Re: [Bug-grub] Tracking down stage2 problems

[Ryan Underwood]

I finally resolved this old problem by choosing the CHS geometry in the
BIOS.  A counterintuitive fix, but nonetheless it worked.

On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 03:33:28PM -0500, Ryan Underwood wrote:
> 
> No change.  anything else related to the geometry that I should try?
> 
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 08:25:59AM +1000, Jason Thomas wrote:
> > use the lba option with grub
> > 
> > On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 12:47:12AM -0500, Ryan Underwood wrote:
> > > What should I do to track this problem down?  One concern is that
> > > perhaps lilo is ok with the geometry being wrong because it uses the LBA
> > > address on disk and ignores the CHS geometry; but maybe GRUB uses the
> > > CHS geometry instead to find the stage1.5, and that's why it doesn't
> > > work.
> > 
> 
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