Grub Error Not A Block Device
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systemHardwareSoftwareDesktopServer & SecurityProject & Community Tools What links hereRelated changesSpecial pagesPrintable versionPermanent linkPage informationBrowse properties User Create accountLog in Toggle navigation PageDiscussion View source more History GRUB Error Reference From Gentoo Wiki Jump to: navigation, search The objective grub-install could not find device for /boot of this article is to list problems and errors that may occur in error 15 file not found grub certain situations when using the GRUB Legacy bootloader. All these solutions have been acquired through the cooperation of users on
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the Gentoo Forums. Contents 1 Starting notes 1.1 Acknowledgements 1.2 Disclaimer warning 2 GRUB loading, please wait... 2.1 Situation 2.2 Solution 3 GRUB Error 12 3.1 Situation 3.2 Solution 4 GRUB error 15 4.1
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Situation 4.2 Solution - Initial configuration 4.3 Solution - Booting an entry 5 GRUB error 17 5.1 Situation 5.2 Solution 6 GRUB error 18 6.1 Situation 6.2 Solution 7 GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB ... 7.1 Situation 7.2 Solution 8 Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time 8.1 Situation 8.2 Solution 9 When installing GRUB, it just hangs 9.1 Situation 9.2 Solution 10 error 15 file not found windows 7 Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel 10.1 Situation 10.2 Solution 11 GRUB just shows a GRUB prompt 11.1 Situation 11.2 Solution 12 Could not find device for /boot/boot: not found or not a block device 12.1 Situation 12.2 Solution 13 The system reboots after hitting return at the GRUB menu 13.1 Situation 13.2 Solution 14 After hitting the Enter (Return) key at the GRUB menu, the screen blanks out 14.1 Situation 14.2 Solution 15 Missing GRUB image 15.1 Situation 15.2 Solution 16 Failing To boot Windows from a second hard drive 16.1 Situation 16.2 Solution 17 GRUB segfaults when trying to install 17.1 Situation 17.2 Solution Starting notes Acknowledgements Many thanks to Earthwings, penetrode, loyaltonone, pilla, airhead, nephros, yamakawa and all the others for the suggestions on the original thread. Disclaimer warning The examples provided are just examples. Be sure to change partition numbers and the like according to the specific systems specs. Follow the solutions provided by this document at the readers own risk. GRUB loading, please wait... Situation GRUB loading stage 1.5 GRUB loading, please wait... After this message, the system stops. If attempting to boot the system using a GRUB floppy, the problem disappears. Solution According to The_Bell
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device while being in chroot user environmentThis document (3141099) error 15 file not found press any key to continue is provided subject to the disclaimer at the end of this document. Environment Novell error 15 file not found grub windows 7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 Situation Running grub-install block device while being chrooted after booting into the rescue https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GRUB_Error_Reference mode causes the error:block device: Not found or not a block device.While in chroot mode issuing lsscsi reports:error: Unable to open /proc/mounts for reading Unable to locate sysfsroot. If kernel>= 2.6.0 Try something like 'mount -t sysfs none /sys'. Resolution Before changing environment to root the following https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3141099 commands needs to be issued:mount --bind /proc /CurrentMountPointofRootPartition/procmount --bind /dev /CurrentMountPointofRootPartition/devmount --bind /sys /CurrentMountPointofRootPartition/sysAfter that the command chroot /CurrentMountPointofRootPartition can be issued and the virtual proc, sys and dev filesystems will be available from within the chroot environment so that commands like grub-install can function. DisclaimerThis Support Knowledgebase provides a valuable tool for NetIQ/Novell/SUSE customers and parties interested in our products and solutions to acquire information, ideas and learn from one another. Materials are provided for informational, personal or non-commercial use within your organization and are presented "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. Document ID:3141099Creation Date:14-FEB-07Modified Date:27-APR-12SUSESUSE Linux Enterprise DesktopSUSE Linux Enterprise Server Did this document solve your problem? Provide Feedback © Micro Focus Careers Legal close Feedback Print Full Simple Request a Call Follow Us Facebook YouTube Twitter LinkedIn Newsletter Subscription RSS
HCL Search Reviews Search ISOs Go to Page... LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - General UL 1.0 GRUB: could not find device for /boot: not found or not a block device User Name Remember Me? http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/ul-1-0-grub-could-not-find-device-for-boot-not-found-or-not-a-block-device-390455/ Password Linux - General This Linux forum is for general Linux questions and discussion. If https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=120335 it is Linux Related and doesn't seem to fit in any other forum then this is the place. Notices Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community. You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many error 15 other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today! Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in. Are you new to LinuxQuestions.org? Visit the following links: Site Howto | Site FAQ | Sitemap | Register Now If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here. Having a problem error 15 file logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies. Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide This guide was created as an overview of the Linux Operating System, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter. For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network administration. This book contains many real life examples derived from the author's experience as a Linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the Linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own. Click Here to receive this Complete Guide absolutely free. Search this Thread 12-08-2005, 05:50 AM #1 cma LQ Newbie Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 2 Rep: UL 1.0 GRUB: could not find device for /boot: not found or not a block device Our United Linux 1.0 server crashed because of power blackout. After this, it wasn't bootable anymore but stopped with the error message Kernel panic: vfs: unable to mount rootfs on 03:02 Usually we try to rescue the system by doing the following: - boot from CD, select Rescue-System and login as root - mkdir /sysimage - in
Posts: 8 GRUB: file not found Firstly if this is not the right place for this thread feel free to move it, I wasn't sure if it need be here or in installation.My Debian installation 'died' (my own fault) however I was ready for a change anyway so I took the oppertunity to try arch out as I would prefer to use a 'faster' moving OS. So I followed the installation procedure and after rebooting my system post install I just get GRUB: file not found, then the grub rescue prompt.I have an unavoidable windows partition on the system that has to be there for development reasons.I have a 50Mb boot partition for grub, as well as a root partition and home partition, the latter two are logical.fdisk -l yeilds:Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x26951e29 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 13 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sda2 13 22450 180224000 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda3 * 22450 22456 48195 83 Linux /dev/sda4 22456 38913 132193053+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 * 22456 29751 58597056 83 Linux /dev/sda6 29751 38670 71641836 83 Linux /dev/sda7 38670 38913 1954067 82 Linux swap / Solarisnote I only have one actual disk 'sda'my grub's menu.lst in sda3 /grub/menu.lst is:# (0) Arch Linux title Arch Linux root (hd0,2) kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda5 ro initrd /kernel26.img # (1) Arch Linux title Arch Linux Fallback root (hd0,2) kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda5 ro initrd /kernel26-fallback.img # (2) Windows #title Windows #rootnoverify (hd0,0) #makeactive #chainloader +1Note I have removed the comments at the top for the sake of space.some other information that might be of use.sda3 ls of /grub/ e2fs_stage1_5 fat_stage1_5 ffs_stage1_5 iso9660_stage1_5 jfs_stage1_5 menu.lst minix_stage1_5 reiserfs_stage1_5 stage1 stage2 stage2_eltorito ufs2_stage1_5 vstafs_stage1_5 xfs_stage1_5 sda3 ls of / grub kernel26-fallback.img kernel26.img kernel26-lts-fallback.img kernel26-lts.img lost+found System.map26 System.map26-lts vmlinuz26 vmlinuz26-lts finally ls of sda5 rt partion bin boot dev etc home lib lib64 lost+found media mnt opt proc root run sbin srv sys tmp usr varsorry if a lot of that