Arch Linux

zulustar

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Registered: 2009-09-11

Posts: 1

[SOLVED] GRUB: Error 15: File not found

I've used the beginners guide to install Arch on my laptop and everything went smooth untill I rebooted and ended up with GRUB error 15. I've seen some other people having trouble with this one but neither of the solutions that worked (or didn't work) for them have worked out for me. I will try to provide you with as much information as possible:

I get to the GRUB menu and get the error after choosing 'Arch Linux' from it.

menu.lst

title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/0b899428... ro vga=773
initrd /kernel26.img

The only thing I've changed in menu.lst is that I've added vga=773. I left out the rest of the UUID because I'm writing it of my laptop beside me.

fdisk -l

Device     Boot   Start    End     Blocks ID System
/dev/sda1     *       1     13     104422 83 Linux
/dev/sda2            14    144   1052257+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3           145   1101   7687102+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda4          1102   9729   69304410 83 Linux

blkid

/dev/sda1: UUID="1afac34a-..." TYPE="ext2"
/dev/sda2: TYPE="swap" UUID="abd14101-..."
/dev/sda3: UUID="0b899428-..." TYPE="jfs"
/dev/sda4: UUID="3b33ca9f-..." TYPE="jfs"

I've also tried poking around in the GRUB console:

grub> root (hd0,0)
 Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83

grub> setup (hd0)
 Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no
 Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... yes
 Checking if "/grub/stage2" exists... yes
 Checking if "/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
 Running "embed /grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... failed (this is not fatal)
 Running "embed /grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,0)"... failed (this is not fatal)
 Running "install /grub/stage1 (hd0) grub/stage2 p /grub/menu.lst "... succeeded
Done.

Any help would be much appreciated and I'll gladly provide you guys with any other information if necessary.

EDIT: Solved through re-installing.

Last edited by zulustar (2009-09-13 20:20:57)