Grub Hard Disk Error Compact Flash
Tutorials/Articles Search HCL Search Reviews Search ISOs Go to Page... LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Hardware > Linux - Embedded & Single-board computer Grub Hard disk error User Name Remember Me? Password Linux - Embedded & Single-board computer This forum is for the discussion of Linux on both embedded devices and single-board computers (such as the Raspberry Pi, BeagleBoard and PandaBoard). Discussions involving Arduino, plug computers and other micro-controller like devices are also welcome. 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 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 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 01-14-2008, 09:16 PM #1 santana Member Registered: Sep 2004 Distribution: FC, ubuntu, OpenSuse Posts: 112 Rep: Grub Hard disk error Hi, I am attempting to put ubuntu gutsy on my soekris net4521 on a new 4GB compact flash drive. Its not going so well. I have been working from the instructions here: http://wiki.soekris.info/Installing_...ia_debootstrap everything seems to go pretty well, I have to make a few tweaks here and there to account for fiesty to gutsy differences, but
that the right way to do this? Shouldn't I be able to do a dsl-hdinstall to the disk? I did this booting from a USB thumbdrive with DSL on it and the dsl-hdinstall appeared to work, but the system does not boot. I get the following error:GRUB Hard Disk ErrorI partitioned a 256MB compact flash disk the following way:/dev/hdc1 5MB, Primary, ext2, bootable/dev/hdc2 251MB, Primary, ext2I did dsl-hdinstall to /dev/hdc2I then ran dsl-installboot http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-embedded-and-single-board-computer-78/grub-hard-disk-error-613596/ for /dev/hdc1I then made sure that the System.map and linux24 files were copied to the /dev/hdc1/boot folderDocumentation says that GRUB Hard Disk Error means that the bootloader could not determine the size of the disk. This is hard to believe since it has booted from it using the USB-HDD method. It's also possible that my MBR is messed up http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/f/topic-3-5-14226-0.html because I chose /dev/hdc as an option once when running dsl-installboot.What am I doing wrong?After doing more research I've found that it makes more sense to employ the USB-HDD boot disk install on the CF card, even if the CF card is to be ultimately treated like an IDE hard drive.The main justification for this is because Linux has a habbit of making extensive writes to the hard drive (i.e. this is especially true for log files and log rotation), which can wear out CF cards relatively quickly. With the USB-HDD boot disk install method, all the disk writes are performed on the RAMdisk instead of the CF card, so the CF card is left alone and won't be worn out so easily.Reference: Knoppix CF Install GuideI've already tested the USB-HDD install method on the 256MB CF card with 100% boot success. Then after I boot from the CF card, I will tweak the installed operating system to behave more like a permanently installed operating system (more updates to come at that time). original here.
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library Recover from a failed Linux bootUse GRUB 2's features to start your system in the worst of times If your Linux® computer fails to boot after a kernel upgrade, disk swap, or other system change, you're not helpless. The Grand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) gives you ways to control the boot process and recover. Or, if necessary, emergency boot disks that you create with an external tool can come to the rescue. Learn procedures and GRUB commands that can help you boot in problem situations, and find out about a life-saving external tool for BIOS-based systems. PDF (463 KB) | Share: Roderick W. Smith, Consultant and author Close [x] Roderick W. Smith is a consultant and author of over a dozen books on UNIX and Linux, including The Definitive Guide to Samba 3, Linux in a Windows World, and Linux Professional Institute Certification Study Guide. He is also the author of the GPT fdisk partitioning software. He currently resides in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. 22 October 2013 Also available inChineseJapanese Table of contents Understanding GRUB 2's control structures Interacting with GRUB 2 at boot time Using Super GRUB2 Disk Making permanent repairs Conclusion Resources Comments Most Linux computers use the Grand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) -- more specifically, GRUB 2 -- to control the handoff from the computer's firmware to the kernel. GRUB 2 provides sophisticated boot-time user-interaction features that give you control over the boot process. You probably won't use these features every day, but they can be important in handling problem situations -- such as a failure of the computer to boot after a kernel upgrade, disk swap, or other system change. A few tips and GRUB commands can help you boot the computer in such situations and save valuable time. You can also use emergency boot disks to boot your normal Linux installation even if a problem occurs with the regular initial stages of boot loader activation. Broadly speaking, GRUB recovery addresses two types of problems: problems that you can solve by using GRUB's built-in shell and those that require an external tool. I cover both types of problems in this article, with the Super GRUB2 Disk as an example o