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virusso80

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From: Italy

Registered: 2007-03-09

Posts: 325

[SOLVED]grub problem on boot: "File not found" and solution not found

Hi all, I'm sorry to create a new post, but I'm very disappointed because I can't fix this problem. i recently updated the system. Suddenly after updating was finished, system was not responding to commands. I restarted and...grub error. Now I'm writing using an ububtu live cd.

When i start the system what i see is a message error:

booting 'Arch Linux
root(hd0,4)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
kernel /vmlinuz root /dev/sda3 ro

ERROR 15: File not found

I don't know how it could happen.

For more information my laptop is a dell xps m1330.

using the ubuntu live cd I obtain:
sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x60000000

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1          16      128488+   6  FAT16
/dev/sda2              17         685     5365760    7  HPFS/NTFS
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3   *         685        9822    73400415    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4            9823       24321   116463217+   5  Extended
/dev/sda5            9823       24168   115234213+  83  Linux
/dev/sda6           24169       24321     1228941   83  Linux

my menu.lst is:

# (0) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux  [/boot/vmlinuz26]
root   (hd0,4)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda3 ro
initrd /kernel26.img

# (1) Windows
title Windows Vista
rootnoverify (hd0,2)
makeactive
chainloader +1

I also checked that in /boot there are both vmlinuz26 and kernel26.img

What can i do? I'll really appreciate  your help!

Thanks in advance

Vincenzo

SOLVED: i had to use /boot/vmlinuz26... and /boot/kernel26.img
also in the kernel line i had to set sda5 despite of sda3
Thanks!

Last edited by virusso80 (2008-11-26 06:19:17)

perbh

Member

From: Republic of Texas

Registered: 2005-03-04

Posts: 765

Re: [SOLVED]grub problem on boot: "File not found" and solution not found

heee - you're trying to boot both windaes and arch from the same partition!!
(hd0,2) is the same as /dev/sda3

Sooo - your arch-boot entry should be:
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda5 ro