Help with Mint 7 updates

[Daniel ~]

Ok I've installed it 3 more times Once for each option in the drive selcetion (hd0) got this message:
Error 15 I think this was due to a bid pin on the motherboad IDE The other two (/dev/sda) and (/dev/sda1) both got the "Error 2"

I'm thinking it might be my PCI/IDE card that's confusing things, I say confusing as I know it isn't broken and functions well on it's own...

[ccperf721p]

Don't know what could have changed to make it behave that way. Might try installing while it is connected to the motherboard, then move it to the pci card and see what happens.

[Daniel ~]

Tried that, but discoverd I'd bent (Squashed flat) a pin on the on board IDE.

[ccperf721p]

Do you have a floppy drive in your rig? Might be a simple way to fix it.

[Daniel ~]

Sure do! ":O}

[ccperf721p]

Get you a clean floppy and using the current install of Mint do:

 sudo -s

mke2fs /dev/fd0

mount /dev/fd0 /media/floppy
 mkdir /media/floppy/boot
 mkdir /media/floppy/boot/grub
 cd /boot/grub
 cp stage1 stage2 menu.lst device.map /media/floppy/boot/grub

 umount /dev/fd0

grub

 device (fd0) /dev/fd0
 root (fd0)
 setup (fd0)
 quit

Then do a clean install, but use the floppy to get Mint booted and we will fix it once you are up and running.

[Daniel ~]

I'm sorry Cliff, ... I know I need a Floppy (which I have!) and I know you want me to "Do" something in (OLD) Mint 7 before retrying a new install of updated Mint 7 ...But I'm fuzzy as hell about just how this comes together...?

[Daniel ~]

Is this entered line by line...Line, press enter, line, press enter... or can I just paste it in terminal in one big gulp?

mount /dev/fd0 /media/floppy
mkdir /media/floppy/boot
mkdir /media/floppy/boot/grub
cd /boot/grub
cp stage1 stage2 menu.lst device.map /media/floppy/boot/grub

[ccperf721p]

line by line.


All we need to do is get the new installation of Mint to boot, then we can fix it.. This will enable us to boot it..

[Daniel ~]

Here's what I "Think" you wanted me to do:...and yes I put the floppy in the drive":O}

daniel-desktop daniel # mke2fs /dev/fd0
mke2fs 1.41.4 (27-Jan-2009)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=1024 (log=0)
Fragment size=1024 (log=0)
184 inodes, 1440 blocks
72 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=1
Maximum filesystem blocks=1572864
1 block group
8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group
184 inodes per group

Writing inode tables: done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 20 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
daniel-desktop daniel # mount /dev/fd0 /media/floppy
daniel-desktop daniel # mkdir /media/floppy/boot
daniel-desktop daniel # mkdir /media/floppy/boot/grub
daniel-desktop daniel # cd /boot/grub
daniel-desktop grub # cp stage1 stage2 menu.lst device.map /media/floppy/boot/grub
daniel-desktop grub # umount /dev/fd0
daniel-desktop grub # grub
Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.
daniel-desktop grub #

[ccperf721p]

I missed telling you at the grub prompt enter the last lines of code. line by line

[Daniel ~]

Originally Posted by ccperf721p

line by line.


All we need to do is get the new installation of Mint to boot, then we can fix it.. This will enable us to boot it..

OK, I'll do it over! LOL

[Daniel ~]

Does this look right to you?
I'll do the install, if I can't boot I'll come back here on my other (OLD) Mint to see what's what...Thanks Cliff!!


daniel-desktop ~ # mke2fs /dev/fd0
mke2fs 1.41.4 (27-Jan-2009)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=1024 (log=0)
Fragment size=1024 (log=0)
184 inodes, 1440 blocks
72 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=1
Maximum filesystem blocks=1572864
1 block group
8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group
184 inodes per group

Writing inode tables: done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 20 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
daniel-desktop ~ # mount /dev/fd0 /media/floppy
daniel-desktop ~ # mkdir /media/floppy/boot
daniel-desktop ~ # mkdir /media/floppy/boot/grub
daniel-desktop ~ # cd /boot/grub
daniel-desktop grub # cp stage1 stage2 menu.lst device.map /media/floppy/boot/grub
daniel-desktop grub #
daniel-desktop grub # umount /dev/fd0
daniel-desktop grub # grub
Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.
daniel-desktop grub #

[ccperf721p]

Looks right so far.

Just do the last block of code at the grub prompt and we will have ourselves a boot floppy if we need it later..

[Daniel ~]

Ok The disk worked like a charm...unfortunately Error 2 is still with us.

A blue screen came up (not the normal Mint 7 screen) offering two choices :

Linux Mint 7 Gloria kernel 2.6.28.11 generic

and the same as above but in Recovery mode...

Both produced the error message:
Error 2 bad file or Directory type

[ccperf721p]

Give me a few minutes and I'll see what needs to be done

[ccperf721p]

Check your IDE controller and see if it has an option to set the hard drives to DMA rather than IDE. I've seen this cause problems as well.

[MightyMar22]

LOL, I admire your perseverance Daniel. Most people would have gone back to Windows with all the problems you keep having.

[Daniel ~]

Originally Posted by MightyMar22

LOL, I admire your perseverance Daniel. Most people would have gone back to Windows with all the problems you keep having.

Back to Fedora, maybe... but back to windoze...NEVER! LOL

[Daniel ~]

Originally Posted by ccperf721p

Check your IDE controller and see if it has an option to set the hard drives to DMA rather than IDE. I've seen this cause problems as well.

I looked in my BIOS and didn't see it...I loked at the IDE controllers (Bios?)

Here's what they offer:

"Press F1 to assighn first (HDD) set
Press F2 to Remove first (HDD) set

Not knowing quite what these do I left them alone and came back for instruction...":O}

So you know...if you don't

When booting from the Disk we, made I have an "E" For Edit option... it reads:

ROOT (hd0,0)
Kernel /boot/vmlinuxz-2.6.28-11 generic root=/dev/sda1 ro single

initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11 generic

these terms can be edited...?

BTW I forgot and left our boot disk in...Booted Mint 7 (OLD) just fine!":O}