[Novalug] Boot problems after MB swap

Jon LaBadie novalugml@jgcomp.com
Wed Jul 23 23:45:04 EDT 2008


On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 06:24:03PM -0700, Brandon Saxe wrote:
> I think you can ignore the 
> "Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods" message based on Google searches.
> 
> The problem may be that your current kernels aren't playing nice with the new mobo.
> http://readlist.com/lists/vger.kernel.org/linux-kernel/55/276123.html
> 
> Are these stock kernels or custom compiled?

Stock from the install disk + updates.

> 
> Or somehow the GRUB configuration is no longer valid with the new mobo.
> 
> I think posting your GRUB menu.lst from SUSE /boot *may* help. It certainly won't hurt.

OK, I've cut out the comments to shorten it.  In the first three entries
I think the only change from before the mainboard swap is adding "noapic"
or "acpi=off".  The last two entries were not in the menu.lst before the
swap, I've been using them to test things.

Note SuSE called the IDE and SATA drives hda and sda respectively
while Fedora calls them sdb and sda.



default 3
timeout 20
gfxmenu (hd0,2)/boot/message


title openSUSE 10.2 - 2.6.18.8-0.7 nommconf options
    root (hd0,2)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.8-0.7-default root=/dev/hda3 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent showopts pci=nommconf noapic
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18.8-0.7-default


title openSUSE 10.2 - 2.6.18.8-0.7 acpi off
    root (hd0,2)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.8-0.7-default root=/dev/hda3 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent showopts acpi=off
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18.8-0.7-default


title fedora 8 nommconfig 2.6.25.4-10
    root (hd1,0)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.4-10.fc8 root=/dev/sda1 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/sdb5 splash=silent showopts pci=nommconfig noapic
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25.4-10.fc8.img


title windows xp
    rootnoverify (hd0,0)
    chainloader (hd0,1)+1


title fedora 8 testing 2.6.25.4-10
    root (hd0,0)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.4-10.fc8 root=LABEL=/ vga=0x31a splash=silent showopts acpi=off noapic
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25.4-10.fc8.img


title fedora 8 minimal options, noapic 2.6.25.4-10
    root (hd1,0)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.4-10.fc8 root=/dev/sda1 noapic
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25.4-10.fc8.img

> 
> --- On Wed, 7/23/08, Jon LaBadie <novalugml@jgcomp.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 04:46:35PM -0700, Brandon Saxe
> > wrote:
> > > Quick questions:
> > > 
> > > 1. Is GRUB being used to boot Windows?
> > 
> > Yes, one of the entries in menu.lst is for windows.
> > 
> > > 2. Can you list the contents of menu.lst for the SUSE
> > disk?
> > 
> > Do you mean am I able to view them, yes.  Or do you mean
> > can I post them to the list?
> > 
> > I can access and edit Linux config files from either a
> > live CD, or more simply, by booting windows and using
> > vim to edit the linux partitions mounted with the
> > ext2ifs driver.
> > 
> > > 3. Your MOBO seems to be set to boot from IDE first,
> > can you confirm in BIOS?
> > > 
> > The boot order is cdrom -> primary hd.
> > 
> > Primary hd is the IDE drive.
> > 
> > When I make the sata drive primary, no OS (i.e. grub) is
> > found.
> > I've never touched the mbr of the sata drive.
> > 

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