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RE: [SLE] FW: Grub Problem (Was "Major Problem Moving form 9.0 to 9.1")
- From: "Greg Wallace" <jgregw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 18:25:12 -0800
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On Saturday, September, 03, 2005 @ 5:51 PM, Carl Hartung wrote:
>On Saturday 03 September 2005 21:30, you wrote:
>> On Saturday, September 03, 2005, Carl Hartung wrote:
>> >On Saturday 03 September 2005 20:43, Greg Wallace wrote:
>> >> I forgot to mention. The reason I'm migrating instead of doing fresh
>> >> installs is that I need to carry my Oracle system with me. I don't
know
>> >> how to back all of that up and get it re-installed from scratch.
That's
>> >> why I'm migrating. I tried jumping from 9.0 to 9.2 and from 9.0 to
9.3,
>> >> but it doesn't seem to be supported (it said something about no plan
for
>>> >> converting packages).
>> >
>> >Hi Greg,
>> >
>> >Sorry, I was called out early this morning and just got back.
>> >
>> >So, you were able to boot normally under 9.0 and it is failing under
9.1?
>> >
>> >- Carl
>>
>> No problem. Thanks for giving me your time. And, yes, you're exactly
>> right. I guess /boot/grub... is now too far down on my drive for my Dell
>> machine to branch to stage2 at boot time. Maybe my only solution is to
>> create multiple partitions and move /boot to the first partition. That
>> would guarantee that it would be high enough on the disk for the BIOS to
>> branch to. I'm basing this on my recollections of earlier related
threads
>> and I may be completely off base. If I'm on the right track, I need to
--
>>
>> 1) Split my physical partition into two logicals, with the first being
one
>> containing only the /boot directory
>> 2) Set up grub to boot using that partition.
>> 3) When the system boots, have both of these partitions mounted so I can
>> access all of the data in all of my directories.
>>
>> Am I on the right track here?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Greg Wallace
>Hi Greg,
>I don't mind you taking this off-list, but I want to confirm this was your
>intent? Also, can you send/post your current /etc/fstab?
>Carl
Hey Carl. No, I didn't mean to take it off list. I have to change "To"
each time I send and your "suselinux..." looked at a glance like the correct
To (I should have looked more closely). Anyway, here's my fstab (blank line
inserted between entries) --
/dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults 1 1
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
/dev/cdrecorder /media/cdrecorder subfs
fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec 0 0
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom subfs
fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy subfs
fs=floppyfss,procuid,nodev,nosuid,sync 0 0
/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 auto noauto,user,exec 0 0
/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 auto
sync,noauto,user,exec 0 0
/dev/sda2 /media/sda2 auto
sync,noauto,user,exec 0 0
/dev/sda2 /media/sda5 ext2 noauto 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs noauto 0 0
/dev/hda1 swap swap pri=42 0 0
Jumping ahead a bit, would the following plan be on the right track --
1) Convert /dev/hda2 to an extended partition
2) Insert two logical partitions beneath that. The first would be small
and just contain /boot... and the second would contain the rest of my data
Then, everything required at boot should be high enough to satisfy my BIOS.
Am I on the right track, or am I all wet? By the way, I know this is a
holiday weekend. And this is certainly not urgent. In fact, work wise,
this is not holding me up right now. It's just something I need to get
resolved here in, hopefully, the next week or two. Right now, I'm off to
run some errands. I'll check email when I get back and, if you're off to
other things, I'll keep checking on and off every so often until you have
time to get back. Have a nice weekend!
Thanks again,
Greg Wallace
>On Saturday 03 September 2005 21:30, you wrote:
>> On Saturday, September 03, 2005, Carl Hartung wrote:
>> >On Saturday 03 September 2005 20:43, Greg Wallace wrote:
>> >> I forgot to mention. The reason I'm migrating instead of doing fresh
>> >> installs is that I need to carry my Oracle system with me. I don't
know
>> >> how to back all of that up and get it re-installed from scratch.
That's
>> >> why I'm migrating. I tried jumping from 9.0 to 9.2 and from 9.0 to
9.3,
>> >> but it doesn't seem to be supported (it said something about no plan
for
>>> >> converting packages).
>> >
>> >Hi Greg,
>> >
>> >Sorry, I was called out early this morning and just got back.
>> >
>> >So, you were able to boot normally under 9.0 and it is failing under
9.1?
>> >
>> >- Carl
>>
>> No problem. Thanks for giving me your time. And, yes, you're exactly
>> right. I guess /boot/grub... is now too far down on my drive for my Dell
>> machine to branch to stage2 at boot time. Maybe my only solution is to
>> create multiple partitions and move /boot to the first partition. That
>> would guarantee that it would be high enough on the disk for the BIOS to
>> branch to. I'm basing this on my recollections of earlier related
threads
>> and I may be completely off base. If I'm on the right track, I need to
--
>>
>> 1) Split my physical partition into two logicals, with the first being
one
>> containing only the /boot directory
>> 2) Set up grub to boot using that partition.
>> 3) When the system boots, have both of these partitions mounted so I can
>> access all of the data in all of my directories.
>>
>> Am I on the right track here?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Greg Wallace
>Hi Greg,
>I don't mind you taking this off-list, but I want to confirm this was your
>intent? Also, can you send/post your current /etc/fstab?
>Carl
Hey Carl. No, I didn't mean to take it off list. I have to change "To"
each time I send and your "suselinux..." looked at a glance like the correct
To (I should have looked more closely). Anyway, here's my fstab (blank line
inserted between entries) --
/dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults 1 1
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
/dev/cdrecorder /media/cdrecorder subfs
fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec 0 0
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom subfs
fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy subfs
fs=floppyfss,procuid,nodev,nosuid,sync 0 0
/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 auto noauto,user,exec 0 0
/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 auto
sync,noauto,user,exec 0 0
/dev/sda2 /media/sda2 auto
sync,noauto,user,exec 0 0
/dev/sda2 /media/sda5 ext2 noauto 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs noauto 0 0
/dev/hda1 swap swap pri=42 0 0
Jumping ahead a bit, would the following plan be on the right track --
1) Convert /dev/hda2 to an extended partition
2) Insert two logical partitions beneath that. The first would be small
and just contain /boot... and the second would contain the rest of my data
Then, everything required at boot should be high enough to satisfy my BIOS.
Am I on the right track, or am I all wet? By the way, I know this is a
holiday weekend. And this is certainly not urgent. In fact, work wise,
this is not holding me up right now. It's just something I need to get
resolved here in, hopefully, the next week or two. Right now, I'm off to
run some errands. I'll check email when I get back and, if you're off to
other things, I'll keep checking on and off every so often until you have
time to get back. Have a nice weekend!
Thanks again,
Greg Wallace
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