Windows, FC3, Solaris-----Only solaris has got problem to boot

[zillah 0]

I have got no problem to boot any of these OSs (Windows, FC3, Solaris), after two days from installation , I tried to boot into Solaris, I could not, and I received this error message:

 

(( Boot Solaris

 

rootnoverify (hd0,2)

chainloader +1

makeactive

boot

 

cannot find solaris partition)).

 

I checked fdisk -l the output was:

 

[root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l

 

Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

 

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/hda1 1 1275 10241406 7 HPFS/NTFS

/dev/hda2 1276 1339 514080 83 Linux

/dev/hda3 * 1340 2614 10237248 af Unknown

Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.

/dev/hda4 2615 4864 18073125 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)

/dev/hda5 2615 3506 7164958+ b W95 FAT32

/dev/hda6 3507 4462 7679038+ 83 Linux

/dev/hda7 4463 4527 522081 82 Linux swap

/dev/hda8 4528 4718 1534176 83 Linux

/dev/hda9 4719 4864 1172713+ 83 Linux

 

 

When I installed FC3 and Solaris 10 again from scratch, and I checked fdisk -l again the output was:

 

[root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

 

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/hda1 1 1275 10241406 7 HPFS/NTFS

/dev/hda2 1276 1339 514080 83 Linux

/dev/hda3 * 1340 2614 10237248 bf Unknown

/dev/hda4 2615 4864 18073125 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)

/dev/hda5 2615 3506 7164958+ b W95 FAT32

/dev/hda6 3507 4462 7679038+ 83 Linux

/dev/hda7 4463 4527 522081 82 Linux swap

/dev/hda8 4528 4718 1534176 83 Linux

/dev/hda9 4719 4864 1172713+ 83 Linux

 

[egorgry 0]

Did you try the forums over at www.bigadmin.com or www.opensolaris.org ? this may be a solaris thing. I don't know what's up with the unknown partition or how the boot loader and linux handle solaris, what partition type are you using for solaris and is it supported by your kernel? I've never ran solaris on x86 only my sparc at work. so this is only guessing and suggesting.

[danleff 0]

What partition was grub installed to?

 

Reference

[egorgry 0]

Originally posted by danleff:

Quote:

What partition was grub installed to?

 

Reference

nice find.