Fwd: hurd boot failed - please read this

[Rakesh 'arky' Ambati]

--- ANIL C JOHN <anilcjohn at sify.com> wrote:

> To: hb <bug-hurd at gnu.org>, hh <help-hurd at gnu.org>,
>   hurdhacker <rakesh_ambati at yahoo.com>
> Subject: hurd boot failed - please read this 
> Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 10:03:05 +0600 (IST)
> From: ANIL C JOHN <anilcjohn at sify.com>
> 
> dear friends,
> 
> please read this mail avoid the one with the
> attachment, as it is not readable.
> 
> I tried as Philip Charles advised to download the
> grub image Copyleft site, as previously there was no
> errors, but it did not boot. also root is located at
> (hd0,9) & NOT (hd1,9).
> 
> Details:
> 
> 
> Output of fdisk
> ***************
> 
> [root at localhost root]# fdisk -l
>  
> Disk /dev/hdb: 40.0 GB, 40060403712 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4870 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>  
> Device  Boot Start End   Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/hdb1 *  1     609   4891761   b  Win95 FAT32
> /dev/hdb2          610   4870 34226482+ f  Win95
> Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/hdb5          610   1825 9767488+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/hdb6          1826  3041 9767488+ c  Win95
> FAT32 (LBA)
> /dev/hdb7          3042  3678 5116671   83  Linux
> /dev/hdb8          3679  3744 530113+  82  Linux
> swap
> /dev/hdb9          3745  4717 7815591 c  Win95 FAT32
> (LBA)
> /dev/hdb10         4718  4870 1228941   83  Linux
> 
> Output of parted
> ****************
> 
> [root at localhost root]# parted /dev/hdb
> GNU Parted 1.6.3
> 
> Using /dev/hdb
> Information: The operating system thinks the
> geometry on /dev/hdb is 4870/255/63.  Therefore,
> cylinder 1024 ends at
> 8032.499M.
> 
> (parted) print 10
> Warning: Filesystem was not cleanly unmounted!  You
> should e2fsck.
> Ignore/Cancel? i
> Minor: 10
> Flags:
> File System: ext2
> Size:           1200.138Mb (3%)
> Minimum size:    108.738Mb (0%)
> Maximum size:  38204.578Mb (100%)
> 
> /etc/fstab
> **********
>  LABEL=/  /    ext3    defaults        1 1      2
> none      /dev/pts  devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
> 3 none     /proc      proc    defaults        0 0
> 4 none  /dev/shm      tmpfs   defaults        0 0
> 5 /dev/hdb8 swap      swap    defaults        0 0
> 6 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy autonoauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
> 7 /dev/hdb1  /mnt/c auto    defaults        0 0
> 8 /dev/hdb5  /mnt/d        ntfs    defaults 0 0
> 9 /dev/hdb6  /mnt/e  auto    defaults        0 0
> 10 /dev/hdb9 /mnt/f  auto    defaults        0 0
> 11 /dev/hdb10 /mnt/hurd auto defaults        0 0
> 
> /etc/grub.conf
> **************
> 
> title GNU/Hurd
> root (hd0,9)
> kernel /boot/gnumach.gz -s root=device:hd0s10
> 
> module /hurd/ext2fs.static
> --multiboot-command-line=${kernel-command-line} 
> --host-priv-port=${host-port}
> --device-master-port=${device-port} 
> --exec-server-task=${exec-task} -T typed ${root}
> $(task-create) $(task-resume)
> 
> module /lib/ld.so.1 /hurd/exec
> $(exec-task=task-create)
> 
> 
> /proc/interrupts (shared irqs check)
> ************************************
> 
> [root at localhost root]# cat /proc/interrupts
>            CPU0
>   0:       7833          XT-PIC  timer
>   1:         43          XT-PIC  keyboard
>   2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
>   3:         14          XT-PIC  Intel ICH4
>   5:          0          XT-PIC  usb-uhci
>   9:          0          XT-PIC  usb-uhci
>  11:          0          XT-PIC  usb-uhci
>  12:       1077          XT-PIC  PS/2 Mouse
>  14:       7798          XT-PIC  ide0
>  15:          0          XT-PIC  ide1
> NMI:          0
> ERR:          0
> 
> Output of grub
> **************
>    GRUB  version 0.93  (640K lower / 3072K upper
> memory)
>                                                 
> grub> root (hd0,9)
>  Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
>                                                  
> after:
> kernel /boot/gnumach.gz -s root=device:hd0s10
> [Multiboot-elf, <0x100000:0x184a03x0>, <0x285a20:
> 0x10858: 0x33bdc>, shtab=0x2ca118, entry=0x100000]
> 
> after:
> module /hurd/ext2fs.static
> --multiboot-command-line=${kernel-command-line} 
> --host-priv-port=${host-port}
> --device-master-port=${device-port} 
> --exec-server-task=${exec-task} -T typed ${root}
> $(task-create) $(task-resume)
> 
> [Multiboot-module @ 0x2cb000, 0xe5948 bytes]
> 
> after:
> module /lib/ld.so.1 /hurd/exec
> $(exec-task=task-create)
> [Multiboot-module @ 0x3b1000, 0x18064 bytes]
> 
> 
> after that machine HANGS and ctrl-alt-del DOES NOT
> WORK, pressing restart...........
> 
> PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WERE NO ERRORS ON BOOTING,
> ONLY THAT IT HANGS AFTER EXECUTING all grub boot
> instructions...
> 
> thanking you,
> anil
> 


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