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johnnyq

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Registered: 2010-02-26

Posts: 13

Grub error 17 after install (dual boot)

Hi,
after installation I get grub's error 17. I have two hdds. On first is windows xp 64bit and on second Arch. Grub is installed in MBR.

My partition list:
/dev/sda1  -  swap
/dev/sda2  -  ntfs windows
/dev/sda5  -  ntfs

/dev/sdb1  -  ntfs windows swap
/dev/sdb2  -  ext2 /boot
/dev/sdb3  -  jfs /
/dev/sdb5  -  jfs /home

my menu.lst:
default 0

# (0) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux
root   (hd1,1)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/8f70db61-994a-4298-b1ac-693acc7d86cf ro
initrd /kernel26.img

uuid is /dev/sdb3.

For now Windows boot option is commented out.

I read previous posts about error 17 and thought that maybe hd(1,1) isn't /dev/sdb2 but I checked it with grub's find /grub/stage1. Also Xubuntu with grub2 and slackware with lilo worked on this configuration.

noreaga

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From: Bulgaria

Registered: 2010-02-01

Posts: 20

Re: Grub error 17 after install (dual boot)

I think this article can help you http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Grub#GRUB_Error_17

Good luck!

johnnyq

Member

Registered: 2010-02-26

Posts: 13

Re: Grub error 17 after install (dual boot)

I always use fdisk to change create/change partitions and use x f after partition table change. So messed up partitons isn't the issue.