debian sid and grub2 problem

BobRobertson · 07-29-2009, 01:29 PM

I'm not using ext4, just ext3.

Well, I tried reinstalling, but every time I connected /dev/hdb (I didn't want it erased during the reinstall), Grub and Grub2 both refused to boot with "error 2".

Even after using a rescue disk, putting /dev/hdb in fstab, mounting it, reinstalling grub, it still failed to boot with "error 2". So I'm worse off today than I was last week.

LILO, still an option on the Debian install, worked. Hi, LILO, long time no see.

milomak · 07-29-2009, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by aus9

hi

one should not install grub2 if you are using ext4 atm.

my grub2 link in signature may help others?

regards

unless of course you have a separate /boot partition that is not ext4

aus9 · 07-30-2009, 02:33 AM

yep ...pls take that as gospel

alan_ri · 07-30-2009, 03:24 AM

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the trooper · 07-30-2009, 07:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alan_ri

and you had to use that word

you're a fuckin' fucked up moron, piece of shit, just like all the other atheist around here.

Well fuck you all, hell is a big place!

Do you have Tourettes Syndrome?

I fail to see any need for this.

alan_ri · 07-31-2009, 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the trooper

do you have tourettes syndrome?

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the trooper · 07-31-2009, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alan_ri

You can go fuck yourself with Tourettes Syndrome.

LOL!!!.

I rest my case........

Edit:

Well,well.My 'christian' friend has decided to delete his abusive post.
Could this be divine intervention?,or that Jesus doesn't like a potty mouth?.

mushroomboy · 08-05-2009, 09:14 PM

Look below my bad.

mushroomboy · 08-05-2009, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aus9

hi

one should not install grub2 if you are using ext4 atm.

my grub2 link in signature may help others?

regards

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WTF!!?!?!

Considering grub-legacy has to be patched to support EXT4 you SHOULD use grub2, I've just installed grub2 and it works fine, just had to much through different cds that worked.

I took a radical approach to testing ext4, installed lenny with grub2 on ext3, converted mounted drive and then rebooted. Since fsck is forced on reboot everything worked fine. I'm now running grub2 with ext4.

BTW there are stable Grub2 sources, hence why I had to use lenny, squeeze is broken.

aus9 · 08-08-2009, 09:42 PM

mushroomboy

thanks for testing...I should have just given the link earlier...and its subject to change

http://grub.enbug.org/CurrentStatus

for those interested it reads

-- ext2 (+ext3 with journaling support, +ext4 extents in SVN)

which translated IMHO means ext4 is not yet suitable for most distros or most packages for grub2 ....unless you choose to go for the svn edition.

2) sidux site changed their structure so my old link has been fixed

regards