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tooeasyforkevin

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Registered: 2009-07-10

Posts: 7

[SOLVED]getting "error 15: file not found!"

Hi all, I'm new to Arch and linux in general but i've managed so far and I'm really enjoying it.

I'm dual booting Arch and Vista.
Anyway, everything was working fine until I decided that I wanted to stop using GRUB as my bootloader and I used a program called EasyBCD and this guide http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vista … htm?page=4
Now, I get "Error 15: File not found!" when i try to boot into arch. I've looked through countless other threads and google results with people with the same problem but none of the solutions in those threads helped me.

here's my menu.lst

# Config file for GRUB - The GNU GRand Unified Bootloader
# /boot/grub/menu.lst

# DEVICE NAME CONVERSIONS 
#
#  Linux           Grub
# -------------------------
#  /dev/fd0        (fd0)
#  /dev/sda        (hd0)
#  /dev/sdb2       (hd1,1)
#  /dev/sda3       (hd0,2)
#

#  FRAMEBUFFER RESOLUTION SETTINGS
#     +-------------------------------------------------+
#          | 640x480    800x600    1024x768   1280x1024
#      ----+--------------------------------------------
#      256 | 0x301=769  0x303=771  0x305=773   0x307=775
#      32K | 0x310=784  0x313=787  0x316=790   0x319=793
#      64K | 0x311=785  0x314=788  0x317=791   0x31A=794
#      16M | 0x312=786  0x315=789  0x318=792   0x31B=795
#     +-------------------------------------------------+
#  for more details and different resolutions see
#  http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB#Framebuffer_Resolution 

# general configuration:
timeout   3
default   2
color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue

# boot sections follow
# each is implicitly numbered from 0 in the order of appearance below
#
# TIP: If you want a 1024x768 framebuffer, add "vga=773" to your kernel line.
#
#-*

# (0) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/6e30f601-1196-41bf-b9f3-063434fa0c45 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img

# (1) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux Fallback
root   (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/6e30f601-1196-41bf-b9f3-063434fa0c45 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26-fallback.img

# (2) Windows
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

Last edited by tooeasyforkevin (2009-07-13 06:48:38)

my0pic

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2008-05-23

Posts: 206

Re: [SOLVED]getting "error 15: file not found!"

Have you checked the entries in the neoGrub menu.lst are correct? If you installed neoGub from the EasyBCD program the menu.lst is at C:\NST\menu.lst. It should have the same entries to boot arch from /boot/grub/menu.lst.
IMO, grub is far simpler to use and maintain.

tooeasyforkevin

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Registered: 2009-07-10

Posts: 7

Re: [SOLVED]getting "error 15: file not found!"

yep its exactly the same, i copied it straight from /boot/grub/menu.lst to C:\NST\menu.lst
if i cant fix this and want to go back to grub, how would i go about doing that?

my0pic

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2008-05-23

Posts: 206

Re: [SOLVED]getting "error 15: file not found!"

To reinstall grub just boot into the arch install cd and under the tools menu you can select to install grub to the MBR.

tooeasyforkevin

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Registered: 2009-07-10

Posts: 7

Re: [SOLVED]getting "error 15: file not found!"

To reinstall grub just boot into the arch install cd and under the tools menu you can select to install grub to the MBR.

yeah i think i tried that and it didnt work
i might have got the same error, even
i'll give it another go soon and tell you what it says exactly

tooeasyforkevin

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Registered: 2009-07-10

Posts: 7

Re: [SOLVED]getting "error 15: file not found!"

To reinstall grub just boot into the arch install cd and under the tools menu you can select to install grub to the MBR.

yeah i think i tried that and it didnt work
i might have got the same error, even
i'll give it another go soon and tell you what it says exactly

just tried it
it says something about stage1 missing?

my0pic

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2008-05-23

Posts: 206

Re: [SOLVED]getting "error 15: file not found!"

ok, try doing it the manual way by booting the cd as if you where to do an installation where it prompts you to log in as root.
Once your logged in as root do

grub

and you will get the grub prompt

grub>

then the at the grub> prompt do

grub> root (hd0,2)

that tells grub it will find the boot files on the 3rd partition of the 1st hard drive. Then,

grub> setup (hd0)

to setup the grub bootloader on the MBR of the first hard drive.
If all goes well you should see something like 'Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes '.

grub> quit

and reboot.

tooeasyforkevin

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Registered: 2009-07-10

Posts: 7

Re: [SOLVED]getting "error 15: file not found!"

that worked great, thanks!