Frantisek Hanzlik wrote: > Timothy Murphy wrote: >> Can grub boot from a logical partition? >> >> It seems from my reading that it cannot. >> >> But I found that I could in fact boot from /dev/sda5 >> if I used grub interactively, starting with >> root (hd0,4) >> then using tab to look for kernel and initrd >> and finally booting. >> >> However, if I put exactly the same commands in grub.conf >> the boot failed, with "File not found ...". >> >> (Nb I am not using LVM, sda5 is a logical partition >> within the extended partition sda4.) >> >> Can some guru explain this to me please. > > I'm using legacy grub1 for booting from logical partitions (ext2/ext3 > and now ext4) routinely long since early Fedora (maybe Redhat 7.x/8/9) > versions, already without problems. > > But just now on F13 i686 I run across other, maybe similar problem: > I install it on /dev/sda8 (sda is 200GB SATA drive, DOS type partition > table, grub installed in MBR), installation passed OK. But when booting, > grub not print any error, but display stage2 message: > > GNU GRUB version 0.97 (639K lower / 1047488K upper memory) > > [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB > lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible > completions of a device/filename. > > > It seems to me as if it could not find configfile. But, when I type > "root (hd0,7)" and "configfile /boot/grub/grub.conf" (or "configfile > /boot/grub/menu.lst"), then normally appears f13 grub splash screen with > menu items and after selecting one grub correctly boot it. > > - reinstalling grub ( "root (hd0,7)" and then "setup [--force-lba] > (hd0)" does not help. > > - when I restore grub for Fedora 12, which is installed on /dev/sda7 (in > same manner: "root (hd0,7)" and then "setup (hd0)" ), then grub works fine. > > - only thing which hit me is about accessing files beyond 137 GB (28 bit > LBA limit), as sda8 partition lies at<117GB,144GB>. But - on other i686 > PC I have F12 on /dev/sda10 (sda10 partition start on 128GB and ends at > 148GB) and F13 on /dev/sda9, and both are bootable via grub1 without > problems. Moreover, I think, when there would be 28-bit addressing > problem, then nor handy specification should be successfull. > > Some grub1 guru should be likely in Fedora/Redhat suite, as grub1 is > stated as legacy and isn't supported :) ? > > Franta I forgot to tell - all my above mentioned Fedora installations occupies one partition, I have no extra "/boot/" partitions. Franta -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
