Possible GRUB problem: [Was: DiskOnChip MD2202-D256]

Stephen Lee splee at plexio.com
Sun May 25 11:22:47 EDT 2003


On Sun, 2003-05-25 at 02:27, Oskar Stolc wrote:
<snip>
> Finally I rebooted my computer by turning the power off and on again.
> 
> Now I can see loading grub from flash disk, by it crashes by following
> error:
> 
> 	DoC 2000 E600
> 	E698
> 	Jumping to Grub
> 	Attempting to open /dev/grub/menu.lst on drive 0xe0, partition 0xff
> 	DiskOnChip 2000 found at e0000
> 	floor 0, chip 0; manufacturer: Toshiba
> 	Chip: Toshiba TC58V64AFT/DC, total size: 8 MB
> 		erase unit: 8192 bytes, page: 512 bytes
> 	_DoC_WaitReady timed out
> 	_DoC_WaitReady timed out
> 	_DoC_WaitReady timed out
> 	_DoC_WaitReady timed out
> 	_DoC_WaitReady timed out
> 	_DoC_WaitReady timed out
> 	_DoC_WaitReady timed out
> 	_DoC_WaitReady timed out
> 	_DoC_WaitReady timed out
> 	Total of 1 chips found - total capacity 8 MB
> 	Scanning for NFTL Media Header
> 	NFTL Media Header found in flash sector 176
> 	Sorry, we don't support UnitSizeFactor of != 1 yet
> 	NFTL Media Header found in flash sector 192
> 	Sorry, we don't support UnitSizeFactor of != 1 yet
> 	Attempting to open /boot/grub/menu.lst on drive 0xe0, partition 0xff
> 	Attempting to open /boot/grub/menu.lst on drive 0xe0, partition 0x0
> 	Attempting to open /boot/grub/menu.lst on drive 0xe0, partition 0x1
> 	Attempting to open /boot/grub/menu.lst on drive 0xe0, partition 0x2
> 	...
> 	Attempting to open /boot/grub/menu.lst on drive 0x0, partition 0xf
> 	
> 		GRUB version 0.92 (639K lower / 121856K upper memory)
> 
> In this moment a get a grub> promtp. Trying enter
> 	kernel (dc0,0)/boot/bzImage root=/dev/nftla1
> a get a result
> 	Loading kernel image...
> 	Error 21: Selected disk does not exist

Make sure /boot/grub/menu.lst exists or is a link to grub.conf in the
same directory. Try the kernel line with a slightly different path:
kernel (dc0,0)/bzImage root=/dev/nftla1. In any case it looks like a
path problem to me.

Stephen





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