Re: Floppy bug?

[danci]

On Fri, 25 May 2001 address@hidden wrote:

> En réponse ŕ address@hidden:
>
> > Hello!
> >
> > I'm using grub-0.5.96.1 and it works perfectly using hard disks.
> >
> > However, I'd like to create a GRUB boot floppy, so I follow the docs
> > (grub.info):
> >
> >     # dd if=stage1 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1
> >     1+0 records in
> >     1+0 records out
> >     # dd if=stage2 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 seek=1
> >     287+1 records in
> >     287+1 records out
>         ^^^^^
>
> You have a stage2 which size is 1.44 Mo ? Uh ? What do you take for a stage2 ?
>

My stage2 is 147040 bytes large, which seems pretty normal.

Perhaps the problem is in compiling, as it is possible that I compiled
grub on a system without a floppy disk installed. Or, perhaps, it is
because I used the '--enable-diskless' with configure script?


     Regards, D.