Re: [gentoo-dev] GRUB stage1 file not found

[Knut Feiert]

I have reformatted /boot, mounted -notail, copied the files,
and it worked.
Shouldn't step 2 of the install guide be changed accordingly?

On the other hand is it worthwhile using a journaling 
file system for a partition which is not mounted 
most of the time and has a limited number of files?
Especially for those who do kernel compilation only 
if they have to and then forgetting about the 
-notail business?

Knut

On Thu, 1 Feb 2001 16:12:21 -0700, drobbins@g.o wrote:

>
>OK, I know the problem.  You're installing GRUB to a partition rather than
>your MBR.  Apparently, it doesn't have room in the boot record of your partition
>to install the Stage1.5 file for ReiserFS, so it needs to use the blocklist
>method for loading the kernel.  However, ReiserFS is not compatible with the
>blocklist method unless you mount the boot partition with the notail option
>before copying over the GRUB files.  You can fix this by:
>
>1.  Boot Gentoo Linux with your boot disk
>2.  mount /boot -o notail
>3.  mkdir /tmp/grub
>4.  mv /boot/boot/grub/* /tmp/grub
>5.  mv /tmp/grub/* /boot/boot/grub
>6.  umount /boot
>
>Now, you should be able to use the bootdisk (or the grub program under Linux)
>to set up your boot sector.  Of course, now that everything is using ext2
>(which doesn't need the notail option), you're all set.
>
>What I didn't notice immediately is that you're using GRUB as a secondary (not
>a primary/MBR) boot loader.
>