Grub Loading Stage2 Read Error Centos
Errors; Is the drive salvageable? Issues related to hardware problems Post Reply Print view Search Advanced search 5 posts • Page 1 of 1 chicagocoyote Posts: 20 Joined: 2009/05/19 19:11:56 Location: Chicago Grub Load Read Errors; Is the drive salvageable? Quote Postby chicagocoyote » 2010/12/24 03:36:31 I have a single drive in my system, a SeaGate 76GB SCSI drive.I am running CentOS 5.2.My machine locked up recently with the following message onall xterms: journal commit I/O error.This machine has a separate /boot partition _however_ that bootpartition is ext2, not ext3 (and therefore has no journalling).On rebooting (multiple times) the machine would fail to rebootand I would see one of the two following messages: Grub Loading Stage2 Read Erroror Grub Read Error"smartctl -H /dev/sda" yielded:SMART Heath Status OKOn booting of a CD in "linux rescue" mode, all disk partitionsmounted except /boot.I executed "fdisk /dev/sda1" sda1 being the /boot partitionand though I executed no commands to alter the partition,I exited with "w" to save changes as opposed to "q" whichwould exit without saving changes (even though I executedno "partition altering" commands).Now, however, a "linux rescue" boot finds and mounts allpartitions including the /boot partition.---------I tried grub grub> root (hd0,0) grub> setup (hd0)and then I tried: grub-install --root-directory=/ /dev/sda1and both times, the machine would still not boot but again gethung up on one of the following messages: Grub Loading Stage1.5 Read Erroror Grub Read ErrorI deleted the Stage1.5 files, reran grub again, and sure,the Stage1.5 error message went away but the machine wouldnow get hung up on "Stage2 error".I finally INSTALLED a new OS, CentOS 5.5, the install completedbut on booting, I still get "Grub Stage2" errors.On this re-install, I left all partitions sizes the same andso /boot was the same size, same location.---------And so, I can't boot off of this disk. I normally would suspectthat the disk has to be discarded _expect_ that in rescue modeI can mount all partitions and have access to all files.What more can I do? Is there some way to repair the MBRthat I have not done?---------One more piece of information. In /var/log/messages, for the lastmonth, I was
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Common F23 Bugs Common F24 Bugs Communicate with Fedora The Documents Bug Reports Fedora Update System (Bodhi) Fedora Build System (Koji) Official Spins FedoraForum.org > Fedora http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=188267 23/24 > Installation, Upgrades and Live Media [F9] GRUB Loading stage 2 --> HANG! FedoraForum Search User Name Remember Me? Password Forgot Password? Join Us! Register All Albums FAQ Today's http://www.uruk.org/orig-grub/errors.html Posts Search Installation, Upgrades and Live Media Help with Installation, FedUp & Live Media (Live CD, USB, DVD) problems. Google™ Search FedoraForum Search Red Hat Bugzilla Search Search Forums Show Threads grub loading Show Posts Tag Search Advanced Search Go to Page... Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes #1 14th May 2008, 02:14 PM fizy Guest Posts: n/a [F9] GRUB Loading stage 2 --> HANG! What a pain..... Pfff.... this moring i've download the DVD... and the CD (boot.iso) to try to boot Fedora. I've update the system with the grub loading stage2 boot CD and the DVD (it was on my harddisk...i've not burn it onto a real DVD, i've burn only the CDROM). I've a problem with GRUB. When i start the computer, it says: "GRUB Loading stage2..." then it hangs forever.... and nothing else appears on the screen. With the rescue CD (boot.iso), i've open the SHELL, i've wrote: chroot /mnt/sysimage grub-install /dev/sda grub-install /dev/sda1 grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/fd0 My primary harddisk is sdb, so i can boot in Windows without problems... but if i boot with the floppy-disk inserted, the result is the text "GRUB Loading stage 2..."... I've edit the file /boot/boot/idontremember/device.map and, as i've two hard disk, i've switch their names, but the result is that the only text that apperas on the screen is "GRUB ", so i suppose the original file (guessed by GRUB) was correct, and i've restored it. This have moved me back on the original situation, with "GRUB Loading stage2..."-->remove the floppy->Ctrl+Alt+Del->Boot in Windows. My partitions are /dev/sdb one disk, one partition: with windows /dev/sda with many partitions, GRUB is installed here /dev/sda1 mount of / ... this also contains
error string and then halt. Pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del will reboot. The following is a comprehensive list of error messages for the Stage 1: "Hard Disk Error" This error message will occur if the Stage 2 or Stage 1.5 is being read from a hard disk, and the attempt to determine the size and geometry of the hard disk fails. "Floppy Error" This error message will occur if the Stage 2 or Stage 1.5 is being read from a floppy disk, and the attempt to determine the size and geometry of the floppy disk fails. It's listed as a different error since the probe sequence is different than for hard disks. "Read Error" This error message will occur if a disk read error happens while trying to read the Stage 2 or Stage 1.5. "Geom Error" This error message will occur if the location of the Stage 2 or Stage 1.5 is not in the area supported by reading the disk with the BIOS directly. This could occur because the BIOS translated geometry has been changed by the user or the disk is moved to another machine or controller after installation, or GRUB was not installed using itself (if it was, the Stage 2 version of this error would have been seen during that process and it would not have completed the install). Errors Reported by the Stage 1.5 The general way that the Stage 1.5 handles errors is to print an error number in the form "Error: " and then halt. Pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del will reboot. The error numbers correspond to the Errors Reported by the Stage 2 in the listed sequence. Errors Reported by the Stage 2 The general way that the Stage 2 handles errors is to abort the operation in question, print an error string, then (if possible) either continue based on the fact that an error occurred or wait for the user to deal with the error. The following is a comprehensive list of error messages for the Stage 2 (error numbers for the Stage 1.5 are listed before the colon in each description): 1 : "Selected item won't fit into memory" This error is returned if a kernel, module, or raw file load command is