File not found by grub to load kernal

[Zoltan]

I have installed ubuntu linux version 5.04 on a secondary (slave) ide hard
drive. When the hard drive is booted Grub displays messages
Booting 'Ubuntu kernel 2.6.10-5-386'
root (hd1,0)
Filesystem is fat,partition type 0xb
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-5-386 root=/dev/hdb1 ro quiet splash
Error 15: File not found

I searched the known problems but could not find one that matched. I assume grub
cannot find file vmlinuz-2.6.10-5-386 Is this name correct or is it in a
different location instead of /boot or maybe the kernel wasn't built properly
during the install? I am new to linux and want to get rid of windows from my pc.
If more information is needed please let me know. Thank You

[Dennis Kaarsemaker (dennis)]

Grub seems to be looking at the wrong location. If you have a live cd at hand,
please boot from it and attach the output of sudo fdisk -l and the file
/boot/grub/menu.lst from your installed system.

[Zoltan (herczeg)]

Created an attachment (id=4658)
Output of sudo fdisk command

Here is the output from the sudo fdisk -l command

Device Boot Start End Blocks ID System
/dev/hdb1 * 1 368 2955928+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdb2 369 389 168682+ 5 Extended
/dev/hdb5 369 389 168651 82 Linux swap / Solaris

I booted the Live CD but don't know how to get to the hard drive to display
/boot/grub/menu.lst Any advise? I will check out my Linux for Dummies book.

Thanks Zoltan

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

Please tell us about all of the drives in your system. This could be bug #23952
or bug #23949

[Zoltan (herczeg)]

(In reply to comment #3)
> Please tell us about all of the drives in your system. This could be bug #23952
> or bug #23949

The Primary drive has Windows Xp installed the slave or secondary disk is Linux listed above. I
checked out the problems you mentioned and thought of making the disk listed above the primary
drive and the Windows XP disk the slave. I will then reinstall linux and let you know what
happens. Again many thanks. Zoltan

[Zoltan (herczeg)]

(In reply to comment #4)
> (In reply to comment #3)
> > Please tell us about all of the drives in your system. This could be bug #23952
> > or bug #23949
>
> The Primary drive has Windows Xp installed the slave or secondary disk is
Linux listed above. I
> checked out the problems you mentioned and thought of making the disk listed
above the primary
> drive and the Windows XP disk the slave. I will then reinstall linux and let
you know what
> happens. Again many thanks. Zoltan

I swapped the drives, reinstalled and the system booted fine as the primary hard
drive. Thank you for your help. Now on to adding a modem so I can connect to the
internet! Should I close this bug or do you do that? I don't know what the
protocol is.
Zoltan

[thorwil (t-w-)]

I installed 7.04 alternate and grun was installed to the wrong mbr. I copied the relevant lines from the configuration file to that other grub, though. Had to change hd 0,0 to hd 1,0. Then on trying to boot I got that error 15: file not found. I quickly found out it is not the kernel. Being able to boot in recovery mode provided the necessary hint: after removing "splash" (and also "quiet" while I was at it), things work now.