Grub error 15 on boot (SW 10.2)

dasy2k1 · 10-09-2005, 01:41 PM

I have just installed slackware 10.2 and when i rebooted i got a grub error 15 on boot..

Code:

GRUB Loading stage1.5.

GRUB loading, please wait...
Error 15

i have checked and people say that it can be caused by a mismatch between the partitions and how they are displayed in /etc/grub.conf
but i cant find such a file on my Hard drive anywhere
either by the name grub.conf or menu.lst

what would be the next thing to try?

jong357 · 10-09-2005, 01:46 PM

Error 15, I belive, is saying that it can't find a needed file. What the file is, I'm not overly sure. Your config file for grub is /boot/grub/menu.lst not /etc/grub.conf.....

Do you have a /boot/grub folder, and if so, what are it's contents?

Fluxx · 10-09-2005, 03:06 PM

I have had the same message after installing Slackware to a external USB drive and after trying to boot from the external drive. I choosed the wrong harddisk number for "root". I could repair it.

Try to boot with a Live CD (I used an old Slackware 9.1 CD (2)) and type as root in a terminal:

mount --bind /dev /mnt/where_your_root_partition_is_mounted/dev
chroot /mnt/where_your_root_partition_is_mounted
grub --recheck
root (hd0,x) <-- x is your root partition
setup (hd0,0)
exit

After a reboot it should be o. k..

Just try it and may be you are also successful ...

Fluxx.

dasy2k1 · 10-10-2005, 10:18 AM

Code:

 das@linux:/boot$ ls
README.initrd@         boot.0301         config-ide-2.4.31  vmlinuz
System.map@            boot_message.txt  diag1.img          vmlinuz-ide-2.4.31
System.map-ide-2.4.31  config@           map
das@linux:/boot$

seems not... any other places it might be?

will try flaxes idea, (i can boot fully with a boot disk (how i am typing this) so i will try in konsole)

dasy2k1 · 10-10-2005, 10:23 AM

if you coudl post taht again...fluxx with the breaks between comands better difined as i seem to be having trouble working out where one comand ends and the next beginns

keefaz · 10-10-2005, 01:30 PM

Try run grub-install /dev/hda as root
(assuming your drive is hda)

Then configure /boot/grub/menu.lst