.lst. However, menu.lst is in
/dev/sda2/boot/grub/grub.conf. My /etc/fstab is:

# more /etc/fstab
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext3    defaults        1 2
devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
#/dev/hdb5               swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
#/dev/hdb6 /mnt/mandriva ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/sdd2 /mnt/montado ext3 defaults 0 0
#/dev/sda1 /mnt/windows vfat
umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,uid=500,codepage=850,gid=500,umask=007 0 0
#LABEL=MYPEN /media/disco vfat noauto,user 0 0
/dev/dvd /mnt/dvd udf,iso9660
defaults,iocharset=iso8859-1,noauto,user,exec,ro 0 0
/dev/sdc1 /mnt/montaria ext3 defaults 0 0
# dir -l  /etc/grub.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2007-10-21 10:56 /etc/grub.conf ->
../boot/grub/grub.conf
#

Any ideas?

Paul


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