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Bug#73654: refuses to install
From: |
Gordon Matzigkeit |
Subject: |
Bug#73654: refuses to install |
Date: |
04 Oct 2000 09:42:52 -0600 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) Emacs/20.7 |
>>>>> Wichert Akkerman writes:
WA> grub won't install for me:
grub> root (hd0,3)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
grub> setup (hd0)
Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"
Error: Invalid device requested
In all likelihood, the error occured because there is no `/boot'
directory in (hd0,3). I'm guessing that your Linux /dev/hda4 is
mounted as `/boot'? That means the `embed' command should be using
`embed /grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)', or else you should create a symlink
`ln -s . /boot/boot'.
In any event, the next release of GRUB will help diagnose and fix such
problems:
1) It will give you a more detailed explanation as to why the setup
fails.
2) The `setup' command in grub-install and the GRUB native mode
provides a `--prefix' option to specify a directory other than
`/boot/grub' on the root partition.
WA> Any help is appreciated, the documentation doesn't seem to give
WA> any explanation what the problem might be..
It's a problem that was really only noticed in the last release.
Good luck,
--
Gordon Matzigkeit <address@hidden> //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/)
Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)
Bug#73654: marked as done (refuses to install), Debian Bug Tracking System, 2000/10/21