Grub read error.

akihandyman · 01-03-2008, 09:46 PM

I have just installed Mandriva 2008.0 and I have got this message.
This never happened before with 2007.0,why?

aus9 · 01-03-2008, 10:20 PM

that is a stage 1 error.

what format did you choose for /boot if a separate partition, what format for /
eg xfs ext3 ext2 reiserfs?

2) where did you put grub....in the partition or on the mbr.

each time you install a new distro....I prefer to put grub in mbr so it can tell the balance of the grub files where to find the other booting files, namely that stage2 file

3) I am guessing that maybe you thought grub already in mbr meant you did not have to overwrite it with a new grub in mbr?

akihandyman · 01-04-2008, 06:37 PM

I just have gotten a new motherboad and cpu which is ECS GS7610 ULTRA (Athron3200+).
I have found out that I have to power off(not just restarting because restarting causes pc can not read drive somehow.)
So,if I turn power off once and restart pc then everything works fine.
I do not know why?

aus9 · 01-04-2008, 11:37 PM

sounds like a setting in bios needs fixing?

do you have hard drives set as hardware raid or software raid?

Ixthusdan · 01-06-2008, 03:07 PM

It sounds like your memory is not getting a clean flush upon reboot, whether system or video, and the residual garbage is interfering with the boot. You could look for a BIOS update or it just could be the board.

Drakeo · 01-06-2008, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by akihandyman

I have just installed Mandriva 2008.0 and I have got this message.
This never happened before with 2007.0,why?

in BIOS set to non windows system. then make sure your BIOS read are reading the drive. drive set to auto.