[bug #18657] disk access problems on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

[Thomas Koeller]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?18657>

                 Summary: disk access problems on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: tkoeller
            Submitted on: Sonntag 31.12.2006 um 00:17
                Category: Disk &amp; Partition
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Software Error
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Thomas Koeller
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 0.97
         Reproducibility: None
         Planned Release: 

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Details:

I compiled grub-0.97 from sources on my x86_64-pc-linux-gnu system. My tool
chain is gcc-4.1.1/binutils-2.17. The GRUB thus built works to some extent. I
can create a boot floppy, as described in the info pages, and use it to load
and boot my linux kernel manually. However, if I try to install grub on my
hard disk, I get weird errors:

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sarkovy:~# /sbin/grub-install /dev/hda


    GNU GRUB  version 0.97  (1433218132K lower / 1433218132K upper memory)

 [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported.  For the first word, TAB
   lists possible command completions.  Anywhere else TAB lists the possible
   completions of a device/filename. ]
grub> root (hd0,0)
 Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x1
grub> setup  --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --prefix=/boot/grub (hd0)
 Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
 Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
 Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
 Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd1433549916)"... failed (this is
not fatal)
 Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd1433549916,1433549744)"... failed
(this is not fatal)
 Running "install --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/stage1 (hd134654070)
/boot/grub/stage2 p /boot/grub/menu.lst "... failed

Error 1433218151: Invalid device requested

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If I boot from a floppy disk and uset the 'setup' command, the results are
very similar, only the memory values, disk/partition numbers and error
numbers, which are obviously bogus, are different.




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