On 07/30/2010 06:51 PM, Frantisek Hanzlik wrote: > 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 > Well, I used a separate /boot partition because in the past somehow, grub or partition MBR got lost when something changed via an update. Maybe this a non-issue by now? -- 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
