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(Summary: I had a problem with installing grub into the MBR. |
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Two thoughtful replies set me straight) |
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At Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:46:34 +0100 Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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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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At Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:47:44 +0200 Sebastian Günther <samson@××××××××××××××××.de> wrote: |
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> * Allan Gottlieb (gottlieb@×××.edu) [07.07.08 02:03]: |
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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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>> grub> setup (hd <TAB> |
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>> Possible disks are: hd0 hd1 |
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>> |
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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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>> What is wrong? |
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> maybe you just forgot: |
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> grub> root hd(hd0,2) |
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> to say grub where the stages should end up? |
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Thank you sebastian and neil for your clear responses, which worked |
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perfectly. |
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allan |
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