Re: [gentoo-user] Problem installing GRUB

[Marco Schuler]

On 2/26/07, Rados³aw Grzanka <radekg@××××××××××××××.org> wrote:
> Marco Schuler napisa³(a):
> > Hi all,
> >
> > after using other distributions for years I finally decided to go with
> > gentto to have to most flexibility. So here I am :-)
> >
> > I got trough the gentoo installation up to the point of installing
> > grub. After the command 'grub-install /dev/hda' my machine hangs
> > displaying the following meassage:
> >   Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time
> >
> > I already searched the net to find a solution. The only thing I could
> > find was on http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/grub-error-guide.xml
> >
> > The comment on my problem:
> > One reported cause was an exotic configuration of disk devices, like
> > ultra/non-ultra DMA disks on one cable.
> >
> > I am installing on my notebook (only one HD) so the hint above did not
> > help me very much...
> >
> > Any hint or tips? Thanks a lot in advance!
>
> Hi,
>    Do you have floppy drive? I am not sure what was actuall message of
> grub while trying to probe non-existent floppy drive but try running it
> with --no-floppy switch. I've seen broken grub-install scripts that did
> not respect this though. If so, then your only option is to try to
> install grub manually by using 'grub' command (search the web for details).

Hi,

no, I don't have a floppy drive installed at the moment (I have two
cd-drives where one of them is exchangeable with a floppy drive, but
these are connected internally via USB).

I will try to run grub-install with --no-floppy option or manual
installation. Unfortunaltely I don't have my notebook at hand right
now. Would come back with questions in case it does not work out.

Thanks anyway so far!

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Cheers,
 Marco
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