Bug#71661: [Bug-grub] Bug#71661: bug: grub should be more verbose

[Andreas Tille]

On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, OKUJI Yoshinori wrote:

>   Why don't you read the doc? It is explicitly denoted that the
> command setup is just a wrapper. Use the command install directly if
> you want to specify file names. *sigh*
Sorry do you want to see the same error message without the wrapper
but the explicite line?
In the explicite line
  install  /boot/grub/stage1 d (hd0) /boot/grub/stage2 p
are mentioned two files and which do you think is missing if you
get the message "File not found".  Thought which do you think is
missing if `ls /boot/grub` shows them both?  Even if someone doesn't
read the doc (don't bother me, I've did it twice!) should be
explained *which* file is missing.  This is good programming style
and exactly corresponds to the bug description.

If there would be such verbosity, grub would have said:

   File /boot/boot/grub/stage1 not found
*and* 
   File /boot/boot/grub/stage2 not found

This would have let me think over my partition concept to place /boot
on a separate partition which is obviousely suboptimal with the current
grub.

Kind regards

          Andreas.