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was an error, so once it finished, I reburned the cds and installed it again. Now When I start up the kernel must be loaded before booting red hat cpu, GNU Grub comes up. Version 0.97 (640K lower/2096864K upper memory). How do I get the OS to start up. When i type in boot, I get error 8: Kernel must be loaded error 8: kernel must be loaded before booting in linux before booting".[Moderator edit: Fixed tyop in Subject.] Top pschaff Retired Moderator Posts: 18276 Joined: 2006/12/13 20:15:34 Location: Tidewater, Virginia, North America Contact: Contact pschaff Website GNU GRUB, CentOS won't start up Quote Postby pschaff » 2011/04/28 20:12:45 Welcome to the CentOS fora. Reading FAQ & Readme First is recommended for new users.It seem that GRUB cannot find the menu file. Some information about the disk configuration you used
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for the installation might help. To debug try the following at the GRUB prompt and see what is returned:Code: Select allfind /boot/grub/stage1
find /grub/stage1You could also try booting from installation media in rescue mode to see if you may need to reinstall GRUB. Top sports_fan72 Posts: 7 Joined: 2011/04/28 15:12:45 Re: GNU GRUB, CentOS won't start up Quote Postby sports_fan72 » 2011/04/28 20:52:14 When I type those commands, I receive error 15: file not found. Top pschaff Retired Moderator Posts: 18276 Joined: 2006/12/13 20:15:34 Location: Tidewater, Virginia, North America Contact: Contact pschaff Website Re: GNU GRUB, CentOS won't start up Quote Postby pschaff » 2011/04/28 21:04:42 So GRUB can't find its own files. What happens when you try the rescue boot? Top sports_fan72 Posts: 7 Joined: 2011/04/28 15:12:45 Re: GNU GRUB, CentOS won't start up Quote Postby sports_fan72 » 2011/04/28 21:32:21 Just tried the rescue boot, got to the 5th and final cd and then it says the file isdn4k-utlis-3.2-56.e15.i386.rpm cannot be opened. This is due to a missing file, a corrupt package or corrupt media. Please verify your installation source. If you exit, your system will be left in an inconsistent state that will likely require reinstallation. Top pschaff Retired Mode
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Ask questions about Fedora that do not belong in any other forum. Google™ Search FedoraForum Search Red Hat Bugzilla Search Search Forums Show Threads Show Posts Tag Search Advanced Search Go to http://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17276 Page... Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes #1 23rd January 2009, 07:57 AM dmivor Offline Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 21 "kernel must be loaded before booting" error Hi all! I just installed fedora 10 using the GUI install, and when I try to boot, it gets me to the grub command line grub> when i enter 'boot', it gives http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=211383 me grub error 8: kernel must be loaded before booting. Not sure how to fix this, any help is appreciated. (I'm pretty new to linux). Also, I used to have fedora 9, and i had an option to boot fedora or 'other', which is windows. How do I go about setting up something similar in this case? EDIT: Also, when I type root, it tells me that the partition (hd2,0) (i assume the one i installed FC10: 3rd hdd, first partition) is an unspecified file system ... I think something happened to grub when it removed my old partition with FC9... Last edited by dmivor; 23rd January 2009 at 08:07 AM. dmivor View Public Profile Find all posts by dmivor #2 27th January 2009, 01:16 AM stoat Offline Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 7,549 Hello dmivor, Yeah, I think your GRUB boot loader is busted. It sounds like you may have upgrade-installed from Fedora 9. Anyway, it happens often enough. I agree with your desire to manually boot the system from that grub> prompt, but you can't just enter "boot" as you found out. You must do that after a couple of other comman
Community Links Social Groups Pictures & Albums Members List Go to Page... Error 8: Kernel must be loaded before booting Open Source & Linux Page 1 of 3 1 23 > http://www.techtalkz.com/open-source-linux/520967-error-8-kernel-must-loaded-before-booting.html View First Unread Thread Tools Display Modes 10-07-2010, 01:20 PM #1 leejosepho Junior Member (25+) Thread Starter Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Louisiana Age: 66 Posts: 83 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Rep Power: 0 Error 8: Kernel must be loaded before booting Overview: >> Multi-Boot System (Win98-Win2k-WinXP-Win7-Ubuntu 10.04 DeskTop) >> Three hard drives (2 PATA and 1 SATA) kernel must >> Win98-Win2k-WinXP on first PATA drive >> Second PATA drive used for page files and storage >> Win7 and Ubuntu on SATA drive >> Ubuntu is most-recent (last) installation >> All Win systems booting fine both before and after addition of Ubuntu >> Selecting Ubuntu from boot menu results in arriving at a GRUB prompt >> Typing "boot" at GRUB prompt results in "Error 8: Kernel must loaded before booting be loaded before booting" Suspected problem: >> Hard drives are not seen in the same order by all operating systems, resulting in GRUB not finding Ubuntu to boot it Aggravating circumstance: >> Complete rookie here knows nothing at all about GRUB Please help! Sponsored Links 10-07-2010, 01:57 PM #2 leejosepho Junior Member (25+) Thread Starter Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Louisiana Age: 66 Posts: 83 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Rep Power: 0 Re: Error 8: Kernel must be loaded before booting Here are some more details I forgot to include: Based on some past experience with boot problems after an installation of Mint (later removed) in this same system ... I unchecked "add boot" at Step 8 of the current Ubuntu installation, then later used NeoSmart's "EasyBCD" to add Ubuntu into the mix ... and I hope can explain the remainder of this clearly ... Prior to actually doing this Ubuntu installation, I had read a warning about DeskTop's installer not including all the previous GRUB and boot options at Step 8, and that left me concerned about not being able to uncheck "add boot" during the Ubuntu installati