GRUB error 17 after kernel update
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'''Description:''' When booting a system up after a kernel upgrade, the following error message maybe displayed on your screen: | '''Description:''' When booting a system up after a kernel upgrade, the following error message maybe displayed on your screen: | ||
'''"GRUB error #17 cannot mount selected partition"''' | '''"GRUB error #17 cannot mount selected partition"''' | ||
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'''Note:''' This issue will reoccur if you restore the system to factory default settings. | '''Note:''' This issue will reoccur if you restore the system to factory default settings. | ||
| - | '''To check to see if you will be affected by this defect:''' | + | '''To check to see if you will be affected by this defect:''' According to our current information, only Inspiron 1505 laptops that have the Dell factory installation will see this issue. To check to see if your laptop is affected, check your /boot/grub/menu.lst file for the line: |
# groot=(hd0,0) | # groot=(hd0,0) | ||
If you have this exact line in your config file, you will be affected by this when you upgrade your kernel on a Dell factory-installed system. This issue will not affect customers who hand-install their own OS. To check for this line, you can run the following commands: | If you have this exact line in your config file, you will be affected by this when you upgrade your kernel on a Dell factory-installed system. This issue will not affect customers who hand-install their own OS. To check for this line, you can run the following commands: | ||
Open a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal) | Open a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal) | ||
| + | In the terminal, enter the command: | ||
grep groot=\(hd0,0\) /boot/grub/menu.lst | grep groot=\(hd0,0\) /boot/grub/menu.lst | ||
If you see the "# groot=(hd0,0)" in the output, your system will be affected and you may need to run the fix mentioned above. | If you see the "# groot=(hd0,0)" in the output, your system will be affected and you may need to run the fix mentioned above. | ||
Latest revision as of 22:50, 12 July 2007
Systems Affected: Inspiron E1505n.
Description: When booting a system up after a kernel upgrade, the following error message maybe displayed on your screen:
"GRUB error #17 cannot mount selected partition"
Impact: Unable to boot system after kernel upgrade
Boot-Time Workaround:
- Reboot the system.
- At the 3 second countdown before the Ubuntu splash screen press ESC. The grub menu will come up.
- The first entry will be highlighted. Press e to edit the entry.
- The root (hd0,0) line will be highlighted. Press e to edit that line.
- The grub edit> prompt will come up, with root (hd0,0) already entered. Change it to read root (hd0,2) and press Enter. This will take you back to the previous screen.
- Press b. The system will boot normally.
Fix: Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst once you are booted and change all instances (even the ones that are commented out) of (hd0,0) to (hd0,2). The following commands will automate this process for you. Open a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal) and cut and paste in the following code:
sudo bash
perl -p -i -e "s|^(root\s+\(hd0,)\d+|\${1}2|g;" /boot/grub/menu.lst
perl -p -i -e "s|(groot=\(hd0,)\d+|\${1}2|g;" /boot/grub/menu.lst
Note: This issue will reoccur if you restore the system to factory default settings.
To check to see if you will be affected by this defect: According to our current information, only Inspiron 1505 laptops that have the Dell factory installation will see this issue. To check to see if your laptop is affected, check your /boot/grub/menu.lst file for the line:
# groot=(hd0,0)
If you have this exact line in your config file, you will be affected by this when you upgrade your kernel on a Dell factory-installed system. This issue will not affect customers who hand-install their own OS. To check for this line, you can run the following commands:
Open a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal) In the terminal, enter the command: grep groot=\(hd0,0\) /boot/grub/menu.lst
If you see the "# groot=(hd0,0)" in the output, your system will be affected and you may need to run the fix mentioned above.
