[wellylug] Re: MBR, GRUB .. & a capital C with a Cedilla

[Adam Bogacki]

Danke Gerald,

	I've answered you message below ..

> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:00:01 +0100 (MET)
> From: Gerald Roehrbein <Gerald.Roehrbein at oraforecast.com>
> Subject: Re: [wellylug] MBR, GRUB .. & a capital C with a Cedilla
> To: Wellington Linux Users Group <wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz>
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> Hello Adam,
> 
> no idea about the error message. 
> 
> In my opinion there is probably no link between your MBR and the GRUB
> stage1 file. You must setup the link between the MBR and the stage1
> file.
> 
> You should provide all commands in the order you used them. It's
> difficult to give support without a knowledge of all steps you've
> already done.
> 
> 
> Try the following link for more information:
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Applications_GUI_Multimedia/Set_up_Grub_by_hand
> 
> The next link is the link to the GRUB manual.
> 
> http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#Troubleshooting
> (Just passing you to the troubleshooting section!
> 
> 
> Using GRUB is in my opinion just simple.
> 
> 
> A simple way to get a working GRUB is just:
> * Install HDD in a running LINUX system already having a GRUB installed
>   (via USB. I have an adapter that allows me to attach any disk via
>    USB, probably you local computer dealer have something like that.)
> * Setup partitions with fdisk.
> * Remove HDD (if attached via USB)
> * Install it. Just plugin the connector!
> * sfdisk -R $USBDEVICE
> * umount $USBBOOTPARTITION
> * Install GRUB using "grub-install" 
> (You can repeat this as often as required)
> 
> If you have some other problems with this feel free to ask. 
> Probably I can help with other ideas.
> 
> I've attached a script to create a bootable HDD/USBSTICK with a "minimum
> system" at it. Probably you can get some additional ideas if you
> understand the way it works. DO NOT INSERT YOUR DISK AND RUN THIS
> SCRIPT! IT WILL ERASE EVERYTHING STORED AT /DEV/SDA! It's just something
> to give an idea of the requirements to get a running LINUX!
> 
> 
> 
> kind regards
> Gerald
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Am Dienstag, den 07.11.2006, 16:12 +1300 schrieb Adam Bogacki:
> > Hi, I've recovered a partition to the point where GRUB recognises its
> > fs (FAT), restored the MBR, and written GRUB to it. However, trying to
> > boot it via LILO or GRUB ends up with what AbiWord describes as "U+00C7
> > LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA" - something I can't Google by. 
> > 
> > Can anyone suggest what it means ? 
> > 
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By way of background, I noticed some time ago that my largely unused
20Gb WinXP partition on a separate HD would not boot. A ClamAV scan showed it was
infected with Magistr.a, Magistr.b, and (I can't find my notes) NetSky viri.

ClamAV helped me delete infected files, but no boot. WinXP Recovery
Console & fixboot & fixmbr - no boot. It was not being recognised as a
FAT fs. Playing with 'testdisk' fixed that, installing MBR & GRUB to MBR on /dev/hda1.

GRUB now boots using colour or GUI from fd0, but only in CLI from MBR.
WinXP still does not boot, when I wrote the previous email only giving
me the Capital C with a Cedilla (an inverted question mark) as an error
msg. 

Google interpretes it either as part of the Turkish alphabet (eg.
Ceyhan), or part of the syntax of the 'C' computer language.

I have reinstalled it a few times and now get the error msg

'C(with Cedilla)Loading Stage 2' before it fails to load WinXP and
reverts to GRUB GUI or CLI console. 

I reproduce the install below. I am not sure what 'p' means in the
final msg. I should say that I've long been inclined to reformat
and install recent UBUNTU over it but having got this far I'd like to
get it up. It contains downloaded literature, and allows me to use the 
FRITZ 8 chess program - requiring M$DOS.  

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grub> root (hd0,0)
Filesystem type is fat, partition type 0xc
grub> setup (hd0)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists ... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists ... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/fat_stage1_5" exists ... no

Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) /boot/grub/stage2 p
/boot/grub/menu.lst" ... succeeded.

Done

gub> quit
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I'd be grateful for any constructive advice.

-- 
Adam Bogacki

Landline: (+) 04 387 9866      Mobile: (+) 021 031 9193
Email: afb(at)paradise.net.nz  Webmail: adam.bogacki(at)gmail.com

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