Bug#297480: grub: doesn't boot with Error 17

[Mattia]

On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 13:13:55 +1100
Jason Thomas <jason@debian.org> wrote:

> Your best bet is to try installing using the floppy.
> cat stage1 stage2 > /dev/fd0
> 
> then do what you did last time root/setup.

Done. Same error.

> 
> My theory is that when you boot the bios is possibly seeing the scsi
> controller first. This may be changeable in your bios settings.
> 
> bios: (hd0) - scsi
> linux: (hd0) - ide
> 
> make sense?

I don't know :). The 2nd disk is SATA, not scsi (if it makes any difference).
I can't change the order, but I tried to disable the sata controller from the bios
and reinstalled grub in the MBR: I got the same error.

If it can help:

$ lspci

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)
0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
0000:00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce MultiMedia audio [Via VT82C686B] (rev a2)
0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
0000:00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)
0000:00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
0000:00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) Controller (rev a3)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
0000:01:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)
0000:01:07.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy MIDI/Game port (rev 04)
0000:01:07.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev 04)
0000:01:08.0 Communication controller: NetMos Technology: Unknown device 9805 (rev 01)
0000:01:0b.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. (formerly CMD Technology Inc) SiI 3112 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 02)
0000:02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV31 [GeForce FX 5600] (rev a1)


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Mattia