cannot boot to F14
Michael Hennebry
hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu
Fri Jun 24 17:17:29 UTC 2011
I messed up installing F14 and don't know how to fix it.
What I had planned to do was reuse a /boot partition and put the rest
in a single new partition I had already created for the purpose.
I forgot about the /boot partition and I think I told it the
wrong thing when it asked where to put the bootloader.
I'm reasonably certain that it is recored somewhere,
but I don't know where and google has not been my friend.
Now I can only boot to F13, using the original /boot .
I tried to fix it by copying and editing stuff from
the F14:/boot to F13:/boot, but it hasn't helped.
I can still boot to F13, but when I got for F14,
I get a file not found error.
Of course, the particular file is not mentioned.
The F14 partition is /dev/sdb9 which I mound on /media/b9 .
Do I have to reinstall?
The following information is probably a bit much,
but I don't know enough to reduce it.
root at localhost media]# mount /dev/sdb9 b9
[root at localhost media]# cd b9/boot
[root at localhost boot]# ls -R
.:
config-2.6.35.13-92.fc14.i686.PAE initramfs-2.6.35.13-92.fc14.i686.PAE.img
efi System.map-2.6.35.13-92.fc14.i686.PAE
grub vmlinuz-2.6.35.13-92.fc14.i686.PAE
./efi:
EFI
./efi/EFI:
redhat
./efi/EFI/redhat:
grub.efi
./grub:
device.map grub.conf minix_stage1_5 stage2
e2fs_stage1_5 iso9660_stage1_5 reiserfs_stage1_5 ufs2_stage1_5
fat_stage1_5 jfs_stage1_5 splash.xpm.gz vstafs_stage1_5
ffs_stage1_5 menu.lst stage1 xfs_stage1_5
[root at localhost boot]#
...
[root at localhost boot]# cat grub/device.map
# this device map was generated by anaconda
(hd1) /dev/sdb
[root at localhost boot]#
[root at localhost boot]# cat grub/grub.conf
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
# root (hd1,8)
# kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sdb9
# initrd /boot/initrd-[generic-]version.img
#boot=/dev/sdb9
default=0
timeout=0
splashimage=(hd1,8)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.35.13-92.fc14.i686.PAE)
root (hd1,8)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35.13-92.fc14.i686.PAE ro root=UUID=05fd11b5-abd8-4756-b350-b62f7214188a rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.35.13-92.fc14.i686.PAE.img
[root at localhost boot]# find .. -name '*latarcyrheb-sun16*'
../lib/kbd/consolefonts/latarcyrheb-sun16.psfu.gz
[root at localhost boot]# file /lib/kbd/consolefonts/latarcyrheb-sun16.psfu.gz
/lib/kbd/consolefonts/latarcyrheb-sun16.psfu.gz: gzip compressed data, was "latarcyrheb-sun16.psfu", from Unix, last modified: Wed Aug 26 11:53:54 2009, max compression
[root at localhost boot]# cd /boot
[root at localhost boot]# ls -R
.:
config-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i686.PAE
config-2.6.33.6-147.2.4.fc13.i686.PAE
config-2.6.34.6-54.fc13.i686.PAE
config-2.6.35.13-92.fc14.i686.PAE
efi
grub
initramfs-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i686.PAE.img
initramfs-2.6.33.6-147.2.4.fc13.i686.PAE.img
initramfs-2.6.34.6-54.fc13.i686.PAE.img
initramfs-2.6.35.13-92.fc14.i686.PAE.img
lost+found
System.map-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i686.PAE
System.map-2.6.33.6-147.2.4.fc13.i686.PAE
System.map-2.6.34.6-54.fc13.i686.PAE
System.map-2.6.35.13-92.fc14.i686.PAE
vmlinuz-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i686.PAE
vmlinuz-2.6.33.6-147.2.4.fc13.i686.PAE
vmlinuz-2.6.34.6-54.fc13.i686.PAE
vmlinuz-2.6.35.13-92.fc14.i686.PAE
./efi:
EFI
./efi/EFI:
redhat
./efi/EFI/redhat:
grub.efi
./grub:
device.map grub.conf-23 menu.lst.rpmsave ufs2_stage1_5
device.map.rpmsave grub.conf-old minix_stage1_5 vstafs_stage1_5
e2fs_stage1_5 grub.conf.rpmsave reiserfs_stage1_5 xfs_stage1_5
fat_stage1_5 iso9660_stage1_5 splash.xpm.gz
ffs_stage1_5 jfs_stage1_5 stage1
grub.conf menu.lst stage2
./lost+found:
[root at localhost boot]# cat grub/device.map
# this device map was generated by anaconda
(hd0) /dev/sda
(hd1) /dev/sdb
[root at localhost boot]# cat grub/grub.conf
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sdb7
# initrd /initrd-[generic-]version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=30
splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.34.6-54.fc13.i686.PAE)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.34.6-54.fc13.i686.PAE ro root=UUID=92034f51-6fe3-4075-a98e-02c9525be551 rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYTABLE=us nomodeset rhgb quiet
initrd /initramfs-2.6.34.6-54.fc13.i686.PAE.img
title Fedora (2.6.33.6-147.2.4.fc13.i686.PAE)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.33.6-147.2.4.fc13.i686.PAE ro root=UUID=92034f51-6fe3-4075-a98e-02c9525be551 rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYTABLE=us nomodeset rhgb quiet
initrd /initramfs-2.6.33.6-147.2.4.fc13.i686.PAE.img
title Fedora13 (2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i686.PAE)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i686.PAE ro root=UUID=92034f51-6fe3-4075-a98e-02c9525be551 rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYTABLE=us nomodeset rhgb quiet
initrd /initramfs-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i686.PAE.img
title Fedora (2.6.35.13-92.fc14.i686.PAE)
root (hd1,8)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.35.13-92.fc14.i686.PAE ro root=UUID=05fd11b5-abd8-4756-b350-b62f7214188a rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet
initrd /initramfs-2.6.35.13-92.fc14.i686.PAE.img
...
[root at localhost log]# grep -F -e WAR -e ERR an*.log > /tmp/anaconda.txt
[root at localhost log]# wc /tmp/anaconda.txt
79 585 6796 /tmp/anaconda.txt
[root at localhost log]# view /tmp/anaconda.txt
[root at localhost log]# pwd
/media/b9/var/log
[root at localhost log]# cat /tmp/anaconda
anaconda.log:22:07:53,051 WARN anaconda: /mnt/sysimage//etc/iscsi doesn't exist
anaconda.log:22:07:53,052 WARN anaconda: /mnt/sysimage//var/lib/iscsi doesn't exist
anaconda.program.log:02:04:13,886 ERR program: Window manager warning: 0 stored in GConf key /desktop/gnome/peripherals/mouse/cursor_size is out of range 1 to 128
anaconda.program.log:02:04:25,000 ERR program: Window manager warning: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message with a timestamp of 0 for 0x80000d (Fedora Ins)
anaconda.program.log:02:04:25,001 ERR program: Window manager warning: meta_window_activate called by a pager with a 0 timestamp; the pager needs to be fixed.
anaconda.program.log:02:04:38,206 ERR program: dumpe2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
anaconda.program.log:02:04:38,236 ERR program: dumpe2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
anaconda.program.log:02:04:38,307 ERR program: resize2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
anaconda.program.log:02:04:38,452 ERR program: dumpe2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
...
anaconda.program.log:21:09:19,594 ERR program: resize2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
anaconda.program.log:21:09:19,826 ERR program: dumpe2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
anaconda.program.log:21:09:19,855 ERR program: dumpe2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
anaconda.program.log:21:09:19,868 ERR program: resize2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
anaconda.program.log:21:10:40,958 ERR program: swapoff: /etc/fstab: open failed: No such file or directory
anaconda.storage.log:22:07:47,883 WARN storage: Storage.writeKS not completely implemented
anaconda.yum.log:[2011-06-23 21:11:32,759] WARN : Repo Fedora 14 - i386 - Test Updates Debug contains -source or -debuginfo, excluding
anaconda.yum.log:[2011-06-23 21:11:32,761] WARN : Repo Fedora 14 - Test Updates Source contains -source or -debuginfo, excluding
anaconda.yum.log:[2011-06-23 21:11:32,770] WARN : Repo Fedora 14 - i386 - Updates - Debug contains -source or -debuginfo, excluding
anaconda.yum.log:[2011-06-23 21:11:32,772] WARN : Repo Fedora 14 - Updates Source contains -source or -debuginfo, excluding
anaconda.yum.log:[2011-06-23 21:11:32,781] WARN : Repo Fedora 14 - i386 - Debug contains -source or -debuginfo, excluding
anaconda.yum.log:[2011-06-23 21:11:32,784] WARN : Repo Fedora 14 - Source contains -source or -debuginfo, excluding
My F13 installation also has a lot of the elided error messages.
It also has the swapoff complaint.
--
Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu
"Pessimist: The glass is half empty.
Optimist: The glass is half full.
Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be."
More information about the users
mailing list