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On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:02:08 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: |
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> grub> find /boot/grub/stage1 |
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> (hd0,2) |
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> As expected hd0 is the disk |
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You should now run "root (hd0,2)" |
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> grub> setup (hd <TAB> |
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> Possible disks are: hd0 hd1 |
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> Again confirming that hd0 is a valid disk (as is hd1, but that is an |
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> external scsi that does not contain stage1) |
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> But now comes the problem. (I want grub in the MBR.) |
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> grub> setup (hd0) |
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> Error 12: Invalid device requested |
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> What is wrong? |
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GRUB can't find its files because you haven't told it which partition |
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contains them. Only the stage1 goes into the MBR, along with a pointer to |
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the partition that contains everything else. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Q. How do you identify a blind man in a nudist colony? |
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A. It's not hard. |
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